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QUOTE (Brian @ Jan 13, 2010 -> 11:04 PM) I brought sandwiches! High-five!

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 6, 2010 -> 07:57 PM) this. Frankly parking meters are just an economics 101 textbook example in terms of supply and demand/tragedy of the commons, etc. And in the liberal perspective the fact that higher prices could help move people into public transportation and off cars is a good thing. But lets be honest here, public transportation is a PITA. I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who hates to wait at a bus stop/train station, hates how buses/trains makes a bunch of stops along the way, hates how buses drive slower than the pace of traffic, hates how the buses/trains always seem a little germy, and hates how after you get off the bus/train you gotta walk a block or 2 to get to wherever you gotta go. Such a PITA. At least with a car, you don't have to rely on anyone else, and you can just get in your car and go instead of waiting for a bus/train that might be running late. Also, another thing I hate about public transit is that if I want to go someplace on a whim, I have to wait till the next stop and walk alllllll the way to the place I wanted to go to, then walk alllll the way back to the bus/train stop. Such a PITA. Also, it's a PITA to go grocery shopping while taking public transit.

I really hope the Sox resign Alexei or give him a contract extension. I know he has some brainfarts with his defense, but I like what he contributes to the team. I kind of wish he was here when we had Iguchi, I think a Alexei/Iguchi double-play combo would've been thrilling to watch.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jan 10, 2010 -> 05:00 PM) Thats usually a good thing, you can then make money on your home after you put in some equity. As far as affordable housing, you will find a certain percentage set aside, but putting mobile home parks in every community would be a terrible idea. First of all it crushes property value, and even if its insensitive to say, those types of communities bring alot more than s***ty home prices to an area, think degradation of schools, more crime, etc. There have been some really great programs for affordable nice housing in the City at least that I know of. For example, when they build large condo buildings in my area, usually a percentage like 20 has been set aside at a fixed price for lower income housing. In that situation, the family gets a much nicer home and the area doest depreciate because of a housing project or something of the sort. Also, I've lived in a mobile home park for a year in that 5 year period where I moved 5 times. I didn't see anything negative about living there, either. The only reason we didn't stay long was because we had 5 people living in a 2-bedroom mobile home, with me sleeping on the couch in the living room. Not all mobile home parks have seedy people living there, some do, but not all.

QUOTE (Tex @ Jan 10, 2010 -> 04:25 PM) Wasn't it a good thing that your family's house went up in value? You buy a cheap house and watch it double or triple in value. Seems like a good thing to me. QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jan 10, 2010 -> 05:00 PM) Thats usually a good thing, you can then make money on your home after you put in some equity. As far as affordable housing, you will find a certain percentage set aside, but putting mobile home parks in every community would be a terrible idea. First of all it crushes property value, and even if its insensitive to say, those types of communities bring alot more than s***ty home prices to an area, think degradation of schools, more crime, etc. There have been some really great programs for affordable nice housing in the City at least that I know of. For example, when they build large condo buildings in my area, usually a percentage like 20 has been set aside at a fixed price for lower income housing. In that situation, the family gets a much nicer home and the area doest depreciate because of a housing project or something of the sort. Actually, we had to come down in price so we can sell the house quick before we lost it to foreclosure. So after paying off the difference in the rest of the mortgage, we were left with only a few grand and we were still left in a bad position where we couldn't afford anything above 150k.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jan 10, 2010 -> 12:16 PM) Since when it too many rich people a bad thing? That means your property may actually appreciate. Well, here's an example: my family moved to Tinley Park in 1987 when it was still cheap and affordable. But by the time we had to sell the house in 1999, everything in Tinley Park was too expensive for us, including the rediculous property taxes, because too many rich people came to Tinley Park and built ridiculously big homes (especially along 179th street behind Andrew High School, and the Bristol Park subdivision along 80th ave near 179th). Those big homes caused the prices of small dumpier homes to skyrocket to the point where poor people like me and my family can't afford it. So basically my family were here first, but ended up "forced out of the neighborhood" because of how expensive it got. There seriously needs to be more advocacy for the erection of affordable housing such as modestly-sized single family homes, condos, townhomes, apartments, and even land set aside for a mobile home park in every suburb instead of letting developers run amok and build all these obnoxiously-big homes in a socially-irresponsible fashion that would cause the eventual displacement of those who are less fortunate.

