tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post2240023026515306327..comments2024-02-23T04:39:49.329-05:00Comments on Conversations in Klal: Just a Few Words About BrooklynProfKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17954446826821665314noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-60503719131194422992008-02-08T16:33:00.000-05:002008-02-08T16:33:00.000-05:00LA is not a cheap place to live but after seeing w...LA is not a cheap place to live but after seeing what things cost in Brooklyn and the kind of financial mess you can get into there we told our new daughter in law to be to expect the move to LA. Lucky for us her parents aren't giving us a hard time about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-51106592240797174112008-02-08T13:29:00.000-05:002008-02-08T13:29:00.000-05:00Could we stop picking on Brooklyn? Lots of normal...Could we stop picking on Brooklyn? Lots of normal people living here who don't fit the stereotype you are showing. Looked at the five towns and Far Rockaway lately?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-71204880583848928822008-02-07T12:55:00.000-05:002008-02-07T12:55:00.000-05:00G,Mark this date on your calendar--I agree with yo...G,<BR/>Mark this date on your calendar--I agree with you completely. Way out of town offers the best buys in every way. Real estate is cheaper, the cost of living is lower, the cost of everything is lower. And if you move to one of the states with no state income tax you are way ahead of the game.<BR/><BR/>The fastest growing Jewish community in the US? Las Vegas, Nevada. You cannot believe what real estate does not cost and what real estate taxes do not cost, and that gas two weeks ago was over 50 cents cheaper per gallon than the price in NY, and there is no state income tax, and there are two, almost three, yeshiva ketanas and a boys high school, and a choice of suburban frum communities, and 8 kosher restaurants and incredible kosher shopping and a highly reliable vaad hakashrus and very warm, very welcoming people. And lots of help for newcomers who are still working people in finding good jobs. And no SNOW! And there are other gems just like this around the rest of the country. <BR/><BR/>It's almost as if people are afraid they can't be frum anywhere but in the NY environs. I'm more worried that it's not that they can't be frum anywhere else but that their entire frumkeit rests on being "policed."ProfKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17954446826821665314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-7864037628642862962008-02-07T10:30:00.000-05:002008-02-07T10:30:00.000-05:00All the larger, older, established frum communitie...All the larger, older, established frum communities also have the problem of real estate that has risen way up there...So a house to buy in some areas is "only" $400,000 plus.<BR/>--------<BR/><BR/>Not true.<BR/>I keep telling people, the midwest communities are the best kept secret in judaism...huh, maybe I should stop.Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08512231582715592098noreply@blogger.com