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re: The conventional wisdom that the population needs to grow forever
Posted by wm72 on 4/25/26 at 5:11 pm to SquatchDawg
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The only way bankers, govts and corporations grow and get more money is if there is inflation and constant growth.
Population growth drum is beaten by the wealthiest.
Our financial system is basically a pyramid scheme.
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re: So where are all of these H-1Bs employed in your area?
Posted by wm72 on 4/24/26 at 3:43 pm to ImaObserver
Amazon
Infosys
Deloitte
Ernst & Young
Google
From a quick glance, it seems these 5 companies are responsible by themselves for over half across the country.
Infosys
Deloitte
Ernst & Young
From a quick glance, it seems these 5 companies are responsible by themselves for over half across the country.
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There were luxury houses in the 60s…
The house you describe was not the “average” home then, just like it’s not average now.
Should have mentioned this was a government farm loan home, which meant a very long list of "luxury" restrictions. My dad was a 26 year old paper mill shift worker when they built.
My point was that while newer homes have some "luxury" features, the basic quality of materials and workmanship has been lowered to where many common things in the 60s-70s are now seen as luxury.
re: America 2026? The astounding lack of craftsmanship
Posted by wm72 on 4/23/26 at 5:12 pm to weagle1999
"Craftsman says it'll be $200, can we get someone to do it for $25?"
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It’s not just the square footage, it’s the finishings.
The marble countertops, the up graded fixtures, more expensive bathrooms CENTRAL AIR, etc.
This is true to an extent.
However, my parents' 3BR/2Ba brick ranch style home built in the 1960s has custom stained pine paneling and real oak floors throughout the entire house. It has a pine ceiling in the family room, custom pine kitchen cabinets, 8'X12' solid glass sliding doors to the back patio. These are now high end luxury features.
A lot of those houses with marble countertops, the up graded fixtures, more expensive bathrooms etc are all sheetrock and many don't even have real wood floors and doors.
re: Average Sq Ft of homes by decade
Posted by wm72 on 4/23/26 at 10:12 am to SlowFlowPro
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Like Southdowns in BR?
Yes.
I'm thinking of friends my age looking to buy everywhere from Atlanta area to Upstate NY to Oregon/California to the Florida panhandle.
I don't think I know anyone personally aside from my fancy brother that really wants a big brand new house. They're all looking for decently well constructed, old, smaller homes.
Anyone that doesn't need to be rebuilt from replacing the floor joists up is usually more expensive than the bigger tasteless builder homes unless it's out in the middle of nowhere. Even the ones in decently located "bad" neighborhoods.
re: Average Sq Ft of homes by decade
Posted by wm72 on 4/23/26 at 8:16 am to SlowFlowPro
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Exactly.
And developers don’t build “smaller”.
And the cost to build something small yourself is also out of reach.
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And most smaller houses are in legit terrible areas or BFE away from jobs.
If you are in a suburban / urban area full of good jobs, the competition for houses like the small 2-3 BR ranch style built in the late 50s through early 70s is staggering.
It's what almost every young professional just starting a family wants to buy.
re: Songs about Alabama. Nominations and ranking.
Posted by wm72 on 4/19/26 at 4:28 pm to Harry Rex Vonner
Alabama
Song by John Coltrane
Song by John Coltrane
re: All you poor ignoramuses whining about the cost of gas...
Posted by wm72 on 4/12/26 at 1:55 pm to Everyday Is Saturday
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Capitalism! Free market!
We should try that in America one day instead of the crony corporatism we have.
re: Did people have weeds in their lawn in the 50s, 60s, 70s?
Posted by wm72 on 4/12/26 at 1:48 pm to bayoubengals88
I grew up mowing our lawn in Pensacola in the 80s the same way my dad had since the 60s. Lot's of various weeds and tons of clover. No one cared but my mom loved the purple and yellow wildflowers in the spring and always tried to postpone mowing a bit.
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Has Virginia not made money in taxes from Amazon?
I only know what I've read and that is Amazon's promise was around 25k jobs paying over $150k and they've only made it to 7k now and have been cutting jobs instead of adding recently.
I'm sure there are other advantages in Amazon attracting other tech businesses to Arlington but it hasn't really been the economic "home run" promised. Very mixed reviews.
Also, different areas need different things. As someone who lives in Brooklyn and has a business somewhat near what would have been the Amazon corridor, I'm not sure an Amazon tech corridor would have addressed the main problems in any way.
