CapitainEvident

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by CapitainEvident 5y ago
Evidently. That 2 bedroom apartment is in one of the most desirable areas of the most desirable city in the country. Location matters.
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by CapitainEvident 5y ago
Evidently. On £55k you can afford to borrow £247.5k. £247.5k + 10% deposit and you are looking at £272k properties. Check sold house prices in London and you’ll find plenty under £272k. Possible in London which is one of the most expensive
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by CapitainEvident 5y ago
Seems to me you’re the one insisting in doing something in the worst possible way. I have a high street lined with shops on my way home where I can stop by, have a quick chat, perhaps pick up something that caught my attention as the scent
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by CapitainEvident 5y ago
Filtering tap water at home has been a solved issue for generations. From ceramic water filters (CWF), ceramic candles to reverse osmosis and etc...c’mon dude.
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by CapitainEvident 5y ago
If so, in my view that’s a feature as most large European cities have wide enough roads for cars and the new neighbourhoods that were designed with cars in mind have never outperformed the old areas, where people actually want to live. Lond
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by CapitainEvident 5y ago
Too car friendly for my taste and I don’t get why people drive so much. Stockholm is small enough that it’s walkable with fast public transport connecting everything. I don’t think it ever took me over 30 minutes to get anywhere, none of my
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by CapitainEvident 5y ago
We are talking about living right in the centre of Amsterdam. No one is stopping you from buying something with a much lower deposit at a cycling distance from the city centre or a much smaller deposit with a 30 minutes public transport com
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by CapitainEvident 5y ago
Still affordable in today’s market. This shouldn’t even be up to discussion as anyone can check the available houses for sale in Amsterdam and what they sold for.
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by CapitainEvident 5y ago
Anyone getting USD75k/EUR65K/GBP55K in Europe can afford to buy an apartment in any of the major cities, including London with access to a walking lifestyle. Add a partner’s salary to the equation and you are walking your kids to
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by CapitainEvident 5y ago
Not a lack of 75-100 m2 (3 bedrooms) under €600,000 in walking distance from the most famous tourist attractions, I know as I looked. Smaller 2 bedrooms can be bought in the center of Amsterdam for €350,000 with a €35,000 deposit (10%). How
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by CapitainEvident 5y ago
Bought from own savings and income 4 years ago with no help from parents, not a family-owned apartment or sizeable inheritance. Owner is an immigrant from a developing country, the exchange rate alone would be prohibitive for any family ass
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by CapitainEvident 5y ago
I’m not in Amsterdam, but my mate works in Amsterdam and lives on a single engineer Dutch salary in a beautiful 2 bed with a separate dinning/kitchen/lounge near Sarphatipark, 10 minutes walk from Museumplein, walking distance fro
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by CapitainEvident 7y ago
Original title was too long: The Feds are building an America-wide face surveillance system – and we're going to court to prove it, says ACLU
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The Feds are building an America-wide face surveillance system and ACLU is suing(theregister.co.uk)
241 points by CapitainEvident 7y ago|71 comments