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ParticipantIf the independent contractor is truly a contractor, why the hell would you want to force them into W2 slavery?
ParticipantSo you claim that no one is ever wrong? Guess the KKK and the flat earth society just have differing opinions.
ParticipantCA doesn’t have hoods? Not to mention a strong meth culture? News to me. As far as being polite: if someone is causing the stress, it’s not rude to tell them.
ParticipantI’m guessing you’ve got a touch of Asperger’s, so to further the lesson, when discussing opinion:
OKAY
“I prefer [x], and here’s why.”
“I like [x] better than [y].”NOT OKAY
“[x] is better that [y].”
“You’re wrong.”Oh please. So if you have $150k to spend, a condo in SD isn’t better than a burnt-out shell of a house in Dee-TROIT for the same price?
Sometimes some things are really better.
ParticipantSadly, not great since they face a narrow side street. More “Rear Window” than a penthouse.
That’s one of the reasons why I’m thinking of selling in the next year and getting a true two bedroom, likely either further uptown near Columbia or in Brooklyn.
Problem is that my current area is ideal. Convenient to a lot of things, but quiet in itself, since it’s across from a park.
NYC isn’t much different from LA in that ~40% of its residents are 1st-generation immigrants, though with less of a majority of Mexicans and Asians.
A “New York accent” just as likely sounds Vietnamese, Polish, Russian, Caribbean, or Central American. In my building I have a couple of Mexican students below me, a Bulgarian family above, and a Swiss-Thai couple on the 5th floor.
ParticipantAs long the house is usable for you and you can afford it, who gives a rodent’s gluteus what the “offical” bedroom count is? Closets are child’s play to add i.e. a fun weekend project.
For the record, my apartment originally had two bedrooms. Each one was about 7′ x 14′, both with floor-to-ceiling windows.
ParticipantOver there people lack the sunny, relaxed attitude that we expect here.
Actually, from my experience, Californians are just as stressed if not more so. They’re just less inclined to show it. Passive-aggression is actually harder to deal with than outright argument.
Ever hear the old joke?
New Yorkers will tell you “f— you” when they mean “have a nice day.”
Californians will tell you “have a nice day” when they mean “f— you.”ParticipantBG, you are aware this is insulting, right? Every single time you post it (which is annoyingly often)? Yes, some like newer or upgraded properties and are willing to pay for them, but you spit this out like it’s the definition of stupidity – when it’s really just a preference. You prefer not to pay HOA, but some of us like HOAs, we can afford it, and we think it’s worth
I for one agree with BG. Unless it’s a condo building in a city, where there’s common infrastructure to maintain, an HOA is a useless parasitic entity. I for one wouldn’t care less if I lived in the ‘burbs and my neighbors painted their house neon fluorescent orange, and neither would anyone else, so long as it’s kept in good repair. There might be some snickering in the background, but that would be about it.
PS – BG reminds me of an NYC lady (in a good way), speaking her mind and not caring who whines about her opinions. Perhaps she was from the right coast in a past life.
ParticipantNJ has NYC right next to it. California … doesn’t.
BTW – in some places, it’s actually worth fighting minor things like that, since you can get them dismissed by mail without cost.
ParticipantI went thru toll roads in CO last July (2011) which had no toll booths. It took them a couple of months to send me a bill for $11.80, which I paid online. Apparently, they had a pic of my license plate, lol…
You’re lucky. If you did that on the East Coast without an EZ-Pass, you’d be fined $25 per incident in addition to the toll. Fortunately, most (all?) toll roads still have cash booths.
July 16, 2012 at 10:43 PM in reply to: OT:Carmel Valley: Foreclosure inventory and banks trickling them on the market #748189Participantsdrealtor – for once we agree, at least about the large banks. The larger the organization, the less “organization” there is.
ParticipantHope you used the wine to drink a toast to the meter maid who originally wrote the ticket getting hit by a truck.
So basically, the Californicator way is to bend over and take it, even if undeserved?
ParticipantProblem is that NJ treats all tickets as criminal fines rather than civil debts. What’s worse is that basically all moving violations are technically punishable by 15 days in county jail.
And no, statute of limitations doesn’t apply as the ticket constitutes a charge, and statute of limitations only limits the time the state has to press charges.
NJ has a very bizarre and archaic justice system in a lot of ways. The advantage is that most fines are actually pretty low as compared to CA. No $500 red-light pig camera tickets.
ParticipantYeah, NJ also has the unpleasant policy of taking points off your license for tickets out of state, even if paid on time. NY has the good graces to ignore out-of-state tickets (except DUIs or tickets in Ontario and Quebec, strangely enough).
This is why I got a NY license at earliest convenience instead of keeping my NJ license at my family’s address. The insurance may be $300/yr more expensive, but it’s worth it not having to worry about tickets out of state. Especially since most of my driving is done outside of NY!
And an arrest warrant for an unpaid parking ticket is over the top. In NY, they just tow you if you have $500+ of unpaid tickets on your car. On the plus side, since traffic tickets in NJ are minor criminal offenses, you can actually fight them in township court and occasionally win, rather than dealing with a kangaroo traffic court.
PS – you’re lucky that the f**kin’ pigs didn’t decide to charge you interest over 20 years.
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