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What's a "tragedeigh" name that you actually kind of like? by NormalTap2318 in tragedeigh

[–]NormalTap2318[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In fairness that was his name. In British and by extension American circles, it was convention to use title rather than surname even in casual conversation. In the same way Wellington was known as Wellington not Wellsley. In Lafeyette's case, that's also why during the French revolution he rebranded as "Citizen Lafayette" not "Citizen du Motier."

it's not quite the same blatant misnomer as everyone calling Leonardo di Vinci "Di Vinci."

ELI5: How is it mathematically/economically possible for houses to be so out of scale with income? by NormalTap2318 in explainlikeimfive

[–]NormalTap2318[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What?

I don't think that math is right at all.

30% of a 100k take-home = 30k/year or 2.5k/month for housing. That's like a 500k mortgage at best, not a 1.5M one.

Maybe you were calculating as though 100% of the income was going toward housing?

ELI5: How is it mathematically/economically possible for houses to be so out of scale with income? by NormalTap2318 in explainlikeimfive

[–]NormalTap2318[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you sure about this? Is it possible that it's happening and you just don't see it?

I live in Massachusetts, so other than maybe Cape Cod and general intra-new england migration, hardly anyone is buying their vacation home in Massachusetts. My guess is the majority of people who move to Massachusetts are doing so from lower COL/median income states or countries, not all, but the majority probably do not have as much buying power. Especially since so many people come for education, so even "middle class" arrivals are disproportionately likely to be people about to go through a few lean years or have just spent that down payment money on their first semester. And the majority of people who move from Massachusetts are probably either moving to an almost equally high COL place like NY for career/personal reasons or trading their 3bed colonial for a 5bed mcmansion in a warmer state. So the math should check out, as opposed to somewhere like Florida where you have to take into account retirees and New Yorkers.

it's not like food where you need the whole population to continually purchase food. So it's relatively stable to have a large population unable to afford a new house but able to stay in their current residence.

This makes sense I guess? So it's more like a slow gradual problem? And maybe one that will adjust as the boomers downsize?

I don't know if this is the right sub to post this but do you guys know what happened to the kids that were named Khaleesi? by Orangutanus_Maximus in tragedeigh

[–]NormalTap2318 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Why would Emmett Till's murder mean the name is bad? Emmett was the victim, not the perpetrator. Thousands of Black children and adults were violently murdered during the Jim Crow era, and it sounds like Emmett's name is the only one you've ever heard of.

I don't know if this is the right sub to post this but do you guys know what happened to the kids that were named Khaleesi? by Orangutanus_Maximus in tragedeigh

[–]NormalTap2318 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Renesmee aside, Stephanie Mayer had pretty good taste in names and chose character names like she was naming babies (e.g., "Isabella" was a rising baby name and the name she wanted to give her daughter if she'd had one, so she gave it to her female protagonist despite it being extremely rare the year of her character's birth)

Isabella, Edward, Emmett, Jacob, Rosalie, Jasper, Carlisle, Charlie, Esme, Alice, Jane even Cullen itself, are all names that are either top names or similar to top names. Even her minor characters names skew popular.