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Minnow
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On the waters edge of La Paz a new hotel was going up, and it looked very expensive. Probably the airplanes will bring weekenders from Los Angeles
before long, and the beautiful poor bedraggled old town will bloom with a Floridian ugliness.
John Steinbeck, "The Log From The Sea of Cortez" 1958
Proud husband of a legal immigrant.
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Paulina
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Minnow,
That is a good quote there.
I remember when talk of golf courses being planned for Cabo was a laughing matter.
Where will they come up with the land in the Bay of LA? I kind of wonder what Pres. Fox's wife was thinking when she picked up that large chunk in La
Gringa? I don't claim to know any details, just curious to see how it all turns out.
It makes me wish I were living there now while it's still 'the good old days' of today. I have a sinking feeling that we may see changes during our
lifetime that are not so good.
P<*))))><
\"Well behaved women rarely make history.\" Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
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DENNIS
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Minnow / Paulina.......
They're building a gas station half way between La Jolla and Maneadero. There's some progress for you. Oh, yeah.... Choix Pizza by La Jolla. This
place is in the throes of development.
I don't know where you guys are today so, if you're out of town, I'll keep you posted.
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shari
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Dave
If local citizens govern responsibly
Local citizens govern responsibly???? Ha! Aint gonna happen...I think you are right with your take on development on this cold, windy west coast...I
sincerely hope it doesnt happen, but I have seen it happen in alot worse climates than here...maybe not hotels here but I bet a crapload of condos get
built soon...the views are just too spectacular..plus when the weather is cool, you can put a jacket on...what about the gulf side in summer...you
cant go outside cause it's too darn hot...same thing is it not??? I guess it's a matter of too hot or too cold...but for many of us who live here the
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Cap
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| Quote: | Originally posted by shari
| Quote: | Originally posted by Dave
If local citizens govern responsibly
Local citizens govern responsibly???? Ha! Aint gonna happen...I think you are right with your take on development on this cold, windy west coast...I
sincerely hope it doesnt happen, but I have seen it happen in alot worse climates than here...maybe not hotels here but I bet a crapload of condos get
built soon...the views are just too spectacular..plus when the weather is cool, you can put a jacket on...what about the gulf side in summer...you
cant go outside cause it's too darn hot...same thing is it not??? I guess it's a matter of too hot or too cold...but for many of us who live here the
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Please don't take this as a negative comment on the area it was not meant that way. Your views are very nice, I was not comparing areas of Baja.
The point is that there are more suitable climates with better weather , water, access, infrastructure, and less palm greasing in which to invest
large sums of money.
La Paz and Florida are not a close comparison either. When MILLIONS of snow birds retire in La Paz and build condos in huge tracts let me know.
Yes, there are a few golf courses and Big Hotels in Los Cabos. But for a place that has been developing roughly the same amount of time as Cancun, it
is much smaller.
Don't worry too much about HUGE mega developments in Baja. Don't worry too much about tropical storms in latin America. These are over hyped topics.
They do allow people to wring their hands about change, and lament about how much better things were in the good ol' days. |
Fly low, land on roads.
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DianaT
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Talked to a couple of other people today and they confirmed what Shari posted about the international companies wanting all that land.
We have little doubt that it could happen----lots of money, power, etc., however, if it does, it wonīt be fast.
Climate wise, yes it is cool and windy, but with wind barriers, hotels, etc., could have nice, very warm swimming pools---soon as they figure out
where to get the water. It will be interesting to see what happens and who is happy about it, and who is not. Also, we still wonder about the power
of the Reserve to stop development.
The weather here can actually be quite hot at times in town, and it is only as we cross over the little hill that the wind cools the air.
We agree with those of you who think San Roque is REALLY beautiful. We love driving out there and to the beaches along the way.
Really do hope that there can be local control for the benefit of the community as a whole.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by jdtrotter
We have little doubt that it could happen----lots of money, power, etc., however, if it does, it wonīt be fast.
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Hope you're right, Diane. Foriegn investors probably won't be as patient as Mexican planners.
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DianaT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by jdtrotter
We have little doubt that it could happen----lots of money, power, etc., however, if it does, it wonīt be fast.
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Hope you're right, Diane. Foriegn investors probably won't be as patient as Mexican planners. |
We just hope they donīt own any drums.
Diane
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CaboRon
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| Quote: | Originally posted by shari
I agree Pam, I find myself constantly shaking my head at how alcoholism overrides education...when there is no cash paycheck, the coops here will make
beer available on credit but not school uniforms or books!!! When the paychecks do come in, the families are up to their eyeballs in booze bills and
have little left over...I do believe it is convenient for the powers that be to keep em liquored up and ignorant to avoid revolution. But when I try
to discuss these issues, I get the avoid the issue sideways galnces, shifting in their seats, gotta go make dinner....basically "BUTT OUT" response.
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Shari,
So true, so true.
This is why the these people are living a hundred years in the past...... I don't have much hope in any change anytime soon.
And it really is none of our business.
Nothing unusual here, it is endemic in third world countries.
That's why they remain third world countries.
Checked out Africa lately ?
- CaboRon
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bajamigo
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
Minnow / Paulina.......
They're building a gas station half way between La Jolla and Maneadero. There's some progress for you. Oh, yeah.... Choix Pizza by La Jolla. This
place is in the throes of development.
I don't know where you guys are today so, if you're out of town, I'll keep you posted. |
More "progress:" now that the ejido lands around here are being privatized, they're not converting them to agricultural usage. Instead, signs
advertising "LOTES" are springing up like mushrooms. I guess that's a faster way to the pickup truck purchase than a longer-term asset, like a farm.
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