Younger workers everywhere

[spdrun]

(1) People support Sanders because what he’s proposing isn’t all that radical. Rooting out corruption, lowering the ratio of average tuition to income, base level of public insurance that works nationally. He’s not a socialist in the sense that he wants to nationalize everything.
(2) People who live in rental SFRs likely see the situation as temporary and don’t want to invest too much in the yard, etc. Also, working hours are pretty bad, especially when both parents are working full-time.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=spdrun](1) People support Sanders because what he’s proposing isn’t all that radical. Rooting out corruption, lowering the ratio of average tuition to income, base level of public insurance that works nationally. He’s not a socialist in the sense that he wants to nationalize everything.
(2) People who live in rental SFRs likely see the situation as temporary and don’t want to invest too much in the yard, etc. Also, working hours are pretty bad, especially when both parents are working full-time.[/quote]In SoCal, it is difficult to rent a 2+ bdrm condo or house without signing a one-year lease. That’s not “temporary.”

In the cases I posted about, only ONE parent is working. The other parent stays at home with the kids (who take naps) and has ample time to pick up all the pennysavers and junk mail laying in their driveway (and washed down the curb) and the junk food wrappers that spilled out of their vehicle and their kid’s litter and small toys blowing about their front yard and sidewalk.

These families HAVE private, fenced backyards to play in and should also be using them to store all their junk, toys and last December’s X-mas tree that they can’t see fit to sit out for the trash.

I could go on … and on but that is the gist of it. This group is LAZY and oblivious to their surroundings. When I walk my dog, we often trip over all this sh!t and diapers that “fell out” of last week’s trash can on city sidewalks and it is always in front of the homes of millenial tenants with kids … not to mention what an eyesore they can be.

[spdrun]

A one-year lease is temporary in the scheme of things for landscaping. So we’re not just just talking about bad landscaping, but about actually litter.

[FlyerInHi]

BG, I agree about LAZY. Lazy and indulgent.

It used to be that suburban dads would wash cars and do yard work on weekends. Now people don’t even to do that anymore. They just want to pay someone to wash their cars and do their gardening. That will cost them in the long run.

And women do their nails, even when they are on a budget! How are they supposed to do any work that needs done?

These days people expect more services. They are eating out a lot more. They are leasing cars instead of saving for downpayment or paying cash. Maybe that’s just sign of increasing standard of living.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=spdrun]A one-year lease is temporary in the scheme of things for landscaping. So we’re not just just talking about bad landscaping, but about actually litter.[/quote]Yeah, my area is a “victim” of the “flipper-buy-and-hold phenomenon” of several years ago. And, to a lesser extent, the “heir-hold-forever-plan-cuz-property-taxes-are-minuscule” phenomenon.

Trash pickup costs twice as much if you order a family-sized waste-cart. So these young families try to get by with the smallest waste cart left behind at the property and overflow it weekly. If there is any trash sitting on the curb outside the can and it is not a bulky item (i.e. curtain rod or kid’s toy, etc), then it will not get picked up.

Seriously, these kids who can’t afford all the bills that go with renting an SFR (water, trash, sewer, gas and electric) should rent an apt/condo where some of them are traditionally paid by the LL.

[bearishgurl]

I’m going to start being more “Trump-like” and saying something to the worst offenders. They’re degrading the neighborhood.

[bearishgurl]

Maybe its best that millenials DON’T buy SFRs and buy condos instead. They’re not capable of properly taking care of one. This group, as a whole, is incompetent when it comes to practical living skills. They must have been asleep at the switch and not paying attention when mommy and daddy were mowing, gardening, DIYing, taking out the trash and cleaning house. OR, I suspect they were over-burdened with extra-curricular activities which took up all their time. I know mine were, but at least they know the basics of cooking, cleaning and doing laundry.

[bearishgurl]

At this point, I would seriously consider a detached over-55 community if it didn’t have HOA dues.

[FlyerInHi]

BG, even in condos, you’re not supposed to leave large items in trash bins.

I once saw a older woman giving a piece of her mind to someone who left a mattress by the bin. But the guy didn’t care. He left it anyway.

Some people are extremely lazy and inconsiderate. They park by the mailbox clusters and block driveways; they overflow trash bins because they can’t walk over to the next closest bin, don’t pick up after their pets, run old cars that drip oil on driveways, etc…

[FlyerInHi]

[quote=spdrun](1) People support Sanders because what he’s proposing isn’t all that radical. Rooting out corruption, lowering the ratio of average tuition to income, base level of public insurance that works nationally. He’s not a socialist in the sense that he wants to nationalize everything.
[/quote]

True, nothing radical.

But I doubt the average person knows the details of policy. I’m just saying that the word “socialist” doesn’t sound bad to millennial.

[FlyerInHi]

BG, young people don’t really care about weeds or overgrown yards. In fact they believe it’s best to let nature be. I heard it’s a new trend. Manicured yards are too establishment.

They want to grow pot and sprinkle vegetable seeds around so whatever grows will grow.

[FlyerInHi]

[quote=bearishgurl]At this point, I would seriously consider a detached over-55 community if it didn’t have HOA dues.[/quote]

One of my friends retired at Sun City Anthem in Las Vegas. Many houses have attached casitas for visiting relatives. It’s very well maintained and you can clearly see that owners over 55 take better care of their properties. It’s not any cheaper than non age-restricted communities.

[The-Shoveler]

This was not even a Idea in a developers mind 6 years ago.

http://www.eastvaleca.gov/city-hall/planning/general-plan

Now its the fastest growing area in Socal.

[poorgradstudent]

This is likely a direct result of the falling unemployment rate. When unemployment is at 9%, retail businesses can pick and choose 25 year olds with full availability and a few years work experience vs. high school or college kids with class schedules and the reliability issues of teenagers.

[FlyerInHi]

[quote=The-Shoveler]This was not even a Idea in a developers mind 6 years ago.

http://www.eastvaleca.gov/city-hall/planning/general-plan

Now its the fastest growing area in Socal.[/quote]

Affordability. As long as affordability is an issue, people will be pushed to the suburbs and exurbs. But cool people do prefer to be closer the city.

I foresee more 3 bedroom condos being built.

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