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ParticipantSeriously, what’s the % of traffic from U-turns vs your own cars? I’d think that the occasional U-turn was a minor issue in the scheme of things.
If it bothers you, can you put a chain across the driveway?
ParticipantThose things are the price you pay for living in a more urban neighborhood without driveways. If I need to let out a guest or drop off heavy items, I’ll just double-park till I finish.
ParticipantI’d rather Americans not spend more money right now. More money spent == more competition to my plan of buying a few more fork-lost (HAH!) homes and renting them out to people not in the economic position to buy.
This being said, if the CEO buys a NY (or SF) condo, the money would still go into the economy:
(a) the seller would get paid
(b) broker(s) get paid
(c) people doing renovations on the apt get paid
(d) building staff (supers, doormen, etc) get paid
(e) city gets to re-assess. taxes get paid.etc.
ParticipantLocal govts have too many parasites working for them anyway. Maybe its time to fire 50% and tell them to get a real job.
As far as the $13 min wage– should be good incentive to automate a good portion of those jobs away…
ParticipantMore crap from the free shit mafia — a 50+% hike in a few years is frankly fucking insane. Instead of letting costs drop to reasonable levels, let’s inflate, inflate, fellate.
ParticipantBuy in some older established towns, people might beat you up or somehow drive you out of the neighborhood. How about some old hoods in jersey where you need to hunt for street parking because they is no driveway?
I’ve never had people get territorial about street parking either in Jersey City, or down the shore where driveways are rare. We often had to park down the street when my family had a beach house.
Having to walk a bit extra just wasn’t considered a big deal.
ParticipantSo wait — people in SD get all upset about others using the street to LEGALLY park? It’s a public street. No one owns the parking spots there. The worst that may happen is that you will have to walk an extra few hundred feet. Oy, quelle horreur!
Sheesh, life is too short to get aggravated about a parking spot that doesn’t even belong to you. You might as well shake your fist at people driving down the street in front of your house.
ParticipantIf I were the owner, my response would be “no, kindly stay out of my business. If you have specific concerns about the behavior of one of my housemates, I’d be happy to address them.”
Why not focus on the behavior of the people living there, rather than the fact that the people happen to be unrelated by blood? Should someone not have the right to rent out rooms to ease economic hardship, assuming no overcrowding exists? What if I bought a house and decided to share it with some close friends who were all decent people?
Do I really need to get crap and possible litigation from nosy neighbors just because of an innocent lifestyle choice?
As long as they’re keeping things clean, relatively quiet, and following the precedent of occupancy being less than or equal to one plus 2x the number of bedrooms, it should be a private matter.
ParticipantI’d consider carefully before getting mixed up in this …
If they’re not hurting anyone,it’s frankly none of your damned business. Maybe they happened on hard times and need the money more than the extra floor space. You’d have to be a real asshat to consider siccing the city on them.
ParticipantThanks. Hope they show up on other sites soon — sdlookup’s interface is pretty grim as compared to what I’m used to.
ParticipantGood, about time.
BTW – if they’re talking about median SALE or LISTING prices vs values, they should be taken with a grain of salt.
Listing prices: if high-priced homes sell faster, it will skew the median listing price downward without lowering actual home values.
Sale prices: if high-priced sellers sit on their homes rather than selling, it might skew the price down without affecting values.
Statistics are a funny thing. Now we just need Mel Watt to “come to the rescue”. (As if — despite the hullabaloo, his changes are very incremental and measured thus far.)
ParticipantPbbbbbt, if you want a long-lasting generator, see below. Bonus points since it would probably run on the foulest, worst-quality gas in existence…
ParticipantConnecting a fridge alone probably surges to 2000W.
You’d be surprised — fridges don’t use a lot of power (there’s probably a startup surge). They’re well-insulated, so they don’t actually need a lot of energy to keep cool, and the space is much smaller than an air-conditioned room or whatever.
ParticipantFor a few lights, some electronics, and a fridge (what’s really needed in SD unless you’re on a farm with well water), I’d go with a reputable 1500-2000W portable and a good-quality, long extension cable. i.e. 12 or 10 ga copper wire.
Do you keep gasoline around for yard tools? It can also be siphoned from a car if you keep the tank full — that way it will be fresh.
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