House Hunters International

[SkyNorth]

On HGTV - an episode of House Hunters International has a couple from Jacksonville FL moving to Cali.  The Mountain area of Cali would be a better description.  It is running at 1:30 am - you can set your DVR or Tevo if you are interested.
 
It seemed a little lame but Beautiful scenery.  But HGTV is a little lame anyway.

[mudd]

hope its a safe place!!! doesnt take much for farc to come into areas. i missed a kidnapping outside of cail by one week. same restaurant we visited was hit by farc the following saturday, at the same time. took 5 people from the restaurant. im sure as a gringo, i would have been the 1st to be thrown into the truck 

[V_Man]

The hills outside Cali are wonderful spots with a very nice climate. However I would also worry about security. There are a lot of police patrols in these areas but if people knew where you lived........

[Calipro]

The hills outside Cali are wonderful spots with a very nice climate. However I would also worry about security. There are a lot of police patrols in these areas but if people knew where you lived........

There was a board member that lives in DAPA....not sure what happened to him as I haven't seen him post in a while.
He has lived in DAPA for years and I'm sure he could enlighten us on what live is like there....I have been there a few times...only minutes outside of Cali.

[SkyNorth]

The show started off with the couple looking in Dapa but the lot size was not large enough for the husband, 1-2 acres.  So he had the Realtor find him 4 acres even further away from Cali.  Yes, I was thinking all those things.  It's kind of neat watching natural selection work.
 
The husband was a Cali born guy but moved to Jacksonville FL in high school about 20-25 years ago.  His wife was Irish-American red hair and so white she was clear, she kept asking him things like how do you say hat in Spanish.  O - and he had not been back once since his school days. 
 
He seemed really arrogant when the Realtor tried to advise him (the realtor was a cute Colombiana named Joanna???) and he came off as arrogant in general.  He keep raising his voice at the Realtor demanding "bigger - bigger" lot and house.  They (the couple) were working with a $150,000 US dollar budget.  I am not sure but I don't call $150k house budget a reason to yell "bigger-bigger" at ones Realtor.
 
I do wonder if any thing will happen to them.  I do wish them well.  But it seemed like a recipe for disaster.
 
As the film crew filmed them in their new back yard, which is right next to the jungle.  I felt really nervous for them.  Like they were...Bait.

[bcc_1_2]

The biggest concern I have is that House Hunters International owed their viewing community a disclaimer. There are plenty of dumb Americans that get all their bright ideas from watching shows from House Hunters to Dr. Phil. People watch a show and decide oooh I want to retire there or get a vacation condo there. But as noted the reality is that doing something like this dumb couple did is beyond dangerous.

[Calipro]

The show started off with the couple looking in Dapa but the lot size was not large enough for the husband, 1-2 acres.  So he had the Realtor find him 4 acres even further away from Cali.  Yes, I was thinking all those things.  It's kind of neat watching natural selection work.
 
The husband was a Cali born guy but moved to Jacksonville FL in high school about 20-25 years ago.  His wife was Irish-American red hair and so white she was clear, she kept asking him things like how do you say hat in Spanish.  O - and he had not been back once since his school days. 
 
He seemed really arrogant when the Realtor tried to advise him (the realtor was a cute Colombiana named Joanna???) and he came off as arrogant in general.  He keep raising his voice at the Realtor demanding "bigger - bigger" lot and house.  They (the couple) were working with a $150,000 US dollar budget.  I am not sure but I don't call $150k house budget a reason to yell "bigger-bigger" at ones Realtor.
 
I do wonder if any thing will happen to them.  I do wish them well.  But it seemed like a recipe for disaster.
 
As the film crew filmed them in their new back yard, which is right next to the jungle.  I felt really nervous for them.  Like they were...Bait.

You can actually get to DAPA in about ten minutes from the city limits of Cali....the guy the board member that I know that lives there has about a 30 minute commute to Cali so he is well off the beaten path and has lived there for many years.....he has never said he was concerned for his safety that I know of.

[V_Man]

There are plenty of dumb Americans that get all their bright ideas from watching shows from House Hunters to Dr. Phil. People watch a show and decide oooh I want to retire there or get a vacation condo there.

It's kind of neat watching natural selection work.

[Hoda]

On HGTV - an episode of House Hunters International has a couple from Jacksonville FL moving to Cali.  The Mountain area of Cali would be a better description.  It is running at 1:30 am - you can set your DVR or Tevo if you are interested.
 
It seemed a little lame but Beautiful scenery.  But HGTV is a little lame anyway.

Didn't get to see this episode, but I did see one with 2 guys from Canada, moving to Medellin. Of course they chose the Penthouse to impress the ladies . I've read that the episodes are staged with buyers being selected "after/while" they've already made their choice. HGTV throws in a couple a choices just to build up the anticipation for the viewing audience. I once had my own reservations about living outside of Cali.....until I visited Pance 

Take Care...Hoda