Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A good video interview on this subject: http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/debt-binge-ending-middle-class-clobbered-20110405-094510-405.html Cheers Jayanand On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 9:49 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Yes, but look here: > > http://www.abcrealestatedirectory.com/prices/areas/FortWayneIN.htm > > Not much of a boom and bust in Ft Wayne. > > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > YNWA > > > > > > > > On Jun 3, 2011, at 6:00 PM, Robert Meier wrote: > > > The housing problem has hit the midwest hard. Minneapolis-St. Paul had > the largest annual decline in housing prices of any city in the country in > the latest survey. > > > > On Jun 3, 2011, at 4:51 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > > > >> Hi Jayanand, > >> > >> I am aware of the problem with houses under water, but I would not > expect that to be a big factor in an area like Indiana which did not have > much of a real estate boom to begin with (because it was already > declining). > The boom was more in the growing areas in the south and west. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Nathan > >> > >> Nathan Wajsman > >> Alicante, Spain > >> http://www.frozenlight.eu > >> http://www.greatpix.eu > >> http://www.nathanfoto.com > >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > >> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > >> > >> YNWA > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On Jun 3, 2011, at 9:42 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > >> > >>> Nathan, > >>> One of the biggest problems with the real estate meltdown is that it > has > >>> severely reduced worker mobility in the USA, because of being tied down > to > >>> houses which are unsalable one way or another - either being under > water on > >>> the loans, or being in an area with a glut of foreclosed houses. US > laws > >>> being what they are, I would advise workers to just walk away from the > loans > >>> and rent accommodation wherever they get a job. If this results in a > >>> negative credit score, so much the better, because it forces people to > live > >>> within their means. Unfortunately, home ownership and easy credit are > so > >>> deeply embedded in the American psyche that not having access to both > is > >>> like emasculation! > >>> Cheers > >>> Jayanand > >>> > >>> On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 12:11 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at > >>> frozenlight.eu > >wrote: > >>> > >>>> Hi Chris, > >>>> > >>>> Your photography of the industrial decline is moving; but one question > >>>> arises: you say that even educated people cannot find good jobs in Ft. > >>>> Wayne. Given the tendency in the US to move where the jobs are, why do > they > >>>> stay? > >>>> > >>>> Cheers, > >>>> Nathan > >>>> > >>>> Nathan Wajsman > >>>> Alicante, Spain > >>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu > >>>> http://www.greatpix.eu > >>>> http://www.nathanfoto.com > >>>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > >>>> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > >>>> > >>>> YNWA > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Jun 3, 2011, at 5:16 AM, Chris Crawford wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?prodId=476 > >>>>> > >>>>> This is across the street from the Harvester factory that I posted a > >>>> photo > >>>>> of yesterday. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> Chris Crawford > >>>>> Fine Art Photography > >>>>> Fort Wayne, Indiana > >>>>> 260-486-2581 > >>>>> > >>>>> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio > >>>>> > >>>>> http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! > >>>>> > >>>>> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 > >>>>> Become a fan on Facebook > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >