D&D and the rising pandemic

[J.Quondam]

Rents have exploded assuming you can find one. First home buys are competing with investors competing with the government competing with Airbnb.

Net result is less rentals.

Also depends where you live but if you can find a rental you're paying through the nose for it.

Okay, yeah. About what I figured. Same here in the hot markets, and getting worse most everywhere else.

 

[Zardnaar]

Okay, yeah. About what I figured. Same here in the hot markets, and getting worse most everywhere else.

It's hot everywhere though you can't really relocate.

It's been building since 2003/4 got bad about 5 years ago raging dumpster fire now.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Update:

In light of the recent surge in COVID cases and concern about the spread of the Delta variant, Bishop Edward Burns has postponed reinstating the requirement for Catholics to attend Mass in person in the Diocese of Dallas. The dispensation which waived this requirement had been scheduled to end on Sunday, August 15, 2021. Masses will continue to take place; however, the obligation to attend remains lifted.

According to Bishop Burns the decision will be reviewed frequently as more information becomes available. “This decision has not been made lightly as we all desire to get beyond the ongoing effects of this pandemic. We will continue to monitor this situation closely and as soon as we are safely able to do so, we will get back to normal.”

Bishop Burns went on to remind those who decide to attend Mass in-person that masks are expected to be worn, especially in Dallas County.

For those who don’t speak Catholicese: although masses will resume 08/15/21, parishioners in the Diocese of Dallas will NOT be required to attend.

 

[J.Quondam]

It's hot everywhere though you can't really relocate.

It's been building since 2003/4 got bad about 5 years ago raging dumpster fire now.

The curse of living in a small, beautiful island nation that everyone with $$$ wants to move to.

 

[Zardnaar]

The curse of living in a small, beautiful island nation that everyone with $$$ wants to move to.

Yeah competting with the rich for housingand wages are crap compared to cost of living. Mostly just housing really but you pay an island tax for existing.

 

[Cadence]

Yeah competting with the rich for housingand wages are crap compared to cost of living. Mostly just housing really but you pay an island tax for existing.

The US is part of a really, really big Island, doesn't have quite the tax for existing (except for healthcare), and could use more smart people...

 

[J.Quondam]

The US is part of a really, really big Island, doesn't have quite the tax for existing (except for healthcare), and could use more smart people...

I'd be happy to settle for fewer dumb people.
Or at least fewer covid/mask/vax deniers.

 

[Zardnaar]

The US is part of a really, really big Island, doesn't have quite the tax for existing (except for healthcare), and could use more smart people...

Most of the US stuff is a distraction. Same problems in NZ, Aussie, Canada, USA, UK, Russia, China, hell even North Korea. It's not even political but you can see it in real time atm.

Same reasons.

 

[Maxperson]

Yeah. Folks complain about property taxes being high. But... you all realize that money gets used for a lot of important things. Most towns get their education budgets out of property taxes, for example.

It is reasonable to say that we don't want to pay more than our fair share of taxes, but... stuff needs to get paid for. Policies that generally reduce the amount of property taxes paid mean you don't get other stuff you depend on.

If a massive portion of it wasn't public employee pensions, it might be somewhat tolerable.

 

[Maxperson]

If our physical environment, biology, psychology, and/or culture were different, maybe homes would not have so high a value, but we are somewhat prisoners of who and what we are.

I think supply and demand is most of it. Here in SoCal we keep getting more and more people, but the housing isn't being built as fast as the increase. Regulation is stifling much of the growth we need in that sector. As a result, we routinely have several people putting in bids at and over asking price on pretty much every house sold. That's driving prices up very rapidly.