Anything made by Apple.
Otherwise, not much really.
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Anything made by Apple.
Otherwise, not much really.
Buying old cars, fixing them up and selling them for less than I have in them. Sounds foolish, but it keeps me occupied and out of the bars.
moemg: i read your post this afternoon, got right up and prepared a spray bottle with your special recipe (yeah/yeah, i need to get a life)...but, you are so right....IT WORKS!!! How i made it to wayyyy the far side of half a century old without knowing about this amazing Dawn/vinegar magic is beyond me - thanks so much for sharing, this is BIG!
Some people call it sucking up, others might call it being a team player, depends. I also had a reputation for speaking my mind, but always with respect and from managements perspective. Otherwise it’s just complaining. Didn’t hurt my career.
I use the dawn/vinegar spray for weeds on my long paver walkways. I can spray in the morning and see the weeds melting by the end of the day. Much better for the environment than Roundup.
Some people call it sucking up, others might call it being a team player, depends. I also had a reputation for speaking my mind, but always with respect and from managements perspective. Otherwise it’s just complaining. Didn’t hurt my career.
After thinking about this, I'd say ours is wanting to live on the beach in So CA. We could have a much less expensive lifestyle if we lived in the Southeast or the Midwest but then we wouldn't have the CA outdoor lifestyle we love. Almost everything is more expensive in So CA, and the political climate is not favorable for those who own nice properties (measures keep passing that increase property taxes; ours are up 30+% in the last 3 years) or have higher incomes (double digit state income tax rates plus a 10.25% sales tax where we live). We hope to live in So CA for the rest of our lives, and worked an extra 3-5 years to fund this. If costs get too out of hand, Plan B is to move but we hope this will never be necessary. I suppose if it does, we can evaluate moving a bit inland compared to moving out of state but we'd rather not do either.
Shouldn't your property taxes be capped at 2% increase per year with Prop 13?
Shouldn't your property taxes be capped at 2% increase per year with Prop 13?
Our property taxes up here in the Bay Area don't seem to go up much each year. We're only paying about a third of a percent property tax rate based on current market valuations.
Is this really true? Presumably the majority of the people that don't own property pay rent to someone that owns the property they live in. I'm pretty sure that the someone that owns the rental property will increase rents to cover this increase in costs ergo, everyone ends up paying more. Of course, the proposals are never presented this way on the ballotsThis is true only when voters don't approve propositions. Several propositions have passed in the last few years, funding everything from schools, parks, roads/public transit, and other infrastructure. Many of these were funded via property taxes. However the majority of people in CA are not property owners. They vote for measures supporting all of these noble causes knowing it won't cost them a dime.
Nice for you. Not true for us - it's around four times that. LA County is big on property tax funded measures. Do you not have that issue in the Bay Area?
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Is this really true? Presumably the majority of the people that don't own property pay rent to someone that owns the property they live in. I'm pretty sure that the someone that owns the rental property will increase rents to cover this increase in costs ergo, everyone ends up paying more. Of course, the proposals are never presented this way on the ballots
I hadn't realized the NYCHA ( New York City Housing Authority) owned housing in California (the post I was responding to mentioned CA property taxes) but I guess I stand corrected and I commend the NYCHA for absorbing those additional costs in California- very thoughtful of themNo. Not everybody. Think rent controlled, Sec. 8, mixed income housing, NYCHA, and local subsidies. The higher earners are frequently either subsidizing or completely carrying the tab. Sometimes when you're working 70 hours a week and paying half your income in taxes, the load seems a bit heavy . . . Hence, I suppose, a motivation for some for (early) retirement.
I hadn't realized the NYCHA ( New York City Housing Authority) owned housing in California (the post I was responding to mentioned CA property taxes) but I guess I stand corrected and I commend the NYCHA for absorbing those additional costs in California- very thoughtful of them
I hadn't realized the NYCHA ( New York City Housing Authority) owned housing in California (the post I was responding to mentioned CA property taxes) but I guess I stand corrected and I commend the NYCHA for absorbing those additional costs in California- very thoughtful of them