https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/19/your-money/talking-to-children-about-inheritance.html
― assawoman bay (harbl), Sunday, 21 May 2017 00:21 (seven years ago) link
it's like they know about this thread
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 21 May 2017 07:39 (seven years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/26/realestate/where-to-live-when-the-l-train-shuts-down.html
Mr. Gannon’s new one-bedroom on Orchard will be more expensive, at $3,200 a month, than the $2,200 he paid in Williamsburg. But “the fact that there is a lot going on” in his new neighborhood, he said, “compares favorably.”
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Monday, 29 May 2017 01:51 (seven years ago) link
$1000 worth of free goings-on hopeefully
― j., Monday, 29 May 2017 02:16 (seven years ago) link
Mr. Gannon's time is money.
― A is for (Aimless), Monday, 29 May 2017 05:28 (seven years ago) link
Spayd out: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/new-york-times-public-editor_us_592ec472e4b0e95ac1956706?4r9
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 31 May 2017 14:37 (seven years ago) link
our long national nightmare is over
lol wait they're eliminating the role entirely?!
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 31 May 2017 15:26 (seven years ago) link
not content to wreck accountability during her tenure, she now wrecks it indefinitely into the future
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 31 May 2017 15:27 (seven years ago) link
"We're replacing the public editor with more comments sections" is the worst idea for accountability that I've ever heard pic.twitter.com/aS4AcW2W6J— Kelsey D. Atherton (@AthertonKD) May 31, 2017
― j., Wednesday, 31 May 2017 16:18 (seven years ago) link
otoh it does sound like the thesis of a Liz Spayd column
― lettered and hapful (symsymsym), Wednesday, 31 May 2017 16:21 (seven years ago) link
Can we just have a "rolling NYT into the shitbin" to combine this and the "death of newspapers" thread and the Brooks and Douthat and Friedman and every other thread where this rag gets linked in a "does it get worse? Yes it does!" context
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 31 May 2017 16:27 (seven years ago) link
no. this thread must remain pure(-ish)
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 31 May 2017 19:06 (seven years ago) link
they will never be pure until they return to paper only a nd stop thjis i n t e r n e t thing
― Violet Jax (Violet Jynx), Wednesday, 31 May 2017 19:21 (seven years ago) link
http://torontolife.com/real-estate/parkdale-reno-hell/
― El Tuomasbot (milo z), Wednesday, 31 May 2017 21:02 (seven years ago) link
"we bought impulsively"
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 31 May 2017 21:06 (seven years ago) link
that particular clusterfuck made the rounds on twitter
there are so many weird-ass things going on that the gentrification/treatment of the people who were technically squatting is just the iceberg tip
― mh, Wednesday, 31 May 2017 21:14 (seven years ago) link
jesus christ
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 31 May 2017 22:06 (seven years ago) link
We considered cutting the electricity, changing the locks or just starting the demolition with the tenants inside, but it didn’t feel right.
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 31 May 2017 22:07 (seven years ago) link
Dude you are right the whole article is just mega
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 31 May 2017 22:12 (seven years ago) link
article wasnt really a quid/ag but this quote in the real estate section abt salisbury, ct & y this dude bought a second home there is a gem
“There’s a softball game on Sundays open to anyone,” he said, adding that he had struggled to get into games in Central Park.
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 31 May 2017 23:25 (seven years ago) link
that Toronto piece, wow
― marcos, Thursday, 1 June 2017 01:29 (seven years ago) link
a spreadsheet of 40 contractors and they choose some random sketchy dude who rides up on a bicycle because he suggested "skylights in the attic" holy fuck
― marcos, Thursday, 1 June 2017 01:31 (seven years ago) link
as a born and bred torontonian, some things: 1) toronto life exists for this type of hate journalism (the whole magazine is real estate); 2) this has to be their finest moment; and 3) my favorite moment walking through parkdale was in the snow clutching some king cans eight years ago after the first destination bistro had opened. this couple was summing up their meal quietly outside, until booming down a blanketed queen street someone yelled 'i'll stab you motherfucker.' and then it was all silent again.
like christmas.
