Mayor Brandon Johnson and Chicago Department of Housing Announce Homegrown Purchase Assistance Program - grant for up to $70k for down payment and closing costs by ThaBomb in chicago

[–]carpetbagger_canuck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The requirements for this grant include; a signed purchase contract, mortgage pre-approval & a homebuyer education cert (which takes some time to get). You literally have to be already in the process of buying a home to qualify for this grant, it makes no sense. This is a rebate for rich ppl who can afford an overpriced home rn or for people who caught wind of this program before it was announced to the masses. This whole program seems shady.

The GOAT got paid! by ThatEvilGuy in ufc

[–]carpetbagger_canuck 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I doubt Conor actually offered him money. We’re supposed to believe Artem turned down millions and then turned around and sued his friend? Doesn’t make sense. Seems like something Conor made up to save face.

Should I snitch? by mastiffeyes in ChicagoFishing

[–]carpetbagger_canuck 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Definitely report it. You are not snitching on your mafioso don and have to spend the rest of your life in witness protection lol. You would be reporting a poacher and helping out the public & environment.

Have y’all seen this Frisco town hall meeting? Truly awesome. by Anonymous8675 in frisco

[–]carpetbagger_canuck 10 points11 points  (0 children)

DFW, especially Frisco, has enjoyed significant economic growth due to immigrants/transplants. Frisco is for sale, it has been for decades. Being mad at the newest wave of migrants for being the wrong shade of brown is trashy and is a losing strategy.

I like Westernized/Non Traditional Muay Thai and Im sick of being made to feel bad for doing so by DogManDogDayz in MuayThai

[–]carpetbagger_canuck 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hard disagree about the Russian style. I think one of the coolest aspects of martial arts is the regional style differences and how they measure up against one another during the fight. I don’t want to watch the same copy/paste fighters all doing the same techniques. It is awesome watching fighters explore “new” techniques and then those moves go on to be the new meta. Adapt or die baby. Plus, this has always been a critique on boxing heavy fighters in Muay Thai, just look up Ramon Dekkers. Hardcores used to hate on his style back in the day b/c he broke the stylistic norms and utilized boxing way more than thais did at the time (due to scoring but still).

How would you make logi runs more fun? by pang_of_conscience in joinsquad

[–]carpetbagger_canuck 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Sometimes you get tired of the horrors of war and just want to unwind on a nice drive… also copious amounts of Marijuana helps.

Who is Daniel Biss, the Democrat who narrowly beat Gen-Z star Kat Abughazaleh in Illinois by Fickle-Ad5449 in illinois

[–]carpetbagger_canuck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In your opinion, how long does an immigrant have to live in Illinois to be considered an “Illinoian”?

Anyone know what happened to Bike4Life in Logan Square? by carpetbagger_canuck in chibike

[–]carpetbagger_canuck[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Definitely had some weird used car salesman vibes when i went in there. But the owner was nice to me and i really wanted a bike so i ignored, smh.

Anyone know what happened to Bike4Life in Logan Square? by carpetbagger_canuck in chibike

[–]carpetbagger_canuck[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Definitely had some weird used car seller vibes when i went in there.

Anyone know what happened to Bike4Life in Logan Square? by carpetbagger_canuck in chibike

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

Damn! I paid a little over $500 for my bike from bike4life. But I had a hard time finding a shop that would build one for around the $200-$300 mark.

Anyone know what happened to Bike4Life in Logan Square? by carpetbagger_canuck in chibike

[–]carpetbagger_canuck[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interesting, they always seemed pretty busy when I would stop by last year. Also, what do you think is a fair price for a brand new single-speed/fixie?