I agree that buying your first home takes some sacrifices. But the sacrifices even 20 years ago were significantly less than they are now, let alone 40 or more years ago. I would hope that someone in her position would understand that it's not about saving $5 or $10 a day on Starbucks, or even buying a cheaper phone. The disparity between income and home price is just completely different.
Median household income in the US in 1980: $21000Median home price: $47000 (2x)Edit: $62000 (3x) is probably more accurate.
Median household income in the US in 2000: $42000Median home price: $163000 (4x)
Median household income in the US in 2020: $67000Median home price: $327000 (5x)
It doesn't take a genius to see the discrepancy here. That's a lot of fucking Starbucks coffees to not buy to make up the difference.
Note: I'm using US numbers because of the context.
Yeah, this one gets me too, occasionally. Maybe a resume button would be simple (if the state still exists) and work well without being too obtrusive.
Normally I'm browsing from Home, hit Back accidentally, and then try hitting Home again but that forces a refresh of Home (sometimes? Always? Can't remember).
I get what you're saying (and saw your other comment) but I didn't come away from OP's write up thinking DHH was only a casual racist. So if they were attempting to defend DHH's racism they did piss poor job. The language used was soft, but the quotes speak for themselves.
I was actually confused for a minute by your big comment, because I couldn't figure out who you were saying was defending racists.
The article definitely glossed over the racism though. That might be why OP's language was soft. They were responding to the article's accusations - which were almost in passing - and in that context the language kind of matches. By pulling that out of the article and making it prominent in their write up, i think OP made it much more clear and couldn't possibly be doing it to defend DHH.
Yeah this is scary, especially given the number of people who visit.
However, this may be a case where things locked down (in a futile attempt to contain the thieves), as opposed to a fire. This still isn't great, especially if it was someone who wanted to hurt people, but it's probably why it happened.
Yeah, so you shouldn't use a well-established term like "heat death" in your own way just because you feel it's appropriate. Words have meanings. That's how we communicate.
If I call you a nincompoop to say you're really smart, just because I think there's no clear etymology for the term, so it isn't "linguistically relevant through uniqueness" (whatever the fuck that means) to say it means you're foolish, you probably wouldn't understand that's what I meant. You might even take it as an insult. So our communication would have broken down through my misuse of a word with a well-established meaning.
Not specifically Airbnb, but I choose short term apartment rentals (authorized ones, always check the local laws) over hotels because, no, I don't need housekeeping every fucking day. When I do stay in hotels, I usually keep the "do not disturb" sign on my door for several days before taking it off to get the room serviced.
There aren't many affordable options when you're staying mid-term (weeks to a few months) other than short term apartment rentals. And yes, I can keep my place neat and tidy day-to-day, I can take out my own garbage, I can clean my own dishes, I don't need someone to make my bed for me, etc., etc. Hotels include the cost of daily cleaning and I don't feel the need to pay for it when I don't want it and don't use it.
That said, fuck the added cleaning fee bullshit (for standard usage.) Include it in your price or fuck off.
"Chores" are a mixed bag. Some things are reasonable asks, like if you have a house with a garbage day, and you're asked to take your garbage to the curb. I've heard of some ridiculous ones - that I can't think of at the moment - but I've never encountered anything major myself.
Thanks for adding this. I was going to ignore the article because I tend to ignore most things from National Post.
But this is pretty good. I've definitely been thinking that with the current environment of trade and relationships that Trump has created that we should embrace China and stick it to the US. This article is a reminder that China is a wolf in sheep's clothing, and that we should think carefully before losing our own values by making deals with that wolf.
Cold temperatures reduce the pressure, and since air leaks out of tires naturally over time, it is quite common for the change in temperature to suddenly put your tires below the threshold for normal tire pressure.
I agree that buying your first home takes some sacrifices. But the sacrifices even 20 years ago were significantly less than they are now, let alone 40 or more years ago. I would hope that someone in her position would understand that it's not about saving $5 or $10 a day on Starbucks, or even buying a cheaper phone. The disparity between income and home price is just completely different.
Median household income in the US in 1980: $21000Median home price:
$47000 (2x)Edit: $62000 (3x) is probably more accurate.Median household income in the US in 2000: $42000Median home price: $163000 (4x)
Median household income in the US in 2020: $67000Median home price: $327000 (5x)
It doesn't take a genius to see the discrepancy here. That's a lot of fucking Starbucks coffees to not buy to make up the difference.
Note: I'm using US numbers because of the context.