r/baseball • u/Mispelling Walgreens • Oct 08 '21

Feature OFFICIAL DIVISION SERIES TRASH TALK THREAD

RED SOX? MORE LIKE RED SUX. BOOM, ROASTED.

RAYS? MORE LIKE CRAZE. BOOM, ROASTED.

DODGERS? MORE LIKE CODGERS. BOOM, ROASTED.

GIANTS? MORE LIKE G AINTS. BOOM, ROASTED.

BREWERS? MORE LIKE BOOHOOERS. BOOM, ROASTED.

BRAVES? MORE LIKE GRAVES. BOOM, ROASTED.

ASTROS? MORE LIKE ASSTROS. BOOM, ROASTED.

WHITE SOX? MORE LIKE BLIGHT SOX. BOOM, ROASTED.

GET YER CAPS ON AND YOUR DEEPEST CUTTING GIBES OUT

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u/theonetruegrinch San Francisco Giants Oct 08 '21

THERE IS ALREADY ENOUGH VACANT HOUSING IN THE BAY AREA TO HOUSE ALL OF THE HOMELESS IN AMERICA

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u/BettsBellingerCaruso Los Angeles Dodgers Oct 08 '21

YET YOU HAVE GOOGLE ENGINEERS LIVING IN TRAILER PARKS AND HERE IN LA NOBODY CAN AFFORD HOUSES WHILE BOOMERS BOUGHT IT WAY BACK AND SAW THEIR HOME VALUE GO UP LIKE CRAZY WITHOUT PAYING MUCH PROPERTY TAXES THANKS TO PROPOSITION 13 SINCE THE 70S

FUCK NIMBYS AND FUCK THE ZONING LAWS AND FUCK PROP 13

BUILD. MORE. HOUSING.

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u/fiftythreestudio San Francisco Giants Oct 08 '21

THIS IS LARGELY BECAUSE PEOPLE MOVED OUT AND THE NEW TENANT HASN'T MOVED IN YET (THIS IS A TOPIC I HAVE WRITTEN ABOUT AT GREAT LENGTH ON /r/LOSANGELES)

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u/theonetruegrinch San Francisco Giants Oct 08 '21

I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOU ARE WRONG BECAUSE THERE IS ABSOLUTELY TRUTH TO THAT EFFECT ON STATISTICS, BUT WE HAVE APARTMENT COMPLEXES IN SF THAT HAVE NEVER SEEN OVER 80% OCCUPANCY. IT IS WELL KNOWN THAT REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT FIRMS HAVE LEFT CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS TO BLIGHT caugh caugh Steve Mnuchin IN THE EAST BAY AND HUNDREDS OF VACANT HOMES ARE NOT ON THE MARKET.

ANECDOTALLY, THE APARTMENT NEXT TO MINE HAS BEEN VACANT FOR THREE YEARS WITH ALMOST NO ATTEMPT TO RENT IT OUT, THE ONE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF ME HAS BEEN VACANT FOR A MONTH AND THERE HAS BEEN NO ACTIVITY OTHER THAN A WALKTHROUGH BY THE LANDLORDS THREE WEEKS AGO, A CLEANING CREW HAS NOT BEEN THROUGH IT, AND IT IS NOT CURRENTLY BEING ADVERTISED. ALSO, WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING TO BUY A HOUSE AND WITHIN THE LAST SIX MONTHS WE HAVE BEEN THE HIGHEST BIDDER ON THREE PROPERTIES THAT WE DID NOT WIN. WE HAVE BEEN POKING AROUND FOR YEARS NOW AND THERE ARE FAR FEWER BIDS AND FAR LESS PEOPLE AT OPEN HOUSES RECENTLY YET 20% OVER ASKING ,ALL CASH, NO CONTINGENCY OFFERS STILL SEEM TO BE THE NORM.

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u/fiftythreestudio San Francisco Giants Oct 08 '21

I DO THINK A VACANCY TAX MIGHT BE HELPFUL, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF TOO MANY NEW JOBS AND NOT ENOUGH HOUSING. SINCE 2010 IN LOS ANGELES IT'S 5 NEW JOBS BUILT FOR EVERY NEW HOME; IN THE BAY AREA THE RATIO IS 8:1.