Mansionmania Tournament: Round 3, Heat 1 (and a map of contenders)

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by ThaVirus

That Alabama home just keeps on trucking. In fairness, it is a really nice home and the property itself is awesome as well. If I can deal with Florida bugs and humidity, I don't imagine Alabama would be a dealbreaker, so that's not an issue for me; but having the only metro area near me be Huntsville, AL absolutely is a dealbreaker.

Los Angeles>Huntsville

I was about to pull the trigger on Alabama until I really thought about the Los Angeles access and what it means.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

I was about to pull the trigger on Alabama until I really thought about the Los Angeles access and what it means.

We're all sports fans here.

I'm gonna have football, baseball, basketball, hockey, high end college sports/tournaments, massive shows/events - I mean EVERYTHING comes to LA.

And I get all that when I want it but I still live in a predominately rural/farming sort of community.

Like I said, when I saw this one in the first round I figured it was going to take a nearly perfect effort to beat it because this one IS nearly perfect. The only thing it isn't is right on the ocean, but that has benefits of its own (and I'm a nice little motorcycle ride away from the beach).

[ThaVirus]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

I was about to pull the trigger on Alabama until I really thought about the Los Angeles access and what it means.

I was considering Alabama strongly as well until I pulled up Google Maps.

I've noticed that I tend to place a premium on access to major metro areas and when you're talking about LA or NYC, there's really not much better in the country.

[lawrenceRaider]

Originally Posted by ThaVirus

I was considering Alabama strongly as well until I pulled up Google Maps.

I've noticed that I tend to place a premium on access to major metro areas and when you're talking about LA or NYC, there's really not much better in the country.

The traffic problems and just not being able to easily get around dim much of the good about LA and NYC. Most other really big metro areas as well for that matter.

[ThaVirus]

Originally Posted by lawrenceRaider

The traffic problems and just not being able to easily get around dim much of the good about LA and NYC. Most other really big metro areas as well for that matter.

For a regular 9-5er that would be a concern, but that wouldn't be an issue for any of us. With the stipend we're all bumped up to top 1% of earners in the country and with no rent/mortgage, electricity, gas, water, maintenance, or landscaping to pay, I'd imagine money would never be an issue unless we develop an extreme love of hookers and blow.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by ThaVirus

For a regular 9-5er that would be a concern, but that wouldn't be an issue for any of us. With the stipend we're all bumped up to top 1% of earners in the country and with no rent/mortgage, electricity, gas, water, maintenance, or landscaping to pay, I'd imagine money would never be an issue unless we develop an extreme love of hookers and blow.

I don't see myself developing a love of blow.

[lawrenceRaider]

Originally Posted by ThaVirus

For a regular 9-5er that would be a concern, but that wouldn't be an issue for any of us. With the stipend we're all bumped up to top 1% of earners in the country and with no rent/mortgage, electricity, gas, water, maintenance, or landscaping to pay, I'd imagine money would never be an issue unless we develop an extreme love of hookers and blow.

Sure, but when you head to one of those events that is a draw of living near LA, NYC, or any other large metro area, the traffic is a huge PITA getting in and out. Especially when an accident happens. Same thing goes for heading to the beach.

I used to totally avoid leaving the neighborhood on the weekends when we lived in the DFW area when a NASCAR event was on. Same for Cowboys games.