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Cat Hatter posted:poo poo, to my understanding of Vancouver real estate you got a smoking deal if it was anything under a million. It's a suburb not Vancouver proper (not Surry either tho). This would be about 1.2M in Vancouver. I think I paid $50/sqft less than average for my area, which was still over 100k above asking price. Gotta go hard in the market here and yeah it's probably come down since I bought in the spring but I was feeling a lot of pressure to just get into the market before I was completely priced out.
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My plan is to buy as much land in Alaska as possible, because when my great -grandkids inherit it it'll be the only livable land in the US.
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First of May posted:My plan is to buy as much land in Alaska as possible, because when my great -grandkids inherit it it'll be the only livable land in the US. Good plan, because currently "livable" is optimistic.
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First of May posted:My plan is to buy as much land in Alaska as possible, because when my great -grandkids inherit it it'll be the only livable land in the US. Nah, the Midwest is gonna become even more of an agricultural power house. Buy land in the Midwest, cash out in 50 years to a megafarm that grows soylent and then buy a condo in Megacity One.
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First of May posted:My plan is to buy as much land in Alaska as possible, because when my great -grandkids inherit it it'll be the only livable land in the US. Alaskan land is more expensive than you'd think. I tend to float around on zillow a lot looking for land. Alaska, Montana, Wyoming. All a lot pricier than you'd expect. Cheapest pockets of land are east Washington, east Oregon, and southern Colorado. Want 40 acres? You can get that for $30k here in the San Luis Valley. Won't be growing poo poo on it, though. Agricultural land in the midwest is like, $10k an acre. Lol.
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If I had a bunch of spare cash I would be buying up land in Michigan's upper peninsula. I've seen at least one article (study? idk) saying the UP will be last area of the lower 48 not hit with constant draught/wildfires/sea level rise/other natural disasters by 2100. The Marquette area is especially nice imho, and even has pretty good fiber availability if you wanted to relocate there right now, which probably can't be said for middle of nowhere Alaska, Montana, or Wyoming.
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Sirotan posted:If I had a bunch of spare cash I would be buying up land in Michigan's upper peninsula. I've seen at least one article (study? idk) saying the UP will be last area of the lower 48 not hit with constant draught/wildfires/sea level rise/other natural disasters by 2100. The Marquette area is especially nice imho, and even has pretty good fiber availability if you wanted to relocate there right now, which probably can't be said for middle of nowhere Alaska, Montana, or Wyoming. I believe you're referring to the 51st state, the state of Superior.
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Sirotan posted:If I had a bunch of spare cash I would be buying up land in Michigan's upper peninsula. I've seen at least one article (study? idk) saying the UP will be last area of the lower 48 not hit with constant draught/wildfires/sea level rise/other natural disasters by 2100. The Marquette area is especially nice imho, and even has pretty good fiber availability if you wanted to relocate there right now, which probably can't be said for middle of nowhere Alaska, Montana, or Wyoming. Winters will be nice in 2100, but they sure suck there right now.
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Sirotan posted:If I had a bunch of spare cash I would be buying up land in Michigan's upper peninsula. I've seen at least one article (study? idk) saying the UP will be last area of the lower 48 not hit with constant draught/wildfires/sea level rise/other natural disasters by 2100. The Marquette area is especially nice imho, and even has pretty good fiber availability if you wanted to relocate there right now, which probably can't be said for middle of nowhere Alaska, Montana, or Wyoming. A buddy of mine moved to Marquette a couple of years ago at roughly the same time we moved to Milwaukee, and those reasons were all part of the calculus on both our parts. A nearly ceaseless supply of fresh water is going to be quite the attractive feature in the coming decades.
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Dienes posted:Winters will be nice in 2100, but they sure suck there right now. I guess it's all relative. I grew up on the west side of Michigan and now live on the SE side, and desperately miss the lake effect. We just don't get enough snow here at all and it sucks.
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Sirotan posted:That house with the kitchen urinals just sold, and you'll never guess at what price: I had my wife look this up on MLS since it has such a suspicious price. She says that not only is that the legit price, but there were multiple offers (original list price was only $150k) and that offer had a seller concession of $420. I'm now convinced she's part of the vast conspiracy.