In this Queens/Brooklyn border area, there's already head turning development and growth.
the main issue for most who live and have businesses there is Private Equity gobbling up all the retail space (and much residential) and claiming a "market value" for retail space that far exceeds what any real displaced business could/would pay to cook their books.
The area already has an rapidly exploding population of young professionals making good money and rent prices skyrocketing.
I'm no financial wizard but "growth" can often mean big profits for far flung investors without a direct benefit to the area that's growing. Strip mining.
A tech corridor in what's already one of the most competitive, fastest growing real estate markets in America didn't necessarily mean solving what the actual issues here are.
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My point was that AOC didnt want to give tax breaks to Amazon. They then chose to move their HQ to another state and now NY will miss out on any taxes from Amazon.
I know. I was saying there's currently complaints across the aisle in Virginia that the sweetheart deal they gave Amazon has been a net negative so far so it seems like AOC (among a lot of others) may have been right to not kowtow to them.
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He may have realized he doesnt have much of an NBA future because of his lack of athleticism, so trying to get the bag now.
Until there's some agreed caps on NIL, borderline NBA/G League players have a lot more reason to shop for the best deals every season than players like Philon that just want to polish skills.
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Remember when AOC didnt want Amazon move to NY state because she wanted to repurpose the roughly $3 billion in state and city tax incentives the state was offering?
Just read an article about the Amazon Headquarters that went to Virginia instead and so far failing to come anywhere close to meeting proposed/promised jobs to the area.
Amazon and a Mercedes factory are two very different examples.
re: Alabama Basketball 2026-27 roster tracker
Posted by wm72 on 4/7/26 at 2:28 pm to RollTide33
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Sears, Nelson, Estrada, and Holloway were not middle market. Holloway was the lowest at 38th overall player in his portal class. Sears and Estrada were top 25. And Grant was 3rd overall. Big Cliff was top 15. We can pull top market guys if the fit is right.
We're an extremely desirable program and can certainly compete for almost any player if we get in the ballpark $ wise.
From Oats' comments about NIL, I think our strategy seems to be keeping the "salaries" somewhat in the same range though. He could always change as demands reach the stratosphere. However, his recent comments about NIL seem to mean passing on certain players that want significantly more than other starter level players are already getting.
re: The Mercenary Wolverines.
Posted by wm72 on 4/7/26 at 10:08 am to Beau Fontenot
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I like coach May. Seems like a decent guy, and he found success within the existing system and by playing by its rules. I gotta give him credit.
The problem isn't the teams taking best advantage, it's obviously the rules.
Every other pro sport constantly employs rules to prevent complete roster musical chairs through collective bargaining. They do so because they learned that it both diminishes fan interest and that someone will always blow up the market in any given year to create an unsustainable financial model.
If college football and basketball don't find a way to do that things will continually escalate.
I can easily imagine the next trend being agents putting groups of 3 or 4 top players together and shopping them to the billionaire that wants to pay the highest for an almost guaranteed Final Four.
Yeah, the level of transfers on Michigan's basketball and Indiana football teams are probably more the future until the transfer rules change.
Real professional leagues have so many rules to limit them because they begin to erode fan interest.
Next, I expect to see agents putting together groups of 3 or 4 upperclass starters that will almost guarantee a billionaire booster a Final Four.
Real professional leagues have so many rules to limit them because they begin to erode fan interest.
Next, I expect to see agents putting together groups of 3 or 4 upperclass starters that will almost guarantee a billionaire booster a Final Four.
re: Gas is $3.89 here (Nashville). Gonna be $4 soon. What’s gas by you?
Posted by wm72 on 4/5/26 at 7:13 pm to TechDawg2007
Mine was $5.42 for mid grade in Brooklyn this morning. I don't drive a lot though so it doesn't make much difference to me.
My brother has a small trucking business in Alabama. That's where the gas prices really mean hundreds of dollars a week difference.
My brother has a small trucking business in Alabama. That's where the gas prices really mean hundreds of dollars a week difference.
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Jam is thicker and made from crushed fruit. Jelly is smoother and sweeter and made from fruit juice.
My grandparents ate "preserves" which seemed to be the chunky version of jam.
I love old fashioned southern preserves. Fig, peach, blueberry. . . Not a huge fan of smooth jellies.
The preserves are usually just the whole fruits soaked under a little sugar and heated with a small amount of pectin.
The only jelly I like is hot pepper jelly and enjoy that more like a jam with bigger chunks of red bell peppers.
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So you’re not a believer?
Many people who profess to believe every religion are actually better described as agnostic.
It's why they can ignore all the directives of their various religions they find inconvenient.
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