I'm similar as someone who posted earlier: *plain black new balance shoes *blue jeans *t-shirt *black hoodie (with hood on with a wool headband over the hood to keep my head warmer and to keep wind from blowing in my hood all over my head. sometimes I get so hot I have to take the headband off) *black Croft and Barrow leather jacket (I wear this over the hoodie and I always wear it unzipped. This is the best jacket I've ever owned, and with a hoodie underneath it I'm sometimes very hot. Plus, I wear sunglasses to keep cold wind out of my eyes and some people told me I look like a narc. :-p) *cheap 99-cent brown jersey gloves.

QUOTE (Controlled Chaos @ Jan 8, 2010 -> 01:53 PM) wow, it takes a lot for me to find a white girl hot, especially a blonde, but Amanda Bynes looks freaking hot here! : By the way, does anyone here remember when she used to be on that show, "All That"? I still remember hearing her say "Thaaaaaat's Meeeeee!!!" lol

To the OP, if you're looking to get something in the $300,000/below price range, then I would avoid the north and west suburbs. There's just too many snobby people living up there that I think you and your family might end up desiring to move again. You can also get more of a bang for your buck in the south suburbs. I've lived in the south suburbs all my life, so I can give you a quick run-down on all the towns I'm familiar with: South Suburbs to live in (all towns I'd live in: Burbank: Nice town with older classic homes. Right near the south side of Chicago and very close to an EL stop at Midway airport. Evergreen Park: one part is kind of run-down (near 87th and California), and another part has nice classic 1-flat style homes (near 95th and Sacremento/Cicero, etc). Located very close to Chicago, quick commute. Bridgeview: lived here at different times of my life. Love this town. Big Arab population here with great mideasten food. Very close to Chicago, short drive to Midway airport's El stop, and also has access to I-294. You can get a nice older home here. Justice: Nice diverse town with a lot of various homes. Not much in stores, etc, but very close to other towns. Quick drive to Midway airport El stop. Hickory Hills: Nice diverse town as well, there's some very nice homes by Moraine Valley college and north near 95th street and Kean ave. Summit: Mostly Hispanic, but it has a more of a city feel than any other suburbs I listed. very close to downtown. Hometown: Nice small middle-class town hidden near Oak Lawn and Burbank. Lots of nice duplexes and small-scale cozy homes. Chicago Ridge: nice town in good location. Has some nice homes and is very close to a lot of shopping places such as the former Chicago Ridge Mall. Worth: lived in this town, still have relatives here, one of the towns I love. Lots of nice quaint homes near 111th and Harlem. Oak Lawn: Some of my relatives lived here all my life. Has lots of nice classic homes. Has a older feel to it on 95th street, very close to the city with a quick drive to the El stop at Midway. Alsip: nice middle-class town with good-sized homes. Blue Island: nice diverse town with mostly hispanics and whites, has a beautiful downtown, still a quick 40 minute ride to downtown. Midlothian: good location with reasonable homes. Has a little crime, but it's no biggie, I drive through here everyday and I always feel totally safe here. Oak Forest: I'd live here, but has a little bit too much of a "foresty" feel to it. Some neighborhoods has no sidewalks, which I find annoying. Orland Park: I've lived in the Tinley/Orland area all my life. It's big with a ton of shopping and a ton of homes. My only complaint is that too many rich people built their obnoxious "mini-mansions" here, which looks utterly ridiculous. Look into more of the blue collar areas. Tinley Park: Lived here for 12 years, there's lots of nice middle-class homes, but our family can't afford to live here anymore cause too many rich people moved in and built their mini-mansions, which raised prices of all the other homes in the neightborhood. You can still get a nice classic Tinley Park home