Charlie,
There was another article, I think it was in the same paper, or maybe
the previous weekend's. Anyway, it discussed *CURRENT* prices in Calif.
real estate.

The lead was that $10 MILLION bought a 'tear down'. That is, the present
house {more like a compound, from the photo} was leveled so that another
monstrosity could be built. It continued that $15 MILLION got you a
'starter mansion'.

Offset this with the election rhetoric, and the nightly news, indicating
that a large portion of the population has NO health insurance, is
termed 'the working poor', lost their job - or live in fear of that
possibility, and seem unlikely to be able to retire with any comfort.

I'm must just be living in an alternate reality . . .

Regards,
Ron Magen
Backyard Boatshop


----- Original Message -----
From: "Charlie Self"
Newsgroups: rec.woodworking
Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 14:45
Subject: TOH Article in Today's Paper


SNIP

Gotta be Calif. Some time ago, I was told my small house and 2 acres
would be
worth upwards of a quarter mil out there. . . .