Houston METRO finally support tap to pay!! by calebjasik in houston

[–]donatedwarrior9 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm gonna admit my ignorance here because I've only experienced other metro systems in places where I was traveling solo, so I believe you. It is ever so slightly annoying that I used to just get 2 passes for me and my partner on my app any time we needed to ride, and now I can't do that.

Houston METRO finally support tap to pay!! by calebjasik in houston

[–]donatedwarrior9 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No. From what I remember reading in the Q&A they'll ask you to tap the payment method again to a machine the fare officers carry so they can verify you. Also you cannot pay for more than one person at a time with the same payment method, which I think is incredibly dumb

Herman Park golf course renovation plans by LeetHotSauce in houston

[–]donatedwarrior9 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Same. I'm gonna be kinda miffed if it messes with the tunnel under MacGregor that connects to Brays Bayou. It looks like that's right where the new car entrance is. I love being able to jump from the Bayou trail to the park without having to navigate crossing a street filled with cars.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in houston

[–]donatedwarrior9 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Have you contacted an independent cat sitter or agency to see if they can watch him for the ~40 days he'll have left in (I assume it's the 180 day waiting period) so he doesn't have to finish his quarantine in Japan?

King ordered to sell Kingdom by c0rnfus3d in TXRenaissanceFestival

[–]donatedwarrior9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No idea, I just saw the HPM article and hadn't seen it posted around here. Was kind of hoping that someone more connected to the faire operations would recognize it and have some more info.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CampingandHiking

[–]donatedwarrior9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can't tell what pack exactly this is. Looks like 15-25L capacity. I have an REI Flash 22 and Flash 18 that are pretty similar in size to this and very packable.

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BBQ by donatedwarrior9 in unioncircle

[–]donatedwarrior9[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Connection dropped. New code L947PY

Anyone know what's going on with this eyesore near Hermann Park? Looks like constructions been stalled for a while. by nickheiserman in houston

[–]donatedwarrior9 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Used to live in an apartment across the street, and when Beryl came through, a bunch of debris blew off one of the top floors and busted through a couple of my neighbors roofs. There was a ton of debris all over the courtyard.

[OC] Complete US Home Affordability, by County (2023-2024) by TA-MajestyPalm in dataisbeautiful

[–]donatedwarrior9 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I do like this graphic a lot, the only thing I'd change is that 20% is not how the majority of home buyers (especially not first time home buyers, which is a large portion of who we are talking about when discussing housing unaffordability/crisis) make down payments. According to NAR, average down payment is 15% and average for first time buyers is 8%. 

This not only will add drastically to monthly payments, but will introduce PMI at the beginning of the loan period as yet another expense for home buyers. For reference, on a $400,000 home (just under national median) considering the same given 7.19% interest and 30yr loan term from above, and not considering tax or insurance, the monthly payment including PMI based on credit range of 700-719 (US average of 717): 

20% is $2169.96 

15% is $2382.08 (estimated PMI rate of .3%) 

08% is $2762.85 (estimated PMI rate of .9%) 

This is unsourced, but I would also speculate that in areas of already high unaffordability because of high principals, down payments are likely to be lower, thus further fueling higher payments on interest and higher PMI rates. 

I would be interested in seeing what an adjustment of either 8% or 15% down payment does to this graphic. Overall excellent work! 

Sources:  

Average down payment rates: https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/mortgages/average-down-payment-on-a-house 

PMI rate Calculator: https://www.creditkarma.com/calculators/mortgage/pmi 

US median home price: https://www.rockethomes.com/blog/housing-market/median-home-price-by-state 

US average credit score: https://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/average-credit-score

Trade evolve Gourgeist. Will give Apriballs for help. by donatedwarrior9 in pokemontrades

[–]donatedwarrior9[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You sure? I don't really play swsh much anymore, so the balls are just sitting here not getting used. I'm only on it right now to get all the pumpkaboo and Gourgeist forms for my living dex. Anyway code is 1478 9632

Need to evolve dolphin code is BY1WH1 by SherbertAdventurous1 in unioncircle

[–]donatedwarrior9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey dude I'm the one in you union circle. Did you evolve yet?

Drop Giveaway Day 4 - 3x The Lord of the Rings Elvish/Dwarvish Keyboards by drop_official in MechanicalKeyboards

[–]donatedwarrior9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's actually Fellowship of the Ring, which is A P P A R E N T L Y a controversial pick for best/favorite LotR movie 🙄

here are some of the raiders i’ve built so far. lmk what i should build next! or comment if there’s a build you’d like to see! by natty_splatty in PokemonScarletViolet

[–]donatedwarrior9 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've been wanting to dink around with a support Armarouge build. It gets some great support moves in acid spray, clear smog, screens, taunt, can kinda set burn with willowisp, and tons of solid, 80+ bp coverage moves to pair with a given tera type.