Speaking of housing, congrats on your place selling, SuzyQ!!
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'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Kathy A - Jan 27, 2009 10:08:51 am PST #3770 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Steph L. - Jan 27, 2009 10:10:25 am PST #3771 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Re: the rental discussion we had last week - my studio apartment that I rented for $995 (and now pay $1011 on) will be renting for $1295 once I move out. The market for studios and jr. 1-bedrooms is tighter than I thought.
I assume SF incomes are proportional(ish) with rents? Because I read $1295 and actually thought, "For *only* one month?!?"
t /lives in Ohio, paid $585/mo for a 1-BR
Or possibly my income is closer to the poverty level than I had previously thought.
lisah - Jan 27, 2009 10:12:30 am PST #3772 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
oh, Suzi, YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!!!
Prices in my 'hood, especially on my street, have seemed to have leveled out and not dropped too much from the high of 18 months or so ago. But houses appear to stay on the market longer.
Tom Scola - Jan 27, 2009 10:12:44 am PST #3773 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Connie Neil - Jan 27, 2009 10:13:32 am PST #3774 of 30000
brillig
I'm paying $750/month for a house, but the landlord is a good friend. Bless his bear-ish heart.
Steph L. - Jan 27, 2009 10:15:05 am PST #3775 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Since I don't get paid per page (and don't have any idea -- probably a good thing that I don't -- how many pages I edit per year), I can't extrapolate that into per year.
Plus math is hard! t /Barbie
§ ita § - Jan 27, 2009 10:16:55 am PST #3776 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I pay too much in rent, which hurts a lot right now.
Watching so much tennis I keep getting snippets about the Mitchell report. How do MLB fans feel about these claims/revelations?
Jessica - Jan 27, 2009 10:19:45 am PST #3777 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I assume SF incomes are proportional(ish) with rents?
Ish. People in NY and SF spend a much higher percentage of their income on housing than the rest of the country. (~50% vs ~30%, IIRC.)
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 27, 2009 10:20:01 am PST #3778 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Or possibly my income is closer to the poverty level than I had previously thought.
I remember some years ago a friend in LA descrbing his paycheck-to-paycheck cramped studio apartment living situation, and then I found out he was making more than $15K a year above the salary that was keeping me in a pretty airy 2BR apartment with lots of disposable income. Varying regional costs of living make a big difference.
Tom Scola - Jan 27, 2009 10:21:30 am PST #3779 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
People in NY and SF spend a much higher percentage of their income on housing than the rest of the country.
But it is somewhat offset by other things, like not owning a car.