― lion in winter, Thursday, 1 June 2017 04:27 (seven years ago) link
oh my god these people
i just got to the part where the sketchy bicycle dude tears down their porch on a whim - We didn’t like his rogue decision making, but if it meant we’d be saving money, we could live with it = wtttttttttfffffffffffffffffffffffffffff is wronnnnnnnnnnnng with you
― ﴿→ ☺ (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 1 June 2017 05:16 (seven years ago) link
right? real canadians would have apologized for disliking his rogue decision making
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Thursday, 1 June 2017 05:20 (seven years ago) link
also noteworthy that the entire prologue establishing how run-down and filthy and inhuman the house was (none of which matches the photos put alongside btw) actually has nothing crucially to do with the main 'plot,' in terms of real estate and finances and the renovation. it's just there to heighten the sense of SCARY POOR PEOPLE AND DRUGGIES AND HIPSTERS from whence this "grande dame" was wrested. like it's leftover from a draft begun before everything went south, in those halcyon days when they looked forward to writing an uplifting "before and after" story with a bunch of matched-up photos of the "bathtub full of black liquid" (not pictured) and then the glistening new clawfoot bathtub etc. etc.
i also love how credulously they buy into what seems to be the sellers' assertion that everyone calls it the "grande dame" when there is no clear reason to think anyone would. nice house and all but judging by the one next door it doesn't seem like it would stand out on the block. my god the husband is just an incredible moron.
― ﴿→ ☺ (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 1 June 2017 05:25 (seven years ago) link
I know, right? I have been in houses with really slobby people who had money that looked worse because they were in between cleaning services!
also how the fuck do you go from a spreadsheet of 40 possible contractors to hiring a dude who came by on a bicycle
― mh, Thursday, 1 June 2017 05:48 (seven years ago) link
like my dream is that neighbors will have really competent contractors and I will hire them to do some work but I would check if they had insurance or w/e before letting them do tucking foundation work
― mh, Thursday, 1 June 2017 05:50 (seven years ago) link
*fucking, although tucking may be appropriate
"Like many of you, I spit out my canapé in shock whilst reading the tragic story of the Humprheys-Jheon family in Toronto Life. These pioneering spirits just wanted what any of us deserve - a three-storey detached home on a corner lot in a rapidly-gentrifying neighbourhood like Parkdale."
https://www.gofundme.com/help-this-brave-gentrifier-family
Although, what if they make their goal???
― nickn, Friday, 2 June 2017 03:39 (seven years ago) link
Oh my god same people:
http://cottagelife.com/realestate/the-story-of-how-one-young-family-found-their-dream-cottage-for-59000
― Hadrian VIII, Friday, 2 June 2017 04:10 (seven years ago) link
“You guys are so badass,” our friends told us. Once we knew the cottage was ours, I felt a rush of adrenalin—“Did we just do what I think we did?” mixed with “We can’t believe our good luck!”
― Hadrian VIII, Friday, 2 June 2017 04:12 (seven years ago) link
and they own land in tulum as well??
― just sayin, Friday, 2 June 2017 04:33 (seven years ago) link
People with this much stupid should not be allowed to have that much money.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Friday, 2 June 2017 06:28 (seven years ago) link
The comments on that article are gold.
You know someone has never done physical labour when they wear knee pads upside down
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Friday, 2 June 2017 06:32 (seven years ago) link
After coming across this article a while back, I started to wonder if Bill Burr's bit about torpedoing cruise ships to control population might have some legs.
http://nypost.com/2017/05/27/why-these-couples-would-rather-live-on-cruise-ships-than-on-land/
― earlnash, Friday, 2 June 2017 11:01 (seven years ago) link
I just found out that one of my bosses (who I hate) bought a "summer home" this year. She's younger than I am and already owns a free-standing house with a yard and a pool in a suburban part of Brooklyn that's only a mile from the beach. What does she need a summer home for? God only knows. To give her lapdog a change of scenery. Anyway, that's just my resentment and also how much I hate her speaking.
