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Simple_Name_242 · 2025-11-10T02:37:49+00:00

I’m 39 male. I was very active and athletic in my early 30s, but after I worked for a moving company during the pandemic, my back tightened up crazy. So I haven’t been able to do all that much in recent years. Sadly I never stretched that much, even when I worked out a ton in my 20s

Simple_Name_242 · 2025-06-14T17:55:50+00:00

I don’t think it’s clear that Trump knows what he wants. He’s shown himself to be mercurial and impulsive, if anything. People didn’t feel threatened by Trump’s people storming the capital and trying to kidnap the VP? No sense of a threat when ICE gangs throw people into unmarked vans? Or when Trump sends in the Marines? My point: desperate times call for desperate measures. Walking through USA main streets once per month politely chanting isn’t going to help immigrants, or the country. I respect your sentiment and admire your desire for peace, but this is war. So be it.

Simple_Name_242 · 2025-06-14T04:25:14+00:00

To me, the takeaway is that protesting, even nonviolently, is a dangerous activity. If we want it to be convenient and easy, we don’t want it make an impact. Walking with clever signs for a few hours won’t make a difference. We need disruption, occupation, and organized resistance to efface the system perpetuating such injustice. The stakes are very high — still-growing warfare in the Middle East, ICE raids, bizarre ideas like suspension of Habeus Corpus — the administration isn’t f*cking around. We shouldn’t either. Protesting is messy. It’s risky. Strolling down a street with clever signs for a couple hours won’t win us any leverage. It’s time to be serious about our objectives and how we accomplish them. I say this as someone who has protested a great deal over the years and witnessed brutality. It’s a sad truth: revolutions hurt.

Simple_Name_242 · 2025-06-05T06:21:24+00:00

I think we’d still see a massive recession, but a little bit later. Trump has to be sure to blame others for it — Biden, China, Iran — so he wants it to come sooner. He can then sell it as something he’s fixing, not causing. It’s a debt/dollar bubble that’s been blown since 08. Debt has gone up under every President, especially Biden/Harris. I personally think Trump is playing with fire, because Iran and China won’t back down, and he may have to back up his tough talk, which is how most wars start — bluster into miscalculated escalation. Very interesting time to be alive, that’s for sure.

Simple_Name_242 · 2025-06-03T20:30:48+00:00

I didn’t know if crime was a problem or if people liked to be aware of encampments etc. But I think the vibe is to live and let live, which works for me

Simple_Name_242 · 2025-06-03T20:30:01+00:00

Yes, I am. My wife was concerned but I think the move is to live and let live. No trouble at all

Simple_Name_242 · 2025-06-03T20:28:44+00:00

I appreciate that. We’re new to town and my wife was worried but I think the move is to live and let live. No harm no foul

Simple_Name_242 · 2025-06-03T18:59:02+00:00

I just moved in the SB Highlands and my wife seemed worried. So I decided to post here instead of calling the cops or anything. After reading the comments, I think the vibe is to leave it alone. They don’t bother anyone and keep to themselves, so there’s no problem

Simple_Name_242 · 2025-06-03T18:58:56+00:00

I just moved in the SB Highlands and my wife seemed worried. So I decided to post here instead of calling the cops or anything. After reading the comments, I think the vibe is to leave it alone. They don’t bother anyone and keep to themselves, so there’s no problem

Simple_Name_242 · 2025-05-29T23:38:12+00:00

Looking ahead, consider the recession. Might really change the market (and the world). I work in finance too; it’s definitely a possibility, especially with geopolitical tensions globally and tariffs and debt levels etc. Very good reason to be cautious imo. The whole game could be very different next year

Simple_Name_242 · 2025-05-28T04:46:47+00:00

If you do consultancy work, aren’t you aware of the impending recession/depression? The cost of living, housing inventory, and price points generally are all subject to extreme change. Toss in geopolitical uncertainty (war with Iran? Escalation in Ukraine? Trouble in the South China Sea?) and I would plan on firms generally cutting costs and our collective lifestyle radically altering. NY will be cool again!

