Ah, they "paused production."

Sophia, my eyes are up here!

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@george-k said in Vacancy Tax:

Presumably these properties are vacant because the cost to rent/purchase is too high. When I was in San Francisco in 2014, a one-bedroom apartment was $3000/month in a reasonable part of town.

So, how is a "tax," which will only increase the cost to rent/buy solve the vacancy problem?

George, we cross-posted. I wasn't replying to this.

If we're looking at the rental/landlord market, then they have multiple choices. They can continue to leave the property vacant, they can lower the rent to what the market will bear, or they can sell the property for what the market will bear. Those may be bad choices. Perhaps the rental price or selling price will be a loss for the landlord/investor. So sorry to hear that. Sounds like it turned out to be a bad investment. You're going to have that. Their real estate market NEEDS a correction. That's going to suck for quite a few people. Oh well. They chose to invest in that market.

At the end of the day, I fully expect the tax to drive the pricing down, frankly. It is going to be in the best interest of the owners to either get tenants or sell the property...

No more so than usual.

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@george-k said in The 2022 Winter Olympics have started:

Speaker Pelosi said…..

In other words, "Shut up and sing compete."

She obviously doesn’t follow curling. One of the most exciting parts of any given match is when a rock is thrown and the thrower screams: “HARD….HURRY HARD…HHHHAAAAARRRRDDDD!”

Best heard during the women’s games.

I looked at rowing machines while I was shopping for the recumbent bike.

I really liked the idea that you get more of a workout on the rowing machine.

I picked the bike because I wanted something very quiet. I also thought the rowing machines were expensive and some of the high-end rowing machines were overpriced.

@89th said in Rules for dating my daughter:

@george-k No weigh, it sounds like neigh, know what I seigh?

OK, thanks. Your explanations made me laugh.

@jolly said in Fauci's Restaurant:

IIRC, the reviewer had a veal chop dish while his party ordered a range of things off the menu. I don't think any of them had pizza.

OK then.

"Veal is Veal."

Also, don't like the proliferation of SWAT. I think it's used far too often.

We had maybe six weeks of lockdown, almost two years ago.

Hilarious. I had no idea this was a thing.

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