tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877753385801022805.post7677159420348042738..comments2024-02-26T03:01:28.791-08:00Comments on Wildomar Rap: • City Council Tackles the General Plan UpdateJoseph Morabitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16685853728078949253noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877753385801022805.post-57574114849618697212014-04-24T20:50:37.139-07:002014-04-24T20:50:37.139-07:00well it was good to see Cashman making sure to pro...well it was good to see Cashman making sure to protect his area of town! But I did put dibs on my area and I say the idea of making the area around lost road a wine country is a keeper! sheilaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877753385801022805.post-19303661358909209292014-04-24T15:01:41.730-07:002014-04-24T15:01:41.730-07:00I basically concur with you. My brother moved from...I basically concur with you. My brother moved from here to San Diego about three years ago. The home he left was 3100 SF 6 BR with a pool and he owed about 300K. He bought a home that isn't quite 2000 SF, that has a backyard the size of a walnut and all for the tidy little sum of well over half a mil. For people that take the long view, paying off a house is an important part of retirement plans. While I'll be mortgage free in a short period of time, my brother will be paying his home off as he celebrates his 77th birthday. Good Luck wit' dat. Joseph Morabitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16685853728078949253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877753385801022805.post-86253906298647505822014-04-24T13:31:50.055-07:002014-04-24T13:31:50.055-07:00You're more right on "ranch" than I ...You're more right on "ranch" than I am. When I say "ranch" I mean "ranch fragment with agricultural detritus". In other words, "rural feel".jghttp://www.brightstarswildomar.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877753385801022805.post-15958639882481265862014-04-24T12:08:25.819-07:002014-04-24T12:08:25.819-07:00"The trouble with those folks is they don'..."The trouble with those folks is they don't own all the land, yet they want to tell everyone what can be done with their land" There are plenty of zoning and building codes already that tell people what they can do with their land. And the whole point of incorporating as a city is so it's residents can determine the city's character and ensure that changes to a city can account for the cost of those changes to the city. Such planning can improve the quality of life here and preserve home values. No doubt we'll provide plenty of amusement for some time.john garretthttp://www.brightstarswildomar.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877753385801022805.post-71767398320966397852014-04-24T09:36:04.966-07:002014-04-24T09:36:04.966-07:00I only moved to WIldomar because of the home price...I only moved to WIldomar because of the home prices. If I could have the same home in San Diego for the same money I sure wouldn't be here, even though it does put me closer to Disneyland. I have made good friends here and I don't regret the move, however, I do laugh at those wanting to keep the rural feel. The trouble with those folks is they don't own all the land, yet they want to tell everyone what can be done with their land. If someone owns (or is making payments on) a ticky-tac house in a sub division with it's tiny lot, why should they get to decide what someone does with their 30 acres by the freeway? They both had the same chance to buy the large lots. How anyone could look around at all the cheap housing sandwiched between San Diego and LA and not guess that bargain shoppers would move here and commute is mind boggling. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877753385801022805.post-71894235807199430272014-04-24T09:02:40.227-07:002014-04-24T09:02:40.227-07:00I probably have different images when I think of &...I probably have different images when I think of "ranches" than you do. Too much influence from old TV shows I'm thinking. My grandparents had a nice place in Woodcrest in Riverside. It had a barn, two stalls and some pasture. He had up to two horses and three steer at a time. I wouldn't call that a ranch. My dad has three acres in Mohave Valley Az and he has had as many as a dozen horses there at one time, yet I'd also not label it a "ranch". I see DeJong's Dairy as a ranch, but can't think of any others like that here; some could be tucked away from general view that I'm oblivious to. Also Norco is famous for its ranches that can be seen from the 15 freeway. Perhaps I'm just too stingy/narrow with the designation of ranch. <br /><br />When you said you "looked for open spaces and a rural feel" I was overlooking the group you are in. I'm keying in on the heavy influx of people Wildomar has had in the last 20 years, and most of those are carried about by necessity and not so much by desire. I myself arrived, in large part, in Wildomar because of affordability, in addition to my brother and mother living here at the time. Had money been less of a deciding factor, I most likely would have stayed in congested San Clemente. But that wave broke long ago, and I'm a proud WildoMartian now. :)Joseph Morabitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16685853728078949253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-877753385801022805.post-74066366066346325092014-04-24T07:58:14.329-07:002014-04-24T07:58:14.329-07:00As usual, I appreciate your coverage and being an ...As usual, I appreciate your coverage and being an enabler of my lack of attending -- actually, I have 5 astronomy shows in the next two weeks, so I can't think of the city's future at the moment. I'm one contrary example to what you say above: When I looked for a home in this region I looked at Temecula, Murrieta, and Wildomar. Wildomar was the clear choice for it's open spaces and rural feel, which includes horse ranches. I moved after two years, choosing to stay in Wildomar. Now, I have a dairy to my northeast, horse ranches to the east, cows grazing on a field to the southwest, and I'm in walking distance to two places offering horse boarding. If I drive a couple miles, I hit horse ranches -- all of this in Wildomar. I'm surprised you can't think of any horse ranches. Yes, the community will change, but I still think of "build out" as an ugly, undesirable concept. I'm working on the one rural quality that can be kept regardless of density: the night sky. john garretthttp://www.brightstarswildomar.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com