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Beef Of Ages posted:A buddy of mine moved to Marquette a couple of years ago at roughly the same time we moved to Milwaukee, and those reasons were all part of the calculus on both our parts. A nearly ceaseless supply of fresh water is going to be quite the attractive feature in the coming decades. Out of curiosity I took a look at properties for sale in Marquette and came up with this... weirdness. Does somebody want to try to explain this kitchen? Because I can't figure it out. It looks like was designed to fit into an old-timey passenger train car. https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1308-Pioneer-Rd-Marquette-MI-49855/106480004_zpid/ The sauna-bathroom is also pretty wtf.
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Lemniscate Blue posted:Out of curiosity I took a look at properties for sale in Marquette and came up with this... weirdness. The dishwasher is plugged in by snaking an extension cord out to plug into an outlet above the counter. I think the explanation is "dude with money, some tools, a whole bunch of time but no design sense."
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Sirotan posted:I guess it's all relative. I grew up on the west side of Michigan and now live on the SE side, and desperately miss the lake effect. We just don't get enough snow here at all and it sucks. I grew up in same place and that is why I moved to a warmer state. gently caress snow.
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Dienes posted:I grew up in same place and that is why I moved to a warmer state. gently caress snow. I lived in the South for 15 years. gently caress humidity.
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Lemniscate Blue posted:Out of curiosity I took a look at properties for sale in Marquette and came up with this... weirdness. The sauna is a regular feature, but everything else is Yooper-chic with a heavy dose of Yooper engineering. Which is to say I love it. CRUSTY MINGE posted:I lived in the South for 15 years. gently caress humidity. Forever and ever, amen. Both my buddy in Marquette and I grew up in Houston. Never again.
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Lemniscate Blue posted:Out of curiosity I took a look at properties for sale in Marquette and came up with this... weirdness. Toilet-Sauna sounds amazing
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Lemniscate Blue posted:Out of curiosity I took a look at properties for sale in Marquette and came up with this... weirdness. This house is oozing with DIY Non-inspection type repairs and construction. Everything about it screams bad decision making. Especially where they partitioned their land, and lost access to the main road. This is a potential nightmare in the making. I wouldn't touch it unless I was planning on fully rebuilding after a forest fire. I can guarantee you there is going to be questionable daisy chain electrical wiring, poorly sloped drains, The deck, and the land out back got all slope towards the house, and those multiple additions are not properly sealed together. It's going to smell like mold because of all the hidden water damage Nitrox fucked around with this message at 20:19 on Dec 20, 2022 |
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Here's one for Motronic https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/zq3uzz/told_our_landlord_to_replace_our_gas_fireplace/
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Good loving God that landlord should not be allowed anywhere near tools. What an absolute loving idiot. $10 says he even hosed up the vent & intake pipes
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It'd be cool if it vibrated and walked itself around the room Stretch away one inch and tap dance in place
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First of May posted:My plan is to buy as much land in Alaska as possible, because when my great -grandkids inherit it it'll be the only livable land in the US. CRUSTY MINGE posted:Alaskan land is more expensive than you'd think. Don't forget to account for the rich profiting off the industry causing the pollution buying said investment for pennies after killing off the livelihoods of the poor.
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agh I was just coming here to post that furnace, you jerk
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HolHorsejob posted:Good loving God that landlord should not be allowed anywhere near tools. What an absolute loving idiot. $10 says he even hosed up the vent & intake pipes Supposedly the landlord paid an hvac company money to do this and they gave no fucks.
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HolHorsejob posted:Good loving God that landlord should not be allowed anywhere near tools. What an absolute loving idiot. $10 says he even hosed up the vent & intake pipes Looks like the intake pipe is pulling air from inside the room so I'd be impressed if he hosed that up.
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Well the person who lives there, his girlfriends uncle is the fire chief so I wish I could be a fly on that wall.
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corgski posted:Here's one for Motronic Your mom takes her vaping habit seriously I see.
