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house price graphic info
From a biz blog in my local paper:
This is a graphic that the Fed's Ben Bernanke used in a recent talk. What's interesting is how many states don't have housing-price declines -- of course the green states typically have lower populations, too. The data are only through the end of 2007. Thanks to Calculated Risk for the pointer.
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05-20-2008, 09:32 AM
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My city is colorado and we do not have any decrease due to the oil feilds my town is actually booming right now with a bunch of very young and very well paid rig workers.
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05-20-2008, 11:41 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 14awg.com
My city is colorado and we do not have any decrease due to the oil feilds my town is actually booming right now with a bunch of very young and very well paid rig workers.
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Wow big city  Must make Kansas a suburb
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05-20-2008, 11:42 AM
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gas prices
Since this thread got bumped:
From GasBuddy, via Barry Ritholtz: Here is a county-by-county map of gas prices. The "hot" colors (red) are high prices; the "cool" colors (green) are lower. But not by much!
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05-20-2008, 09:48 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BryanMD
Since this thread got bumped:
From GasBuddy, via Barry Ritholtz: Here is a county-by-county map of gas prices. The "hot" colors (red) are high prices; the "cool" colors (green) are lower. But not by much! |
Want a riddle gentlemen?
What year do you think we were standing around the (roach coach, water cooler, whatever) musing "if 'they' don't stop messing around with the gas prices, we will soon be paying $1 a gallon?"
Answer: about November 1988, $1.0500/gal USD
If we only knew . . . 
Work'in For That Free Tee . . .
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05-20-2008, 10:48 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by HighWirey
Answer: about November 1988, $1.0500/gal USD
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The first time I bought gas with my own money (14 on a dirt bike I would sneak around the neighborhood streets to get to the trails) was (drumroll please!) 34 cents a gallon. No one had even heard of Iran then.
Minimum wage was about $1.80/hr but I made $5/hr delivering newspapers and $3/hr helping the hardware store man (remember them?) when they did lock and window work.
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March 2010: On the road with my RV. California is first primary destination then it is off to Eastern OR, Northern ID and Western MT for drycamping and fly fishing until Labor Day.
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05-20-2008, 11:54 PM
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14awg:
Though, I have noticed signs of the market beginning to slide. Commercial and industrial isn't too bad, but it seems the residential end is sliding a little bit. Some of our contractors seem to be getting a wee desperate. Time will tell I suppose. 
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05-21-2008, 09:43 AM
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I agree YoungSparky, even though Grand Junction is booming in other areas the residential building area is slowing... I assume it’s because the ones with the money have no credit the oil field is really the only money in this town and the average age of the workers are under 25. If the oil felid ever pulls out like they did in 1985 my house's equity will plummet and we will be stuck doing remodels... hopefully.
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05-21-2008, 06:16 PM
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When Exon pulled out, my boss had just finished up his 2 residential years. Afterward, since the residential market almost slowed to a stand-still, he had to work our of town regularly doing primarily commercial work. I can only imagine. Though I must say, I don't see any signs of them retreating. Well, yet that is. Colorado is sure trying to give "them" a hard time.
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