[quote author="bkshopr" date=1248830804][quote author="QHBruin" date=1248821078][quote author="tkaratz" date=1248790688]
This is what IHB has become, a self promoting group of brokers and laid off architects that have no grasp on reality. Your problem with TIC's design is that they lack feung f-ing sheui? What first time home buyer or move up homebuyer cares about that? Even the asian demographic knows that feung sheui is bs when it comes to a bottom line.
Get over it. No one is going to use you as an architect if you continue to use feung sheui as a your primary marketing point. You're like the architects that market the fact that 75% of their staff are LEED AP's, total idiots.
Other factors that B/L ignores? If you can only complain about the floor plans, you're grasping at straws. The market for first time home buyer has bottomed. IHB has acknowldeged it, CR has acknowledged it. Now go start your pathetic attempt at being a real estate agent.</blockquote>
It?s about time someone stood up and said something. I?ve been feeling disgusted about this self-promotion too. Unfortunately, I completely disagree with your feng shui argument. Anyways, I find it hilarious that the all the top posters on this website are the most prevalent ?haters? of Irvine. IHO being the only non-bear I can think of. I seriously think that the Irvinehousing blog needs to address this bias. Take a look at bkshpr and graphrix.
bkshpr clearly is a smart person who is knowledgeable about architecture and design. Very knowledgeable, I might add. But what gets me is that this is a person who lived for 7+ years in Irvine without making any friends. He tries to portray modesty but can?t help posting ?The Birkin Bag was over $10,000. The other was a cheap LV.? Must be the Asian in him. Also, the self-promotion to TIC on this thread resonates with desperation. I don?t blame tkaratz for thinking he was unemployed. Seriously, 7 years and no friends? I really hope you were exaggerating then.
As for graphrix. As one of the moderators on here, you really should care enough to listen to the conference call. I find it odd why you would choose to moderate the Irvinehousingblog when you clearly ?hate? Irvine and would not envision yourself here. By the way, it also detracts from the blog when the moderators start a post with ?I don?t know what crawled up your ass and died.? I?d think they?d be more, uh, ?moderate? and less reactionary. (Although it does make for more entertaining reading)
Just my 2 cents.</blockquote>
I have made more friends here at this blog that is enduring everlasting than all the years I lived in Irvine. BTW I live there more than 7 years. All my neighbors were flippers and as soon you get to wave at them they were gone. No one uses the front door except to occassionally clean out the pile of fliers piled at the front door. Rather than trying to explain why I suggest you read my posts from 2-1/2 years ago where I explained the behavior of the residents.
Graph is intelligent and insightful. He made more contributions and shared his knowledge than all of you combined. You can insult me as much as you want but be cordial to Graph.
Thanks for your concern but I am not unemployed. I employ 8 people who live in contribute to the Irvine economy. My business is not Irvine based and my area of expertise is hospitality and retail. Consumer research is a component and I like residential because it is a subject that many people can relate to. You may not agree with my feng shui philosophy and that is Ok. My work will finish when Yuppy Asians and Caucasins ceased to shop and buy.
Really there are communities outside of Irvine that also have high concentration of Asians and Caucasians.
I like many of the readers and I am sad that I will not contribute to their home. Someday I will personally create IHO's 3CWG on a specific lot after his Internet invention made him very wealthy.</blockquote>
I am personally appalled by the lack of respect for both Graphrix and Bk in these posts. As one of those "Irvine haters" I have to say that there are genuine reasons for these feelings. I've actually spent a decent amount of time in several locations in Irvine this summer, this time I decided to really look around. While I completely understand that some people love Irvine for it's perceived benefits, I have yet to find a single house that delivers any sort of decent aesthetic value. It seems that those who want to or do live in Irvine give up quite a bit. So far, my experience in Irvine has been an observation of 60's/70's style ugly stucco homes that are only a bit more landscaped then those same houses you will find in So. Santa Ana. If it's not the uglier older homes, it seems to be a rental village of generic apartments. I have to say that I do love the parks and the fact that there is practically one on every corner (seeing people in them is a bit more rare). The place feels so sterile to me. I have several Asian friends, it seems that the women are particularly in love with Irvine (their spouses just go along), there is high value placed on things that are new and shiny. Bk has extensive knowledge of this phenomenon and I can't doubt it based on personal experience. I really don't want to bash any Irvine lovers, you have different values in what you find appealing in a neighborhood and I appreciate that. As far as making friends, I personally know that Bk has found many friends in his current neighborhood with little effort, unlike my own brother who has owned in Irvine for five years.
While Graph can be a bit harsh, he has provided invaluable information to so many people here. Remember that one forum topic is titled "Irvine Real Estate", the others have many varied titles and I think Graph sees it as his role to provide some info about the fact that there are other nice places in Orange County to live besides Irvine. Sorry for the rant, but this one kind of irritated me.