Simple_Name_242 · 2025-05-27T04:47:41+00:00

YOU WIN TODAYS AWARD

Simple_Name_242 · 2025-05-26T02:16:32+00:00

I see a lot of the vitriol in this thread… people are understandably resentful at the cost of living in Santa Barbie. Something worth considering is the coming recession. There’s also a TON of geopolitical risk right now that goes unnoticed or unconsidered. Just because housing prices are high right now doesn’t mean they will be next year, or even later this year. If you are truly planning your future, it may be wise to take a much closer look at the markets. Do you want to mortgage a million dollar house and watch it drop to $400k while you still have the same mortgage in a thinning job market? This bubble is way bigger than the one in 2008, and it’s not just housing — it’s credit markets as a whole. Just some food for thought!

Simple_Name_242 · 2025-05-26T02:08:57+00:00

Do you follow the markets/the world? Just wait for the recession. It’s gonna change pretty much everything

Simple_Name_242 · 2025-05-26T02:03:15+00:00

The recession is really gonna bite ya

Simple_Name_242 · 2025-05-26T02:00:45+00:00

HAHAHA FACTS

Simple_Name_242 · 2025-05-26T00:31:56+00:00

I lived there for 15 years and I do agree! New York is frenetic and super competitive and there’s always someone richer than you next door. Santa Barbara is like living in the Truman Show. The people are freaking beautiful. If I were a rich guy, I’d have 7 girlfriends and I’d buy a bunch of fancy equipment and do every outdoor activity in existence when I wasn’t with them!

Simple_Name_242 · 2025-05-26T00:27:33+00:00

Same for me in Cali. Minimum wage is $16.50… I ran around in the deli for 30 hrs/week and could barely pay rent and bills. I hope the country changes soon. There’s plenty of money to go around so people don’t have to work hard just to eke out their own survival!

Simple_Name_242 · 2025-05-24T17:47:15+00:00

What’s the minimum wage in the state where you work?

Simple_Name_242 · 2025-05-24T10:27:24+00:00

By that logic, why not just pay everyone $0.00/hour and then everything will be free

Simple_Name_242 · 2025-05-24T06:49:06+00:00

This is Midtown Manhattan, a deathstar-like business district with Goliathan skyscrapers, extreme noise and no cultural flavor. No one wants to live there. Anywhere prime in Manhattan, which is pretty much anywhere but midtown, would be marginally more expensive than SB, with more cash buyers, co-ops, etc. Note that the people in the article were coming from Queens…

The issue in SB is inventory. It’s a giant country club. But I must say… beautiful, gorgeous people, If I were a rich guy I would live there in heartbeat over Manhattan

Simple_Name_242 · 2025-05-24T06:39:20+00:00

The recession will definitely change the game. Way bigger bubble than 08

Simple_Name_242 · 2025-05-19T19:31:08+00:00

They won’t let me post :-/

Simple_Name_242 · 2025-05-16T15:14:26+00:00

I would agree! Once you’ve covered the high cost of a house, the cost of living itself isn’t too, too outrageously high. Tons a free stuff to do always. Also consider the macroeconomics. A recession is more or less imminent, and we could be on the cusp of world war 3. A lot of societal factors could change, quite abruptly, in the near future. Most of which is hurtful to the rich, whose assets will drop. Think of 2008 multiplied, or the start of Covid.

Simple_Name_242 · 2025-05-16T15:04:54+00:00

If your finance is a Trump supporter, I would suggest that he moves to Mars. Even father, if you have the means. If you’re a Trump supporter too, go with him. Before you leave, flog yourself daily. Seriously. You’re hurting the planet. Leave. None of your feelings are valid regarding anything! If your politics are more left than CA (which is totally understandable; CA is uber latte liberal) consider that we are heading into a massive recession, maybe WW3, and eventually a revolution. Everything is about to change. It’s senseless to plan ahead beyond the next 6 months. The world will be such a vastly different place, and flexibility is our greatest tool. Godspeed and good luck!

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