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debianlinux said:
The other day my wife got curious what a house down the street was selling for. $300k. Previous owner just 5 years ago paid $150k. Very comparable to everything else in the neighborhood including my house. It sold 2 days later. Today, I got some random sales call wanting to place an offer on my house. I didn't even entertain hearing a number but it is absolutely the first call of any sort I've gotten. What in the actual fuck is going on?
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Right now, everyone in the northeast realizes that they can move down to where weather is much more pleasurable now that their jobs have gone remote. Florida was the first real estate market to catch fire, and I guess y'all are next in NC. I'm curious to see if we will see increased interest in moving to NOLA. It takes a special kind of crazy to live here.
 
nolalady said:
Right now, everyone in the northeast realizes that they can move down to where weather is much more pleasurable now that their jobs have gone remote. Florida was the first real estate market to catch fire, and I guess y'all are next in NC. I'm curious to see if we will see increased interest in moving to NOLA. It takes a special kind of crazy to live here.
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Having lived in places all along the eastern half of the US, the weather is definitely not "much more pleasurable" in the south. Especially given what is going to happen in the next 50 years with climate change. For now it's just a personal preference (until the flooding and overextended summers start).

House shortages and skyrocketing values are happening everywhere, even in Upstate NY.
 
Secretly has some problems that their workers think they can solve by unionizing.

SAG-AFTRA represents the office staff at several major labels, but smaller independent outfits — despite their own particular pressures and financial hardships — have largely been left out in the cold and have to go it alone. The workers at prominent indie-music company Secretly Group want to change that. On Tuesday morning, a majority of employees went public with their plan to unionize — and if they succeed, the Secretly Group Union will make history as one of the first independent record-label staffs to do so.

“We’ve all had friends say, ‘Oh, you’re so lucky. You get to work with music, you get a free ticket to a show or free drinks,’ but drinks and shows and music don’t pay our rent, and don’t provide us with the support that we need,” a member of the organizing committee, who requested anonymity, tells Rolling Stone. “We obviously have a real passion for what we do. We love our roster, and we’re really proud of all the music we put out, and we’re proud of being able to work on it. But that is not a substitute for the kinds of benefits and compensation that we need to keep being able to do this.”

The Secretly Group Union committee members have a laundry list of concerns and issues they’re hoping to address and rectify with a union contract, from low wages and inadequate health care benefits to a desire for greater transparency and representation.

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Secretly Group: Workers at Indie-Music Company Begin Efforts to Unionize

Employees at prominent indie-music company Secretly Group have begun an effort to unionize, making them one of the first labels to do so
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Indymisanthrope said:
Elaborate on this? Because it's a skill everyone should know, or because everyone should have a basic understanding of how the thing we're going to argue about functions? What's the benefit?
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Its right up there with hygiene and cleanliness, cookery and basic nutrition and diet and basic financial planning as one of those key life skills 😂😂😂
 
Joe Mac said:
Its right up there with hygiene and cleanliness, cookery and basic nutrition and diet and basic financial planning as one of those key life skills 😂😂😂
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Have you people never seen an action movie? The sadistic killer always hands the unwitting, clueless hero(ine) either an empty gun or the safety is on.

I get your point though, I have only a movie fed idea of how to operate a parachute. One day, proper operation of a parachute may mean the difference between life and death for me. Should I go get some quick and dirty parachute training? Where do we draw the line on these sorts of things?

source: current owner of many guns and was a regular range shooter prior to having kids
 
debianlinux said:
Have you people never seen an action movie? The sadistic killer always hands the unwitting, clueless hero(ine) either an empty gun or the safety is on.

I get your point though, I have only a movie fed idea of how to operate a parachute. One day, proper operation of a parachute may mean the difference between life and death for me. Should I go get some quick and dirty parachute training? Where do we draw the line on these sorts of things?

source: current owner of many guns and was a regular range shooter prior to having kids
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I mean if you’ve not been taught the basics of budget planning and nutrition you may either be too skint to afford a decent parachute or too obese for it to work properly...

source: man in country where people have no access to guns who looks at that element of your culture with a highly raised eyebrow.
 
