If the SF Bay Area really had a high outward migration rate compared to influx, property prices would be cratering. This is not the case. As far as law enforcement, G-d bless lax law enforcement. I for one don't want to live in a fucking police state.
Initial property tax is capped at about 1.25% of sale price per year, allowed to rise by 2% (of tax, not sale price) per year thereafter if assessments allow it.
Property tax on $500,000 is $6250yr. Divided by 12 is $520 per month. Shows how little you know about California.
Tax hikes on the rich are a good thing. Bring 'em on - not like the rich are leaving CA's nice climate any time soon.
K-12 is about middle of the road.
Sales/income tax are proportional to income and spending. State income tax isn't a big deal at middle income levels. Sales tax exempts food and clothing (necessities). Just buy more stuff like computers and furniture used, for cash, on Craigslist. Amazing how well you can live on others' leftovers.
Cars? Get an Insight Hybrid. Nice midsize sedan, well north of 50 mpg, not covered by the "zero emission" tax. What more do most people need.
What's wrong with conserving water in an arid climate. If you want to live in a given ecological zone (i.e. reclaimed desert) you need to adapt or move.
If you have a $2m house, can't you sell it, get at least 25% out (say half a mil), and buy a nice condo or small house somewhere like San Diego? If you own free and clear, your taxes should be $500/mo, HOA $300/mo (assuming condo) -- $800/mo and maybe $70/mo for electricity isn't bad for a retirement place.
Many of the people moving to California are either (a) younger or (b) immigrants. They're less likely to need a U-Haul truck. Also, no great loss if the kind of people who infest Loser Wages leave California. Good. Riddance.
Why is it crazy to require minimally environmentally costly energy sources? Moving to nearly 100% nuclear and renewable electricity is a damn good idea. We have the technology -- it's just an engineering problem at this point.
Nah. California has a budget surplus. Their educational system isn't that bad once you take out some outlying mismanaged districts. Their public university system is decent to good.
Cost of living isn't actually that high, especially if you chose wisely when to buy a house (i.e. 2008-2012). Low property taxes, low energy costs in many areas (minimal need for heat and A/C). Fuel is expensive, but you can buy an efficient car or go electric -- no need for most people to commute to an office job in an F-250.
Time to build more nuclear power plants, re-open San Onofre, and extend the life of Diablo Canyon. Nuclear energy is both clean and reliable, especially when combined with renewables.
Use a random MAC address and create a script that passes a random email address to the captive authentication portal. LinkNYC doesn't check validity of email addresses used in their authentication portal, so you can use any random gibberish ending in a TLD. No valid account or info needed.
Don't be so sure -- the rich NEED the markets to tank every decade or so to make more money.
Also, what's wrong with buying rental property in down times and renting to the tech workers? Services to tech workers are better investments than the tech firms themselves.
Just like many more people got rich selling shovels and food to gold miners than mining gold themselves.
I'd have sat down, then sued them for disability discrimination (developed back issues that keep me from standing for a long time without pain) if they objected to it or fired me.
Fine them something they can't pay, say the max of $50,000 per case. Then nationalize them, or put them under state control after the fines bankrupt them. Make them a test case for a public option.
Meanwhile, I hope that all private insurance companies get caught with their pants down, and ideally ruined. If enough of them hang, maybe support for a public option or Medicare-for-all will increase. Kick 'em to the curb.
Walk on a dark surface, then walk on a light-colored one, barefoot, on a summer day. Any 5-year-old child can notice that temperature has as much to do with ability to absorb heat as with the strength of the sun.
The French government did great in picking a nuclear energy policy in the 70s and using highly standardized reactors. Far better than the mess in the US or Asia, where every plant is a white elephant.
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If the SF Bay Area really had a high outward migration rate compared to influx, property prices would be cratering. This is not the case. As far as law enforcement, G-d bless lax law enforcement. I for one don't want to live in a fucking police state.
Initial property tax is capped at about 1.25% of sale price per year, allowed to rise by 2% (of tax, not sale price) per year thereafter if assessments allow it.
