Oh yes, and let’s not forget they’re often paying cash. It took so long just to get our down payment ready for these overpriced places only to lose to a all-cash bid.

We did eventually get lucky on a place someone backed out of during escrow, during the slow season and with a lot of problems, but yeah, whole process is such a fucking nightmare. The West side of LA is particularly fucked by developers in particular.

Worst part to me, though, are rents being out of control; that’s why they do it. My mortgage is 2.4k, which is bad enough, but I know someone paying 4k for similar sq ft in rent. Seriously, we need some radical change to undo this shitshow.

And if not, carrying a fragment of sacred sausage will at least get the dogs attention.

Oops, I failed and he killed another healthcare CEO. Oh well!

Heading is better if you accidentally read it “Trump’s Head Still Missing, Presumed Lost on Appalachian Trail.”

My college aged students are still pretty big on FNAF so probably not dated. Ye would be a terrible conversation starter by today’s standards, though, even more so than whenever this was made, lol. “So, how to you feel about Nazi sympathisers?”

Not the news I was expecting but kind of a cool way to address a variety of issues, like obesity, imports from US, generating revenue, subsidizing a national crop, etc.

Carbrain is strong, but they’re still trying to invest some in public trans. Unfortunately, I saw recently they’ve been pushing a public Uber alternative as a sort of last step after using a train, which I can’t imagine helps.

I kind of understand why-- LA is very spread out. I was told or was because of earthquakes that we couldn’t build high but that doesn’t seem to be true anymore.

If it’s any consolation, we haven’t taken the “one more lane” thing too far, there aren’t 12 lane freeway monstrosities at least.

Ugh duck autocorrect.

SMS has a character limit, although most modern phones that still use SMS will at least give you a 3/3 thing and send all three texts at once.

On the one hand, I can’t imagine the county in question has the type of tax revenue to support $500 million, even if they were the type to have change to raise taxes (they’re not). On the other hand, situations in which local governments can’t afford essentials is exactly when you’re supposed to have larger government (Texas, Feds) step in an subsidize, which of course they aren’t willing under GoP rule. Meh.

Lol, people have post-reddit PTSD if they think you’re a shill. Maybe if/when Lemmy hits the mainstream but man, we’re so off the radar most marketers have no idea this place exists.

It’s a waste of money unless you’re advertising something for Linux and/or communism… which would be a bit of a paradox, lol

What a lovely peach! So pink and moist.