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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 09:10 AM Original message |
Luring Affluent Renters in Manhattan |
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DaveJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
1. Maybe people are tired of being scammed |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 09:28 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. There are still advantages to renting |
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DaveJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 09:44 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I think this may be the greatest strawman argument in the history of civilization |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 10:01 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. But the real numbers are much more painful. I put down $30K on a second property costing $289K |
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rox63 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 01:07 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. I bought a condo because I was sick of my rent going up every year |
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conspirator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 10:40 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Of course owning property is good. That's why it's called REAL estate. |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 12:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. "and become slave of the bank" |
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conspirator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 03:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. You can't compare house prices in US and UK. With $200k in London you would buy |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 11:41 AM Response to Reply #12 |
24. Sorry, notice you were in UK. nt |
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conspirator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 04:22 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. My fault. Being in Europe I shouldn't discuss housing in an american website |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 08:10 AM Response to Reply #29 |
36. Is the price of a house |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. From what I understand 'property owners' |
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Spouting Horn (310 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 08:01 AM Response to Reply #6 |
19. Being an "owner", at least in Florida |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #6 |
40. And that describes perfectly why the "owner class" can take us to the cleaners no matter whether the |
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ldf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
7. hmmm... |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. $1800 a month? |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 03:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. That's what I pay for a studio apartment in midtown. |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 04:21 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I cannot believe |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #13 |
27. According to businessweek $79K in NY is = $37K national average. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 09:11 AM Response to Reply #9 |
23. That's cheap for NY. We paid that for a luxury garden apartment |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
28. That's what a one bedroom apt in Los Angeles costs now |
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Fredda Weinberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 01:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Come to one of the other boros ... we'll be fine. Honestly, what did |
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galledgoblin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 08:11 AM Response to Reply #10 |
20. seriously |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 04:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. $1800 is terrific |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 06:27 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. how does one justify that? |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 08:21 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I guess not having a car |
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Catchawave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 07:20 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Sounds better than my daughter's deal in the Village... |
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nodehopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 09:00 AM Response to Reply #7 |
22. very third world area, huh? |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 12:16 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. He was probably expecting the Manhattan from the movies and TV. |
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ldf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 09:44 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. please |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 10:06 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Oh, please yourself. |
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nodehopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 11:18 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. seriously. |
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nodehopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 11:18 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. do you know that scene from "Brother From Another Planet"? |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 11:24 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Haven't seen it. |
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nodehopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 09:10 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. an excellent movie by an excellent director (John Sayles) |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 12:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
25. "Third world"? |
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galledgoblin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
21. those of you comparing Manhattan rent to suburbia |
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jzodda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-29-08 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
32. Manhattan sucks |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
38. Those are Not "Water Bugs". They are Called Cockroaches |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
39. Makes me happy that I live in the country in the Midwest |
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Peregrine Took (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
41. We were ripped off 2 years ago in Chicago by an apt rental finder service. |
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