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    Quote Originally Posted by proud owner
    those in Bkt timah are expensive beocs of the SCHOOLS ..havent we all acknowledged it all these years ?

    if i get voted into PAP .. i will propose to move the so call good schools to balestier and move the shops, eateries, and what have you to Bkt Timah ...
    lol. true. Bt Timah has been gentrified for so long that although it's far away from town etc, there are exclusive enclaves built around communities. There are clubhouses, restaurants etc etc, not to mention the independent schools.

    But even so, balestier is far superior to the bendemeer/boon keng/mar thoma area. That is one of the many areas talked up by developers to let it appear more than it really is. It ain't much but at least Balestier has established eateries, some sort of shopping/cinema, and a pet cafe. At least it'll be easy when shopping for lights and tiles. Even better when you have a visiting mistress.

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    Quote Originally Posted by franzmark
    But ironically there are some nutheads in this forum who say D12 priced at 800psf is expensive and 700 or 800psf in jurong is okay....
    IMHO...D12 and D21 currently should be avg 850 psf, Jurong/CCK 600 psf. That's why Arte and Caspian selling well, Mi Casa so so, Hillvista/Jardin/Floridian not.

    FEO has a new development just next to Arte, supposed to be selling 900psf up. I doubt that will sell as well as Arte.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jonleelk
    IMHO...D12 and D21 currently should be avg 850 psf, Jurong/CCK 650 psf. That's why Arte and Caspian selling well, Mi Casa so so, Hillvista/Jardin/Floridian not.

    FEO has a new development just next to Arte, supposed to be selling 900psf up. I doubt that will sell as well as Arte.
    Agree. Mass market condos in the East like Kovan, Bedok Reservoir, Tanah Merah, Simei, Pasir Ris all are selling about 650psf as well. Basically buyers are too eager to buy Caspian@580psf & Alexis@850psf, resulting in all developers setting their prices using these 2 projects as references

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    so many praising balestier and i wonder why.

    pls go drive through that road during peak hours and see and feel for yourselves.

    2 lanes nia in each direction with so many left and right turns on the 2 lanes, not to mention all the traffic lights along the way. somemore got to fight with buses and those that anyhow park.

    good luck man on your way to and fro work!

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    roads is just one aspect of an area. if talking about roads, nothing is worse than orchard road, but nobody will complain that 2000psf is expensive for orchard or cairnhill, right?

    Quote Originally Posted by mezz72sg
    so many praising balestier and i wonder why.

    pls go drive through that road during peak hours and see and feel for yourselves.

    2 lanes nia in each direction with so many left and right turns on the 2 lanes, not to mention all the traffic lights along the way. somemore got to fight with buses and those that anyhow park.

    good luck man on your way to and fro work!

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    I think all developers marketing central condos should use Hillvista in amenitiless hillview as a reference as the later is marketing at $990psf and above in the meantime....


    Quote Originally Posted by jitkiat
    Agree. Mass market condos in the East like Kovan, Bedok Reservoir, Tanah Merah, Simei, Pasir Ris all are selling about 650psf as well. Basically buyers are too eager to buy Caspian@580psf & Alexis@850psf, resulting in all developers setting their prices using these 2 projects as references

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    Bukit Timah/Holland and Balestier are apples and oranges. Other than elite schools, people pay for Bkt/Holland because of the low-rise factor, respectable neighbours as well as sprawling spaces. Balestier is too tightly packed and lousy people working/living

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    Property is not just about proximity to urban spaces. Are apartments in Westwood and Beverly Hills cheaper than downtown LA?

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    wow, wat a bold statement to make. There are lousy n good people everywhere. Some of the worst people are not the blue collar or poor people roaming around the streets, but those trashy half past six pseudorich who live in neither here nor there condos in bt timah n holland area. Btw holland village (the heart of the activity) is surrounded by hdb flats n hdb folks n they will definitely not be any "high class" in ur definition.
    Quote Originally Posted by orange
    Bukit Timah/Holland and Balestier are apples and oranges. Other than elite schools, people pay for Bkt/Holland because of the low-rise factor, respectable neighbours as well as sprawling spaces. Balestier is too tightly packed and lousy people working/living

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    Anyway who ever said holland area is class. The recent news of the lunatic couple who walked around naked in holland area comes to show the kind of people who go to and visit holland village.


