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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 08:11 AM Original message |
If housing were affordable... |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
1. good question |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
2. are you kidding? |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 08:16 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I wrote "fantasize" for a reason. nt |
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CornField (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
4. Not an economic wizard, but... |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 08:35 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I guess my real question is |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
6. I think a large part of the problem is that it's not profitable to |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 09:01 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. What if they just put a ceiling on rent? nt |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 09:13 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. That'd be good, but don't think I'll live to see it. |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 09:56 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Terrible idea- Rent ceilings. |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 10:00 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. That's the effective truth in California right now. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 10:22 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Who's they, and why would they want to do that? |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 10:51 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. "They" would be the governments |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 11:00 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. we own a two-flat, and rent out the upstairs apartment. |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 12:12 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Wasn't meant as a plan. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 01:38 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. it's called "market forces" |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 02:08 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. that's what landlords, employers, and marketers like to call it |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 02:11 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. no reason to dream- move to north korea... |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 02:15 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. That's a little extreme. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 02:54 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. I proposed two hours a day |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 03:01 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. two hours a day???? |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 02:46 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. ha ha fu$%ing ha |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 02:59 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. regarding your original post- |
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Jim Warren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 05:32 PM Response to Reply #39 |
55. Ah can just feel the love |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 05:42 PM Response to Reply #39 |
56. I pulled it out of the air |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 06:07 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. no problem...now go work your two hours a day... |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 11:18 AM Response to Reply #14 |
23. Simple, because it wouldn't work in the private market. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 11:14 AM Response to Reply #7 |
22. great idea IF you are the renter..Horrible if you are the landlord |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 12:19 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. It would be nice if |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 12:27 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. In most placed in CA, people cannot afford to live where they work |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 02:23 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. that's why people get roommates. |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 02:28 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Wow, why didn't I think of that? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 02:43 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. well gee...if you wait long enough, and make enough excuses... |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 02:58 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Excuses? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 03:05 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. no- making excuses for how hard everything is does. |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 03:39 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. No, that's your stereotype. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 03:49 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. so you don't want the responsibility of ownership- |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 03:55 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Deleted message |
Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 04:00 PM Response to Reply #45 |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 04:06 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. You know nothing about me. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 04:38 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. i don't live in the obscure sub-urbs... |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 04:42 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Then I can assume |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 05:00 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. you assume way too much. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 05:12 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Deleted message |
dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 05:24 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. nope- it's all true. |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 05:27 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. All I'm saying is that you can't substantiate anything you say |
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laundry_queen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 11:03 AM Response to Reply #6 |
19. Too bad there isn't |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 12:20 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Historically there have been incentives like that both by HUD and states |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
9. Affordable housing would be 28% of your monthly gross income |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
13. the problem is real estate as investment |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 10:55 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. If anything can't be used as an investment |
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Freedom_Aflaim (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 08:54 PM Response to Reply #13 |
70. EVERYTHING is an investment to somebody |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
15. The bottom line is that housing prices reflect the REAL inflation going on |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
17. its all a symtom of the declining middle class job market |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
20. Look no further than the 60's.. |
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catmandu57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
21. There is affordable housing, but |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
28. overpopulation |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
44. capitalism makes that an impossibility |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 04:00 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. When homeowners are so pompous about all their hard work |
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Jim Warren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 05:48 PM Response to Reply #46 |
57. fookin' a mate |
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Freedom_Aflaim (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 06:07 PM Response to Reply #46 |
58. Yea homeowners suck |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 06:19 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. The system sucks, and the people suck |
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Freedom_Aflaim (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 06:26 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. Yea, Life is hard |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 06:40 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Do you think everyone SHOULD own a home? |
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Freedom_Aflaim (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 06:56 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Only if they want to |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 07:00 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. You wouldn't last a minute on the streets |
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Freedom_Aflaim (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 07:03 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. Wow, your're a tough guy. |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 07:04 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. I look forward to it. |
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Jim Warren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 06:24 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. What's that I hear? |
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Freedom_Aflaim (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 06:26 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. Who you goin after? |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 07:48 PM Response to Reply #61 |
69. People are tough |
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Jim Warren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 11:06 AM Response to Reply #69 |
71. A whole lotta shaking going on |
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