in the Brementowne subdivision near 159th st and 76th ave, and there's some nice older homes near Oak Park ave as well. Orland Hills: Very small town, similar to Hometown. Consists of mostly residential homes, but located very close to all the shopping in Orland Park and Tinley Park. South Holland: I love this town, it's nice and diverse with a lot of good-sized blue-collar homes. It's mostly older people who are retired living here, tho, but it's a quiet town. Country Club Hills: I love this town. Nice and diverse, plus I always shop at the Walmart there and go to the movie theater there. Try and eat at Baba's some time, they have awesome milkshakes. There's also lots of nice middle-class homes here as well. Homewood: I'd raise a kid here if I could. It's nice and diverse with a nice selection of older homes. There's a metra line near Western Ave. Park Forest: I like this diverse town and I'd live here, but it's a little too far south for my taste, plus it has too much of a foresty feel. Matteson: This is my favorite town in the south suburbs, I'd raise a kid here as well if I could. It's nice and diverse and there's lots of shopping near Cicero and Rt 30. Only drawback is that it might be a little far for working downtown, but I'm sure there's lots of people living here that works downtown. South Suburbs to avoid: Harvey: only drive here in the day if you can help it, but don't live here. Drugs, gangs, crooked police force, crooked mayor, boarded-up buildings, burned-out homes, this town makes me think of "the Wire" and "Oz". I have friends that live here, but I never felt safe in Harvey. Ford Heights: the worst of the worst in the south suburbs. You got Englewood in Chicago, and the South Suburbs got Ford Heights... nuff said. Avoid at all costs. Chicago Heights: there's good parts and bad parts, but it's going downhill. Homer Glen: too many rich people, too many polish people, I work in this town and I HATE this town. There's nothing there either. Dolton: kinda rough here, seem to be getting worse. Riverdale: located in the middle of a couple bad towns. Calumet City: this town has good and bad things about it, but the bad outweigh the good. Seems to be becoming a distressed area. Other South Suburbs towns: Robbins: I wouldn't live here, it's not as bad with crime as Harvey, but it might be some day. Posen: kind of bad, but low-key. Similar to Robbins. Safe during the day. Hazel Crest: I like this town, but there's not much there besides residential homes. Palos Heights: too many rich people, kind of a blah town. Markham: kind of so-so, but there's not much there. Palos Hills: too many rich people, and too many houses hidden by a ton of trees. Frankfort: never really liked this town, lacks diversity. Mokena: kinda far, not enough diversity, has too much of a redneck town feel. Lansing: located near the Illinois/Indiana border, has a small-town feel to it, but it just always feels disconnected from the rest of the south suburbs. Almost like the Australia of the south suburbs. Too far for you: Lockport: kind of far for working in Chicago. Joliet: if you work in Chicago, too far, but nice and diverse. New Lenox: too far out. Crete/Monee/Steger/Sauk Village/Kankakee/Bradley/Borbonaise: this area and anything else is just the boonies, not really worth living out here. Sorry for the long-winded post, but I know the south suburbs like the back of my hand. I think I will probably more than likely live my entire life in the south suburbs, I can't see myself ever moving to the north or western suburbs because I freaking hate towns like Bolingbrook, Oak Brook, Naperville, Downers Grove, Darien, Lemont, Arlington Heights, Mt. Prospect, Des Plaines, etc etc, there's way too many snobby rich people with elitist attitudes. I also, like another person mentioned, recommend Northwest Indiana as well. There's plenty of places I'd live in in Northwest Indiana such as Hammond, Griffith, Dyer, Munster, etc etc. It's more cheaper there, too, I was shocked at how much more you can get in Indiana than in Illinois for the same amount of money.

