In some areas, the wine is consumed not from glasses, but straight from the bottle, with the bottle wrapped in a brown paper bag ...

They will always have forgotten to sum up the total of all those changes they made and again, you'll be the one left holding the bag.  

I had 3 teams of door knockers.. ( I never sent letters )  male female.. my females rocked my males could hardly close a paper bag...

Dealing with tenants is a whole new bag of worms and you have to protect your personal assets. 

Aswe all know, BP is fricken awesome and authentic in their education.In two weeks I close on my first real estate property (picture below).

The city is authentic, quirky, entertaining, and real.  

Lots of local food, unique and authentic local culture, and low cost of living.  

Although I think we have more like over 15 billion under development between your list and add to that the Sphere, Link expansion and maybe even the All Net Arena, although it is a mixed bag.

I would start by exchanging car payments for a functional beater, brown bagging my lunch and brewing my own coffee.  

The fact that the party ended and the crash wiped out the little guys holding the bag is a little different then saying you should be smart enough to live within your means