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by frumper 4y ago
Great news for Californians. All single family homes are now zoned for up to 4 dwellings. I doubt it'll change much, but we'll see if the missing middle proponents are on to something.
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by frumper 4y ago
Most homes aren't in an HOA. Turns out you can have the best of both worlds. Not hearing a neighbor walk around on the floor above you, and you can invite your single family home neighbors over to the bbq pool party. Bonus, you can
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by frumper 4y ago
Get government financing out of college tuition. Also remove special protections to banks for private college loans. Colleges are filled with smart people, they'll figure it out.
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by frumper 4y ago
Where do you add the multi-family homes? I don't see a lot of unused real estate in the cities I've been to.
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by frumper 4y ago
If you rent out the property the interest is a tax deduction as a business expense. The taxes and insurance are also a tax deduction. You can still take the standard deduction at the personal level. There are a variety of state, local and
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by frumper 4y ago
"Isa Ruiz has always known children are not part of their plan. But the 22-year-old Orlando communications specialist" Anyone that says they know their plan that early is just hoping their plan works out. Life is chaotic and full
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by frumper 4y ago
Men do get pushback and young men do get refused.
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by frumper 4y ago
Some mail carriers do refuse to deliver at certain address for reasons that other carriers wouldn't refuse to deliver for.
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by frumper 4y ago
When my wife and kids are happy, I’m happy. When my microbiome is happy, I’m happy. Certainly when my microbiome is unhappy, I’m unhappy.
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by frumper 4y ago
Not that the population is doing great, but last years numbers rebounded to about a quarter million. A 100x increase from the previous year. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/01/26/western-monarch-butte...
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by frumper 4y ago
Eggs at my Costco were $8-9 for 60 large a couple weeks ago.
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by frumper 4y ago
Do they have an impact? Sure. Are they large? In most cases no. A well kept and safe building is usually not going to have much trouble getting compliant. And once it’s compliant there isn’t much upkeep. If a business shuts down because
853.
by frumper 4y ago
Society had this debate in 1990 and it was more than a super majority that supported ADA. You're welcome to go look up about that debate that made it the law of the land, many people on this board are old enough to remember it. I pro
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by frumper 4y ago
The customer doesn't set any of that. That is between Uber and their drivers. Uber has a legal obligation to not charge different prices with reasonable accommodations to someone because they're disabled. They can of course pay
855.
by frumper 4y ago
No, you're paying Uber to go from point A to B. Uber decides what to pay drivers.
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by frumper 4y ago
As a society we said that is a reasonable cost of doing business in the US. Reasonable accommodations, it is the law of the land.
857.
by frumper 4y ago
You just said increased density isn't a problem for families and then describe people wanting less density a problem. If it's a problem for society that families want less density, then it's a problem for families if society
858.
by frumper 4y ago
The evidence is that people would rather drive 2 hours each way so their family can have less density where they live. They vote with their time and wallet. This isn't some theory, it's true all over the US
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by frumper 4y ago
A 4 door truck would probably be the new family vehicle.
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by frumper 4y ago
He asked the American people to vote for him knowing he was walking into a mess. I don’t think these problems are his fault and he had been hampered by both parties in implementing any of his plans to fix it. At the end of the day though,
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by frumper 4y ago
A company could voluntarily create an opt in system, but the US government couldn’t mandate it. Not sure if it’s realistic to think any companies would though
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by frumper 4y ago
My employer provides a high deductible plan and deposits most of our deductible into an HSA. Once deductible is met it is a top tier plan.
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by frumper 4y ago
People have good care in the US too, just not everyone. If you’re highly desired to be considered part of the brain drain of Europe then you’d likely be able to get good healthcare.
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by frumper 4y ago
That’s true and it does become harder to purchase US goods, but the US isn’t exactly the country you try to import from for cheap goods. Much of the appeal in US goods is either in brand or perceived quality.
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by frumper 4y ago
They’re more than happy to tell me about this, so I’m sure if you ask they will be happy to share with you. They’ll even refund the whole membership
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by frumper 4y ago
You’ll be glad the biggest single consumer tax credit won’t go to buyers of the Hummer then. GM vehicles aren’t eligible for the federal tax rebate anymore
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by frumper 4y ago
California was hit a lot harder than most places in the 90s and 2000s with base closures.
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by frumper 4y ago
Living in California for four decades I have definitely heard people living here call it Cali. California is large and diverse, not everyone speaks like you do.
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by frumper 4y ago
I’d agree that long term you’d be better off with more typical investment strategies. I-bonds are good right now, but as the bulk of any young persons investment it wouldn’t make sense. Savings rates have been low for some time now so I-bo
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by frumper 4y ago
It's not a good emergency fund at first, but if you roll a few years into bonds then it can act as your fund after a few years.

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