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debianlinux said:
The other day my wife got curious what a house down the street was selling for. $300k. Previous owner just 5 years ago paid $150k. Very comparable to everything else in the neighborhood including my house. It sold 2 days later. Today, I got some random sales call wanting to place an offer on my house. I didn't even entertain hearing a number but it is absolutely the first call of any sort I've gotten. What in the actual fuck is going on?
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nolalady said:
Right now, everyone in the northeast realizes that they can move down to where weather is much more pleasurable now that their jobs have gone remote. Florida was the first real estate market to catch fire, and I guess y'all are next in NC. I'm curious to see if we will see increased interest in moving to NOLA. It takes a special kind of crazy to live here.
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Feeling this right now. Houses are going for absolutely insane prices. Have looked lightly at NC, MD, potentially out west. 1000 sqft. houses are going for $350k+ sight unseen here and down south you can get a 2000+ sqft. house for that price. But the thing is Vermont is kind of the sweet spot with global warming. Temperatures will change to eventually become mid-atlantic-esque temperatures over the next several years. I wouldn't want to move somewhere for it to only turn into Florida.
 
wmeugene said:
In my city, housing prices have gone up considerably during the pandemic
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Same over here in the 'burbs surrounding Detroit. It's good for me on a refinance, I can't even believe the value my house currently has. But it's bad for my 25 year old son, who is house shopping and basically decided to stop for a couple months. He has the luxury of not needing to buy or relocate right away, so that's a plus. But, I was floored at the prices on the few houses he and I looked at together. $150 or more per square foot. It's as high as I've ever seen the areas he's looking. These are basically starter homes that normally would be 120 to 130, now at like 160 and up.
 
8 years ago I paid 105k for my 1600 sqft split level on just under an acre of land 20 minutes outside Atlanta. It has more than doubled in value since. This has wreaked havoc on my property taxes, but it's the best investment I ever made. My wife and I have been talking about selling this one and upgrading to a larger place in prep for possible littles, but we're having to look further and further away from the city (which I don't mind... but the wife...).
 
wokeupnew said:
I would bite your arm off for a starter house at 160. My price range is 250-300 but it'll likely be more than that 🙃
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Joe Mac said:
they start at €500,000 to €600,000 around my way for a 3 bed semi
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RenegadeMonster said:
Same. Most all homes start around a million here.
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Wow, that's all pretty eye opening. How does someone making 15 to 20 bucks an hour afford that? I guess the answer is, they don't. Not much of a 'starter home.'

I paid 172 for mine in 2001. It was the cheapest house in the neighborhood and in a somewhat highly coveted area. I've done two renovations, both major, and it's tripled in value. (on paper anyway.) We aren't leaving anytime soon, so I guess that part doesn't matter. But the less desirable areas, closer to the fair city of Detroit are so high now, it feels like it has to burst at some point.
 
ranbalam said:
Wow, that's all pretty eye opening. How does someone making 15 to 20 bucks an hour afford that? I guess the answer is, they don't. Not much of a 'starter home.'

I paid 172 for mine in 2001. It was the cheapest house in the neighborhood and in a somewhat highly coveted area. I've done two renovations, both major, and it's tripled in value. (on paper anyway.) We aren't leaving anytime soon, so I guess that part doesn't matter. But the less desirable areas, closer to the fair city of Detroit are so high now, it feels like it has to burst at some point.
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The answer is entirely that they don’t, they rent but with a lack of political will for new social housing and a lack of any security of tenure in the private rental market it really isn’t a good place to be. I can see our major cities rapidly moving towards the ghettoisation of the poor, if they’re not already there.
 
ranbalam said:
Wow, that's all pretty eye opening. How does someone making 15 to 20 bucks an hour afford that? I guess the answer is, they don't. Not much of a 'starter home.'

I paid 172 for mine in 2001. It was the cheapest house in the neighborhood and in a somewhat highly coveted area. I've done two renovations, both major, and it's tripled in value. (on paper anyway.) We aren't leaving anytime soon, so I guess that part doesn't matter. But the less desirable areas, closer to the fair city of Detroit are so high now, it feels like it has to burst at some point.
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Working on some small renovations/repairs right now. Trying not to pour too much money into it since we're planning on flipping, but holy crap is work expensive right now.
 
RenegadeMonster said:
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Its labour costs, as opposed to material costs, that are rising exponentially here. Seemingly with everyone stuck inside looking at their walls they are both unable to spend disposable income and picking all the faults in their space. Small project builders, decorators, kitchen/bathroom fitters, flooring fitters and tillers have more work than they can do. Resultantly their rates have gone up.
 
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