Property tax on $500,000 is $6250yr. Divided by 12 is $520 per month. Shows how little you know about California.
The median and mode are often more useful statistics than the mean.
Tax hikes on the rich are a good thing. Bring 'em on - not like the rich are leaving CA's nice climate any time soon.
K-12 is about middle of the road.
Sales/income tax are proportional to income and spending. State income tax isn't a big deal at middle income levels. Sales tax exempts food and clothing (necessities). Just buy more stuff like computers and furniture used, for cash, on Craigslist. Amazing how well you can live on others' leftovers.
Cars? Get an Insight Hybrid. Nice midsize sedan, well north of 50 mpg, not covered by the "zero emission" tax. What more do most people need.
I love trains, especially fast ones. Build more. Cut law enforcement funding and get rid of victimless crimes to fund them.
What's wrong with conserving water in an arid climate. If you want to live in a given ecological zone (i.e. reclaimed desert) you need to adapt or move.
People should be forced to pay for the true environmental (and military, for that matter) costs of their energy use.
If you have a $2m house, can't you sell it, get at least 25% out (say half a mil), and buy a nice condo or small house somewhere like San Diego? If you own free and clear, your taxes should be $500/mo, HOA $300/mo (assuming condo) -- $800/mo and maybe $70/mo for electricity isn't bad for a retirement place.
Many of the people moving to California are either (a) younger or (b) immigrants. They're less likely to need a U-Haul truck. Also, no great loss if the kind of people who infest Loser Wages leave California. Good. Riddance.
Mothball the existing reactors, build new ones on the same site.
Why is it crazy to require minimally environmentally costly energy sources? Moving to nearly 100% nuclear and renewable electricity is a damn good idea. We have the technology -- it's just an engineering problem at this point.
Nah. California has a budget surplus. Their educational system isn't that bad once you take out some outlying mismanaged districts. Their public university system is decent to good.
Cost of living isn't actually that high, especially if you chose wisely when to buy a house (i.e. 2008-2012). Low property taxes, low energy costs in many areas (minimal need for heat and A/C). Fuel is expensive, but you can buy an efficient car or go electric -- no need for most people to commute to an office job in an F-250.
Time to build more nuclear power plants, re-open San Onofre, and extend the life of Diablo Canyon. Nuclear energy is both clean and reliable, especially when combined with renewables.
Use a random MAC address and create a script that passes a random email address to the captive authentication portal. LinkNYC doesn't check validity of email addresses used in their authentication portal, so you can use any random gibberish ending in a TLD. No valid account or info needed.
3.5mm jacks can be made waterproof, just seal around the pins and leave the "hole" itself exposed to water.
Don't be so sure -- the rich NEED the markets to tank every decade or so to make more money.
Also, what's wrong with buying rental property in down times and renting to the tech workers? Services to tech workers are better investments than the tech firms themselves.
Just like many more people got rich selling shovels and food to gold miners than mining gold themselves.
They can play tinny, compressed, poor-quality music.
50% of American households have at least one sheep in them. And I don't mean the kind with wool.
What about victimless crimes like drug use, where there is no victim.
I'd have sat down, then sued them for disability discrimination (developed back issues that keep me from standing for a long time without pain) if they objected to it or fired me.
Fine them something they can't pay, say the max of $50,000 per case. Then nationalize them, or put them under state control after the fines bankrupt them. Make them a test case for a public option.
Meanwhile, I hope that all private insurance companies get caught with their pants down, and ideally ruined. If enough of them hang, maybe support for a public option or Medicare-for-all will increase. Kick 'em to the curb.
Walk on a dark surface, then walk on a light-colored one, barefoot, on a summer day. Any 5-year-old child can notice that temperature has as much to do with ability to absorb heat as with the strength of the sun.
Yep, the anti-nukes are a bunch of cowards. I'd sooner live down the street from a nuke plant than a coal-belcher.
The French government did great in picking a nuclear energy policy in the 70s and using highly standardized reactors. Far better than the mess in the US or Asia, where every plant is a white elephant.