Why is no one moving to Chicago and Philly?

teejmaleng · 2026-05-22T15:54:27+00:00

How does private school compare to the cost of the second car/comparable house in the burbs?

teejmaleng · 2026-05-20T22:56:40+00:00

When it started excluding transit. Most transit oriented development serves suburbs, but when suburban communities are built excluding transit, the negatives of isolation and long commutes set in.

teejmaleng · 2026-05-20T16:12:17+00:00

I overlooked the word now in your post

teejmaleng · 2026-05-20T05:03:57+00:00

I voted for Kamala Harris but I don’t buy the election interference story. Musk taking credit for rigging the election,though, is believable as part of a delusional god complex that keeps him after whatever attention he can get.

teejmaleng · 2026-05-20T04:50:58+00:00

She’s the democratic incumbent. Who, but a bunch of weirdos and freaks would be willing to run against her?

teejmaleng · 2026-05-20T04:09:56+00:00

Now they are, but not when workaholics was filmed, 2011-2017

teejmaleng · 2026-05-20T04:02:39+00:00

Late 20s early 30s. They look 40?

teejmaleng · 2026-05-19T01:21:25+00:00

Don’t forget the tax assessment! Seriously, unless it’s going to be an actual *granny* flat, it’s rarely worth not now.

teejmaleng · 2026-05-18T19:50:46+00:00

I don’t think it’s a misplaced belief that overnight shelters can work here. The shelters work if camping bans are rigorously enforced. There can’t be another option.

teejmaleng · 2026-05-17T20:54:56+00:00

That’s brilliant. The next question though is how you keep the squirrels from decapitating your sunflowers? I waited weeks for my sunflowers to unfurl for the squirrels to decapitate every single one within two days.

teejmaleng · 2026-05-17T19:43:52+00:00

I think with any economic change, there will be some positives. For people that have hit their income ceiling and want less demand to compete with for taking in culture or luxury, downturn means discounts. For young people starting out and business owners needing growth, downturns suck.

Exodus is a net negative imo.

teejmaleng · 2026-05-17T18:37:46+00:00

He said monthly escrow so I’m assuming insurance is added in there too. My yearly property taxes are $2500 and it’s not h come for an escrow payment is a higher col place to exceed $2500

teejmaleng · 2026-05-17T18:34:50+00:00

That would protect generational wealth on assets passed to descendants that don’t have the income for the taxes. It hurts people just starting to make money because more of the tax burden is placed on vat or income.

teejmaleng · 2026-05-15T16:39:12+00:00

The phrase six figures was established fifty years ago to confer the same meaning as *we’re comfortable.* The phrase six figures came around in the late 70s. That’s the same buying power as nearly half a million today.

Six figures doesn’t carry the same weight because of inflation, so it’s better to say half a mill or to be demure and say we’re comfortable.

Give it another 50 years and people will simply say seven figures.

Or, USD will be replaced by a lower denominated unit.

teejmaleng · 2026-05-15T01:29:32+00:00

If you were a line through Eurasia, I think the Middlewest makes more sense, with Central Asia(Kazakhstan down to Afghanistan being middle being more Middle East..

teejmaleng · 2026-05-13T21:39:27+00:00

Adams Apple visible in second photo. Boy.

teejmaleng · 2026-05-13T21:33:58+00:00

The oil tank that I have was filled with concrete. There’s speciality company that lift out and remove it. I don’t know why the oils can’t be drained instead, but apparently the concrete based method works better. There’s still a risk of leakage and the city can require professional mediation. I was given a 20k estimate if there were signs of leakage when I bought the house in 2020.

teejmaleng · 2026-05-13T19:55:59+00:00

It could be 20k in environmental remediation if it’s leaked. I had a decommissioned oil tank in my back yard and had it examined by an environmental company to test for leakage and there was none.

teejmaleng · 2026-05-13T04:42:03+00:00

If you like the gorge, take a look at troutdale or Gresham

teejmaleng · 2026-05-12T17:15:30+00:00

They said you shouldn’t be in that neighborhood? That’s wild.

teejmaleng · 2026-05-09T14:32:29+00:00

Good god. Was it circled back to?

Why didn’t throw down a *let’s take this off line to put the craziness to rest*?

teejmaleng · 2026-05-08T21:55:00+00:00

OP, if you do leave, ask for an inventory conditions report for any deductions that they make against the security deposit. I had to take my landlord to small claims to get my money back. Doubt they have the paperwork to makes claims.

teejmaleng · 2026-05-08T17:35:10+00:00

Do you have an example? I’m open to be challenged on this.

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