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Delano Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-09-04 01:42 AM
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Poll question: Do you own or rent?
Edited on Wed Jun-09-04 01:43 AM by Delano
Do you own or rent?

I know this poll seems a bit "lounge-esque", but I am asking seriously, and am just wondering as a cross-section, what we're like.

I personally rent in SF, where very few people could afford to buy today...

There wasn't room for "homeless", and there may actually be a few out there. Sorry.
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Sugarbleus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-09-04 01:53 AM
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1. Renting is a subject I keep bringing up
Edited on Wed Jun-09-04 01:53 AM by Sugarbleus
in terms of social issues. IE: Affordable housing for buyers AND renters. I heard there was a drive to cut off funding for section 8 voucher programs. If that's true and the cutting back of social security moneies, a wholelot of people are going to be in some serious bad straits........more homeless perhaps. How low can the neocons go I wonder?!
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huellewig Donating Member (700 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-09-04 01:58 AM
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2. I live for free in my sisters garage.
Edited on Wed Jun-09-04 02:00 AM by huellewig
I exchange babysitting for room and board. The garage has a little room with carpet and drywalled walls so it isn't that bad. I pee outside, and usually eat what can be cooked in a toaster oven.

{edit: and they wonder why I don't bring girls home. :)}
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ibegurpard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-09-04 02:01 AM
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3. Other
I have a one-bedroom apartment provided to me as part of my job compensation.
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-09-04 02:24 AM
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4. What's "modest"?
I voted "modest home". It's about 80 years old (the old part...the other half is about 20 years old). It's in a great Cleveland suburb and sits on a semi-wooded acre of land, but it's only 1950 sq. ft.

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Delano Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-09-04 09:57 AM
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5. It really depends where you live.
An 80-year old 2 bedroom house in San Francisco is not modest, since it could cost a million dollars.

A brand new 3 bedroom house on a big lot in a nice neighborhood with all the amenities could be $70~9o thousand in my hometown of El Paso, but that's modest there.

Just use your own discretion.
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lapislzi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-09-04 10:00 AM
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6. The Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank
owns my home, and kindly allows me to occupy and maintain it for a modest monthly payment.

That may change in about 25 years or so.
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