For me, it's a tough tie between the Angels, Dodgers, Detroit, and Kansas City.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 6, 2010 -> 09:28 AM) Its Juggernaut, b**** Vinnie Jones played Juggernaut on the X-Men??? Wow, I didn't know that.

QUOTE (KipWellsFan @ Jan 3, 2010 -> 06:46 PM) Offensive. QUOTE (Reddy @ Jan 3, 2010 -> 07:08 PM) agreed. Really??? Huh??? Offensive? How??? I wasn't even bashing Floyd and I didn't even say there was anything wrong with being gay. o_O

QUOTE (The Baconator @ Jan 5, 2010 -> 10:21 PM) I'll give you credit, it was the same actor. It was actually the very end of Gone in 60 Seconds, the big tall British dude (who apparently played professional soccer in real-life) who played the character that didn't speak throughout the movie, delivering a diatribe at the very end as they grilled. +1 for Jester Vinnie Jones???

QUOTE (Pants Rowland @ Jan 5, 2010 -> 02:25 PM) Sorry, time got blurry once I started having kids a few years back. WPWR and MeTV (they aren't the same, are they) have a lot of similarities to the old WFLD but I don't watch much anymore so it is not the same. BTW, whoever said HUdson 3-2700 really brought a smile to my face. Man, I grew up watching channel 50 WPWR all the time. I used to watch it so much that I used to, and still do, pronounce the initials of WPWR as "WhiP-WeR", did anyone else do the same thing? It's programmed in my head now that anytime I see WPWR, I say whip-wer.

QUOTE (Wanne @ Jan 1, 2010 -> 05:03 PM) ^^^^^^ Me too! The sleeveless ones were sharp IMO. I like the 59 throwbacks too. But to change the unis just to change...I don't like it at all. Have the Yanks changed? The Red Sox? Cubs. Dodgers? Leave the uni changes to the bottom feeders who merely need a quick revenue boost selling new merchandise. Exactly! :

Wow, congratulations to Floyd! This is awesome. I'm happy he's getting married, because I actually thought he was gay.

The White Sox would be fools to change their uniforms again. As many others already mentioned, they finally found a design that works. I also don't see any big deal with the Sox wearing black Sox, I think it looks very nice and very sleek because black is the opposite color of white, anyway. I think the Sox should keep all 3 of their current uniforms, but the only thing I think they should do is changed the cursive "Chicago" script on the road greys to a more old-school style printed arced C H I C A G O, much like on the Yankees' and Boston's uniforms. I'll be honest, the one thing I always hated on all mlb uniforms is cursive script. If the Sox decide to add another uniform, they should keep the 3 they currently have and just add a 4th alternate, and I think the 4th alternate should be similar to the one the Sox wore in the early 1900's with the old Sox logo with the big S and the o and x inside the S.

I think I have another celebrity crush no one else mentioned: Sandra Bullock I've always thought she was hot, especially in that tight dress she wore on "Ms. Congenality". Plus she's a chick who picks roles where she's funny and kicks ass, how can you not like a chick like that? lol She's also what I would call a milf, too. :-D

Oh yea, here's 2 more names I forgot: *Salma Hayek *Rosario Dawson (especially in her role as the dominatrix named Gale in "Sin City")

QUOTE (lostfan @ Dec 30, 2009 -> 06:31 PM) I noticed on your facebook profile that you had a thing for black women Yea, I find black women very attractive. I've also been dating black women exclusively for about 6 years now.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Dec 30, 2009 -> 06:06 PM) UGH!! You and my best friend are the only two people in the world that I know of, who have crushes on New York. I would take damn near every other contestant on that show over her. (cept girls like Pumpkin.. yuck) You won't be alone with the porn stars.. though I'll keep those to myself unless people start naming girls. Good call on Hudson though. Eva Mendes.. the things I would do to her.. Looks like I might be buying lotion tonight.. hahahahaahah, well, I think New York was a lot more hotter in "I Love New York 2" after she got her breast implants. XD

I have a crush on: *Tiffany "New York" Pollard from "I Love New York", I think she's freaking hot! *Jennifer Hudson *Eva Mendes *Serena Williams *Kelly Starr (porn star) *Jada Fire (porn star) *Vanessa Blue (porn star) *Jessica Alba *Michelle Rodriguez *Bahar Soomkeh *Kellee Stewart (I think she's HOT)

I forgot whether I mentioned it somewhere on this forum, or just had a conversation with a friend about it, but I think Quentin is going to rebound in 2010. Remember how Derek Lee broke his wrist and how he played poorly the year afterwards, but finally starting being the same old Derek Lee last season? I think the same will be in store for Quentin, I'm optimistic.

I got: Sons of Anarchy season 1 dvd set $10 Subway gift card Bears jacket (not really a football fan, tho) $110 in cash $80 in Kohl's gift cards which I used to get 4 polo shirts (one awesome rust-colored polo) and a pair of pants) a long-sleeved shirt with a zipper that's not my style. I ended up returning that long-sleeved zipper shirt and got another polo shirt instead. I feel like a horrible son, tho, cause mom got it for me and I feel real guilty returning it. Does anyone else feel guilty returning gifts?

QUOTE (knightni @ Dec 24, 2009 -> 12:45 PM) Your arm's off! http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7577/1975/1600/Coop.jpg http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7577/19.../bmaccheese.jpg His arm is off? ...Coop can fix him.