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YouTube channel dedicated to yakuza history and news. Here's a video that shows half the branch offices in my area. If you like crumbling concrete from the 1970s with too many cars parked outside, then you are going to love this! https://youtu.be/gX9GpfsilgY
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Lemniscate Blue posted:Out of curiosity I took a look at properties for sale in Marquette and came up with this... weirdness. I kinda like it. It's weird, yes, but looks comfortable to me.
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im the smallish piece of land with no house worth more than all the actual houses
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pretty sure that had to be a mix up between "fireplace" and "furnace". HVAC guys don't care, probably seen much worse decisions for rental units.
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An independent review of the UCSB Dorm from Hell building plan has predictably concluded that it’s a bad idea:quote:It would be “unwise for [the University of California Santa Barbara] to proceed” with building Munger Hall, better known on the internet as Dormzilla—the 4,500-bed residence hall planned for the University of California Santa Barbara thanks to a $200 million donation by billionaire investor and amateur architect Charles Munger with mostly windowless bedrooms—due to the “significant health and safety risks that are predictable enough, probable enough and consequential enough,” a panel of experts found according to a report obtained by Motherboard. quote:While the report cites reams of academic literature and extensive surveying to support its findings that the building plausibly jeopardizes the mental health and physical well-being of future UCSB students, perhaps the most telling aspect is that the word “prison” appears 41 times, including in a section titled “Massiveness and Density: Prison-like Design.” https://www.vice.com/en/article/7k838e/independent-review-panel-finds-ucsbs-dormzilla-unwise-and-poses-significant-health-and-safety-risks Sadly, no link to the actual report itself, but if anyone can find that I’d love to read it.
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Luneshot posted:https://www.vice.com/en/article/7k838e/independent-review-panel-finds-ucsbs-dormzilla-unwise-and-poses-significant-health-and-safety-risks quote:Correction: This article previously misidentified the city suing UCSB as Golina. It is Goleta. UCSB is not being sued by a small town in central Poland. We regret the error. LOL.
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Lemniscate Blue posted:Out of curiosity I took a look at properties for sale in Marquette and came up with this... weirdness. Looks like the builder/owner knew about wood and nothing else. Even the light fixtures are wooden.
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Luneshot posted:An independent review of the UCSB Dorm from Hell building plan has predictably concluded that it’s a bad idea: I'd have lived in a windowless concrete cell if it was single occupancy and had a bathroom rather than the poo poo I had to put up with when I was in a dorm. Not saying that's how Dormzilla is set up (I don't know), I'm just saying...windows are overrated.
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Yeah I would have preferred a new building with no windows instead of the years I've done in various lovely old falling apart dorm rooms with single pane windows that did nothing to stop the sounds of first year drunk people outside. If they could have put windows in but decided not to for aesthetics I think that's a totally different and much worse problem. I think it's a generational thing, kids who are now of dorm age are probably thinking about mental health so much more than 15-20 years ago when I was in dorms. Especially if someone has brought it up as an issue in a building, you put a random 17 year old in that building and maybe they're more susceptible to having issues. e: at one place it became a game to sneak into each other's dorm rooms because you could open your window and reach out and push open your neighbours window next door, then barely climb out of your window and into theirs, where you'd like turn their CRT monitor on its side and then climb back. This was on the 3rd floor of the building and I never heard of anyone falling but it wouldn't surprise me. e2: looking at the post below, wow nvm I don't want any kind of communal space like that at all ever. VelociBacon fucked around with this message at 20:14 on Dec 22, 2022 |
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Mental Hospitality posted:I'd have lived in a windowless concrete cell if it was single occupancy and had a bathroom rather than the poo poo I had to put up with when I was in a dorm. Not saying that's how Dormzilla is set up (I don't know), I'm just saying...windows are overrated.  Your windowless cell with just barely enough room for what you need to get through college, connected to a windowless common room shared with seven other randoms, connected to a windowless hallway with seven other similar pods. One end of that finally leads to a room with a meaningful view, the other brings you to yet another mostly artificially lit hallway. The sixteen rooms on the outside walls get a single window, the other 496 per floor could easily go days without seeing natural light. I love having good curtains to control the outside light and would certainly be about a windowless room for just my bed, but this place is insane.
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