The Toronto people are basically how I feel about my landlords. They ponied up 1.2 million, a record price for that type of building in the neighborhood that doubtless pushed up other sales around it, without the slightest idea of how structurally unsound the building was. They got a nasty surprise when their unlicensed contractor found their bathroom walls rotted out to the brick facade, and the kitchen window falling out of the wall. And they have no clue about maintenance, that you don't just own a building without doing things to it. A couple of weeks ago our kitchen walls leaked a few gallons of rainwater because the owners neglected to have the gutters cleaned for [x] years, and they overflowed through what is probably a big hole in the roof or wall somewhere. They were like "GOOD NEWS! It was just the gutters! Problem all fixed" when there's no way that's true.
I might just be hungover and cranky today but I'm feeling a new low lately with regard to my prospects of future home-ownership and other people's stupidity.
― Conic section rebellion 44 (in orbit), Friday, 2 June 2017 13:35 (seven years ago) link
^ feeling this.
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 2 June 2017 13:42 (seven years ago) link
future home-ownership is not the way to go for anyone near a coast under 50. you'll just have to flee inland.
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Friday, 2 June 2017 14:27 (seven years ago) link
invest that money in a yacht imo
― heck i've even been an 'oyster pirate' (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 2 June 2017 14:30 (seven years ago) link
ideally a heavily-armed one
In a society obsessed with physical appearance, sexual attraction for some people is based on intellect, and not necessarily on looks.
― gr8080, Friday, 9 June 2017 22:44 (seven years ago) link
I'm not clicking through on what promises to be a trend piece about "sapiosexuals"
― softie (silby), Saturday, 10 June 2017 00:02 (seven years ago) link
is there anyone who isn't completely intellectually bankrupt who continues to date a person who is not capable of holding an interesting conversation?
― mh, Saturday, 10 June 2017 01:20 (seven years ago) link
lol what ppl date good-looking dummies all the time
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Sunday, 11 June 2017 16:07 (seven years ago) link
yeah that came out as more of a broad generalization than I meant, but idk treating that as some norm you're challenging with your sapiosexualness is pretty lol
― mh, Sunday, 11 June 2017 20:42 (seven years ago) link
'for some people' lol
― j., Sunday, 11 June 2017 20:49 (seven years ago) link
I just read those articles above about the Toronto couple and I'm mostly baffled. I'm assuming there must be some other sources of income than the assorted part-time jobs she lists. Unless real estate publications pay much higher freelance rates than I imagine, in which case I need to get in this game.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 11 June 2017 21:25 (seven years ago) link
Also I think it's really weird that in the main photo for the first article, which is obviously a posed family portrait, they blurred out their kids' faces. Either put the kids in the picture or don't, but doing it this way just makes it seem like they want to show off both how fertile they are and what good, concerned, protective parents they are. (Meanwhile, she casually mentions signing up the baby daughter for commercial modeling.)
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 11 June 2017 21:27 (seven years ago) link
"The idea of balance is suspect on its face. Should positive coverage be provided, as if it were a birthright, to a president who consistently lies, who has spilled classified information to an adversary, and who fired the FBI director who was investigating his administration?
"Certainly not. That’s why efforts like a New York Times op-ed’s pitch to 'say something nice about Donald Trump' is so absurd, even meant as if tongue-in-cheek to begin with."
yess margaret sullivan
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/is-media-coverage-of-trump-too-negative-youre-asking-the-wrong-question/2017/06/11/b0bc93aa-4d0f-11e7-a186-60c031eab644_story.html?tid=sm_tw&utm_term=.adf6cabfa712
― maura, Sunday, 11 June 2017 21:32 (seven years ago) link