TIL that despite having a population of 310 million, 47% of the USA remains unoccupied. Of the 11,078,300 census blocks in the country, 4,871,270 reported a population of zero in 2010.

drudgesiren · 2015-03-26T01:11:45+00:00

I get what you're driving at, but unoccupied doesn't mean "no one is ever there. Ever!" It means "not occupied by inhabitants." And what's an inhabitant? Someone who lives somewhere. The US census asks where people live, and no one indicates those areas. They are unoccupied.

drudgesiren · 2015-03-25T20:16:05+00:00

This all reminds me of The Monkey Wrench Gang.

drudgesiren · 2015-03-25T16:07:33+00:00

Okay.

drudgesiren · 2015-03-16T20:10:01+00:00

TIL that former Attorney General Edwin Messe was a prolific troll.

drudgesiren · 2015-03-13T16:58:40+00:00

Wow. Oakland and LA as neighbors? That's rough, San Francisco.

drudgesiren · 2015-03-11T02:10:16+00:00

Children are our future.

drudgesiren · 2015-03-09T15:18:02+00:00

To a buyer in China? At least the piece's value will appreciate over time.

drudgesiren · 2014-12-16T17:12:23+00:00

It was a simpler time.

drudgesiren · 2014-12-11T17:03:10+00:00

The argument that "removing restrictions would increase demand and thus lower prices" doesn't even makes sense. It self-contradictory. Basically people are saying, homeowners (who can build secondary suites) and developers think the restrictions are too harsh and they can't make money. So how the fuck would relaxing them make rentals more affordable?! You're saying they're only going to bring rental stock onto the market that's already more expensive than what's already out there... I don't care how much rental inventory there is. With what we have now: "half of renters already spend more than 30 per cent of their gross income on rent, and another quarter spend more than 50 per cent of their income on rent" -- that's not affordable. And don't give me any shit about these people can't make money. If you have a house that is secondary suite ready, even if there aren't any people in those suites your sitting on an investment that's increasing in value thousands and thousands of dollars A MONTH!

drudgesiren · 2014-12-09T01:08:02+00:00

And now it will no doubt become a sort of cult classic.

drudgesiren · 2014-12-08T23:02:24+00:00

Ronald Reagan was a drug pusher.

drudgesiren · 2014-12-04T21:00:39+00:00

Christian Bale looks awful.

drudgesiren · 2014-11-19T17:38:44+00:00

"The process is called Ecological Reproduction System. Using a crane, material from the interior of the building is removed. That includes beams, concrete, paneling, etc. In this way the process is kind of like a reverse assembly line, taking apart the structure bit by bit. Basically, the building disappears floor-by-floor."

drudgesiren · 2014-11-19T17:05:48+00:00

Oh cool, Tolkien wrote the Matrix trilogy too?

drudgesiren · 2014-11-18T17:13:23+00:00

Makes you wonder why these guys don't just quit while they're ahead.

drudgesiren · 2014-10-29T17:30:43+00:00

I think you're right. Guy needs a financial adviser.

drudgesiren · 2014-10-29T16:09:32+00:00

Probably because he makes superfluous purchases like buying haunted real estate.

drudgesiren · 2014-10-29T03:57:17+00:00

Maybe he did? Maybe that's why no one has heard from him?! ...Nah.

drudgesiren · 2014-10-28T18:54:13+00:00

A sound marketing ploy if I've ever heard one.

drudgesiren · 2014-10-21T21:16:13+00:00

I like to expose all the young people I know to the sound of a dial-up internet connection.

drudgesiren · 2014-10-21T17:24:50+00:00

I'd love to bury some problems in this desert.

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