WHERE are the people going???

[NYALB]

My nephew's landlord actually told him he could just pay whatever he could afford.  He'd rather have someone living there free than have it sitting empty and getting vandalized or have squatters move in.

Sounds like an absentee landlord.  You have to manage a property very poorly to have squatter problems

[Ming]

I got one for you.

There was this house in the inner city where my husband works, it was a new house built by the city redevelopment a single mom bought it, but 2 years later she lost it due to unemployment and the bank foreclosed.

My husband gets an anonymous call about the neighbor to this house has an extension cord running to the foreclosed empty house and has been using the electricity for 2 months.

It was true. 

[commonsensical]

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You aren't "OnHerOwn" anymore...?

Nope, never really was
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huh. well that makes me feel better somehow. 

[wordnerd]

Yes - family moving in together - and friends moving in together
So even people who were renting - or now renting one apartment , instead of 2 or even 3

[Abhaha]

Nope, never really was

So...did your husband finally become a doomer??

[Alecia]

Nope, never really was

So...did your husband finally become a doomer??

Haha, no, but my Dads been one foreeeeever.

[Timactionfigures]

It's a damn shame folks can't get past their differences enough (even families) to realize that with the compiled income of a group of 10 people, it would be super easy to afford a McMansion and have enough living space and land and security for everyone living there.

Are we really so selfish that we NEED to have a place only for ourselves...and are unwilling to share with a few close friends/relatives in a situation that would make the playboy mansion affordable? Even if one or two lost their jobs...you'd still be secure if folks can look past the temporary hurdle.

But who am I kidding. People are stupid and selfish, at least for now. How long will it take to realize our strength is in numbers?  

[madison]

If you don't have money, you can't afford to rent.  Rent requires a first and last month, and security deposits.  If you are living on $250 of unemployment per week, how will you come up with $2000 to get into an apartment if you lose your house?  And who will rent to someone without a job?  

They are either moving in with family or friends, living in shelters, or quietly living in their cars, or all of the above.  

[Alecia]

If you don't have money, you can't afford to rent.  Rent requires a first and last month, and security deposits.  If you are living on $250 of unemployment per week, how will you come up with $2000 to get into an apartment if you lose your house?  And who will rent to someone without a job?  

They are either moving in with family or friends, living in shelters, or quietly living in their cars, or all of the above.  

Not to mention, you don't need good credit to move into your parents house. It's surprisingly difficult to get a place when your credit is just "OK".

[pamela]

It's a damn shame folks can't get past their differences enough (even families) to realize that with the compiled income of a group of 10 people, it would be super easy to afford a McMansion and have enough living space and land and security for everyone living there.

Are we really so selfish that we NEED to have a place only for ourselves...and are unwilling to share with a few close friends/relatives in a situation that would make the playboy mansion affordable? Even if one or two lost their jobs...you'd still be secure if folks can look past the temporary hurdle.

But who am I kidding. People are stupid and selfish, at least for now. How long will it take to realize our strength is in numbers?  

I've always thought that was a very good idea.
eventually, seems like some of the sub-divisions could be turned into multi family homes with gardens and maybe have one mcmansion for a school and one for shops and a place for a doctor and nurse or dentist. I think Kunstler misses a good idea about the suburbs. They could become like villages.

[Bill Hicks]

It's a damn shame folks can't get past their differences enough (even families) to realize that with the compiled income of a group of 10 people, it would be super easy to afford a McMansion and have enough living space and land and security for everyone living there.

Are we really so selfish that we NEED to have a place only for ourselves...and are unwilling to share with a few close friends/relatives in a situation that would make the playboy mansion affordable? Even if one or two lost their jobs...you'd still be secure if folks can look past the temporary hurdle.

But who am I kidding. People are stupid and selfish, at least for now. How long will it take to realize our strength is in numbers?  

You obviously never met my sister-in-law.   

Seriously, though, people forget that large extended famlies living under one roof was the NORM in America prior to World War II.  It may become so again, but not until MANY people (ahem, my sister-in-law) undergo a MAJOR attitude adjustment. 

[FullRefusal]

If you don't have money, you can't afford to rent.  Rent requires a first and last month, and security deposits.  If you are living on $250 of unemployment per week, how will you come up with $2000 to get into an apartment if you lose your house?  And who will rent to someone without a job?  

They are either moving in with family or friends, living in shelters, or quietly living in their cars, or all of the above.  

Not to mention, you don't need good credit to move into your parents house. It's surprisingly difficult to get a place when your credit is just "OK".

Well those landlords who are clinging to the old Credit rating system are going to have a hard time renting their places. My credit is shit like many on here but I have cash to pay all deposits etc. I'm moving soon and if I can't get a place because of my bullshit credit rating I will tell them their are idiots because I'm the one who can and will pay my rent. Some other recently unemployed person with good credit may not be able to.

[risenshine]

I got one for you.

There was this house in the inner city where my husband works, it was a new house built by the city redevelopment a single mom bought it, but 2 years later she lost it due to unemployment and the bank foreclosed.

My husband gets an anonymous call about the neighbor to this house has an extension cord running to the foreclosed empty house and has been using the electricity for 2 months.

It was true.  

[/color]

How abought this.
My grandmother finds the neighbors  hose connected to her waterspicket all the time!  They have a pool!  The gull of people.  She is 93.  

[Abhaha]

You obviously never met my sister-in-law.   

Seriously, though, people forget that large extended famlies living under one roof was the NORM in America prior to World War II.  It may become so again, but not until MANY people (ahem, my sister-in-law) undergo a MAJOR attitude adjustment. 

YA...family dynamics can be a big pain in the ass.

[golddust]

If you don't have money, you can't afford to rent.  Rent requires a first and last month, and security deposits.  If you are living on $250 of unemployment per week, how will you come up with $2000 to get into an apartment if you lose your house?  And who will rent to someone without a job?  

They are either moving in with family or friends, living in shelters, or quietly living in their cars, or all of the above.  

Not to mention, you don't need good credit to move into your parents house. It's surprisingly difficult to get a place when your credit is just "OK".

I posted an ad to Craigslist last July looking for a place, and I was up front and said we had bad credit and we broke a lease once but otherwise have 7 years of good rental history. I also mentioned how much money we bring home to show we have the income to handle the rent. Which is 1/5 of what we bring home. I could NOT keep up with the responses. I got so many I had to yank the ad the next morning. I looked at a few places and found this one, as it turned out it was an individual landlord -- they were moving elsewhere in the state for work and needed someone to take over the mortgage payments because they didn't want to sell the place but couldn't afford 2 housing payments every month. I signed a 2 page lease and that was it. No credit check, no rental history check.

Corporate apartments suck anyway.