    Quote Originally Posted by Regulators
    wow, wat a bold statement to make. There are lousy n good people everywhere. Some of the worst people are not the blue collar or poor people roaming around the streets, but those trashy half past six pseudorich who live in neither here nor there condos in bt timah n holland area. Btw holland village (the heart of the activity) is surrounded by hdb flats n hdb folks n they will definitely not be any "high class" in ur definition.

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    whatever. it is a fact that bkt/holland people generally better educated, hold better jobs and attended better schools than those living in balestier and boon keng.

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    you don't know the demographics of the area so don't come here and talk cock lah....you speak like you have carried out survey for every household and family living in these areas....


    Quote Originally Posted by orange
    whatever. it is a fact that bkt/holland people generally better educated, hold better jobs and attended better schools than those living in balestier and boon keng.

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    I grew up in bkt. of course I know the demographics and the nature of people in the area. For balestier, i'll let the other forumers suan u about that

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    Bloody fool trying to convince people that Balestier is superior to Bukit Timah as a residential area? Laugh until balls drop.

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    you are just a generaliser in your comments and hold no substance. you are no god to say what are good and lousy people living in an area and btw the statement you make just shows how silly you are as it simply makes no sense.

    Quote Originally Posted by orange
    Bloody fool trying to convince people that Balestier is superior to Bukit Timah as a residential area? Laugh until balls drop.

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    Quote Originally Posted by orange
    whatever. it is a fact that bkt/holland people generally better educated, hold better jobs and attended better schools than those living in balestier and boon keng.
    very the wrong assumption. I am geylang okt, I tink hor... I better helicated then yew hor

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    I would say that Balestier is an up and cumming area. Much better than the wizened old chickens at bukit timah

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    In life, sometimes u have to generalize. Of course there will be exceptions to the norm but those are just that: exceptions. Stereotypes happen because they are true most of the time.

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    Hey okt, u r only an Aussie grad lah. No need to action liao liao. Only students who cannot make it anywhere else resort to Aussie unis. Australia, the arsehole of the Western World!

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    Quote Originally Posted by orange
    Hey okt, u r only an Aussie grad lah. No need to action liao liao. Only students who cannot make it anywhere else resort to Aussie unis. Australia, the arsehole of the Western World!
    Hey orange... I neber even finished high skool. You cum from bukit timah? Lots of homos there

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    wont be surprised that orange also one of them...


    Quote Originally Posted by Geylang OKT
    Hey orange... I neber even finished high skool. You cum from bukit timah? Lots of homos there

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    Oh yeah, i'm so homo that I screwed your mother sister and wife. How about that?

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    i think you must be hallucinating coz i don't know you. The true scenario is you probably took your mother, sister and wife to be mine and screwed them in your hallucinatory state. Maybe you can add another pastime to the list of activities of the people living in your area - commiting incest

    Quote Originally Posted by orange
    Oh yeah, i'm so homo that I screwed your mother sister and wife. How about that?

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    Quote Originally Posted by orange
    Oh yeah, i'm so homo that I screwed your mother sister and wife. How about that?
    hey this is not how 'more educated' people behave ...

    pls do not make such comments that involves other's family members ..

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    He is not educated...


    Quote Originally Posted by proud owner
    hey this is not how 'more educated' people behave ...

    pls do not make such comments that involves other's family members ..

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    please use ur pee size brain to think b4 you speak. talking about generalisation, and sprouting criticism, I think u urself did it in quite colourful terms in various tnreads.

    Quote Originally Posted by franzmark
    you are just a generaliser in your comments and hold no substance. you are no god to say what are good and lousy people living in an area and btw the statement you make just shows how silly you are as it simply makes no sense.

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    why tell others to use "pee size" brain? U pee with your brain?
    Quote Originally Posted by KT_Lim
    please use ur pee size brain to think b4 you speak. talking about generalisation, and sprouting criticism, I think u urself did it in quite colourful terms in various tnreads.

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    No fighting in this thread please. Only BDSM, 69 and copulation allowed.

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    people englang no good wat.. wat to do? u MAS or MOE? btw - what's that yellow sprout coming off ur head?

    Quote Originally Posted by Regulators
    why tell others to use "pee size" brain? U pee with your brain?

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