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All you Americans freak out about Australia's creepy crawlies but a lot of you appear to be having issues with spiders and wasps. We have none of these problems Down Under with our decks. I must say though, American houses/architecture are amazing. I'm also super jealous of all the sun I'm seeing. Side note, how is property so drat cheap in the US? As a result of this thread I've just gone down a rabbit hole of google stalking a bunch of people who I stayed with when I visited the US 15 years ago. One of my mates lived in Upper St Clair in Pittsburgh, which according to Wikipedia is "one of the wealthiest neighbourhoods in Pittsburgh" and the house prices are 300k! Amazing. I can't get a modest 3 bed house an hour out of my capital city for under a million.
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Looten Plunder posted:All you Americans freak out about Australia's creepy crawlies but a lot of you appear to be having issues with spiders and wasps. We have none of these problems Down Under with our decks. It depends entirely where you're looking. Many cities in the US are outrageously expensive. A "starter" single family home in my area (Washington, DC suburbs) starts at about $550,000 for a house built in the 1960s.
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Jul 23, 2020 14:05
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me your dad posted:It depends entirely where you're looking. Many cities in the US are outrageously expensive. A "starter" single family home in my area (Washington, DC suburbs) starts at about $550,000 for a house built in the 1960s. Australians only live in roughly 6 cities despite possessing oodles of land so theres not enough places for there to be an "undesirable" place to live where they can get Midwestern land prices.
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Jul 23, 2020 14:13
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Eventually of course people who moved to the Northeast/West Coast cities to follow their dreams completely burn out, get on-line, and realize they're willing to put up with living in the midwest if it means they own a 200k house or pay 700 in rent, and move here en masse and then land's not cheap anymore.
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Jul 23, 2020 14:18
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me your dad posted:It depends entirely where you're looking. Many cities in the US are outrageously expensive. A "starter" single family home in my area (Washington, DC suburbs) starts at about $550,000 for a house built in the 1960s. $550k is pretty cheap for Oz. Last time I checked about 6 years ago the median was about $600k+
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Jul 23, 2020 15:30
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me your dad posted:It depends entirely where you're looking. Many cities in the US are outrageously expensive. A "starter" single family home in my area (Washington, DC suburbs) starts at about $550,000 for a house built in the 1960s. A "starter" house in Falls Church is a million bucks.
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Jul 23, 2020 16:29
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Outrail posted:$550k is pretty cheap for Oz. Last time I checked about 6 years ago the median was about $600k+ Aussie dollars are only worth 70% of an American one. That would be like 800k-ish in dollarydoos.
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Jul 23, 2020 16:30
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:Aussie dollars are only worth 70% of an American one. That would be like 800k-ish in dollarydoos. Well, that was back when we had more or less parity.
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Jul 23, 2020 16:56
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:Aussie dollars are only worth 70% of an American one. That would be like 800k-ish in dollarydoos. I think this might be something to do with it, but not so much "they are worth less" but more "we earn more of them". Like, I work in a government owned call centre and earn $70k and minimum wage is something like $11ph. Anyway, sorry for the derail.
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Jul 24, 2020 02:29
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 On our tiny porch with the cattes
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Jul 25, 2020 01:43
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Everyone still using their porches? I got a tabletop grill for use on my balcony
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Aug 6, 2020 00:19
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I gave my porch a makeover and bought a new custom cushion for my porch swing, two throw pillows, a rug, and a coffee table. Now my porch is basically a second living room and I drink coffee and play Animal Crossing out there every morning.
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Aug 6, 2020 00:30
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vonnegutt posted:I gave my porch a makeover and bought a new custom cushion for my porch swing, two throw pillows, a rug, and a coffee table. Now my porch is basically a second living room and I drink coffee and play Animal Crossing out there every morning. That's a nice classic porch.
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Aug 6, 2020 00:48
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PokeJoe posted:Everyone still using their porches? I got a tabletop grill for use on my balcony
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Aug 6, 2020 02:26
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 Our deck needs a good power washing. Haven't been out on it much because it's been too hot of late. During the summer I'm only out there when I'm using the grill. It gets more use in the spring and fall and is a nice place to sit and drink a beer. Furniture could possibly use replacing. The table got a huge dent in one side when the umbrella Mary Poppins'd the motherfucker off the edge during a storm. Quiet Feet fucked around with this message at 17:53 on Aug 6, 2020 |
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Aug 6, 2020 17:39
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Looks like a nice space. Ever thought about some potted plants? Mine attract butterflies and hummingbirds up which give me more reason to dick around out there
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Aug 6, 2020 17:44
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It is! I tried growing tomatoes on it one summer years back but they weren't doing so great as there's a ton of shade. That was probably 6 or 7 years ago and the trees around have only gotten taller since. When we first moved in we were able to see the second floor of our neighbors house. Veggies are definitely out. But come to think of it we have had some luck with fuchsia and impatiens hanging from baskets underneath the deck. They'd probably be fine on it.
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Aug 6, 2020 19:04
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Quiet Feet posted:there's a ton of shade. 
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Aug 6, 2020 23:46
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Quiet Feet posted:It is! I tried growing tomatoes on it one summer years back but they weren't doing so great as there's a ton of shade. That was probably 6 or 7 years ago and the trees around have only gotten taller since. When we first moved in we were able to see the second floor of our neighbors house. Veggies are definitely out. But come to think of it we have had some luck with fuchsia and impatiens hanging from baskets underneath the deck. They'd probably be fine on it. Plant a passion fruit vine, it'll probably do okay, make everything green and you'll have passion fruit for days.
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Aug 7, 2020 08:45
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Epic thunderstorm last night. I sat on my porch with a rum and sprite and watched the storm while bullshitting on the fishing discord. Good times.
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Aug 7, 2020 10:33
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Porching last night: My pooch spent a lot of time chasing snakes and frogs under the house, until he finally decided it was time to come in - even though I wasn't done reading.  (ignore the mess we're working on it)
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Aug 7, 2020 12:59
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No no! Sitting on a porch, not a pooch! 
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sat on my deck for a couple hours last night drinking beers after dark. sucks having to listen to crotch rockets tearing up and down the highway in the distance, but at least the weather was nice and cool and the bugs werent too bad
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