tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301407940699570948.post2765450993945224628..comments2023-11-05T02:49:49.453-08:00Comments on 40 going on 28: Just how damn high is the rent, anyway? (Also, fun with old newspapers)TKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08123364195474763594noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301407940699570948.post-29960982324767371982013-10-20T17:48:34.963-07:002013-10-20T17:48:34.963-07:00This last 20 years were terrorific for working cla...This last 20 years were terrorific for working classes. Since Reagan and Tathcher started to attack unions and employees with the neoliberal ideology our income has started to decrease significantly without stop. All western word is suffering this. With every crisis our condition gets is being damaged a little more. The best indicator is the relation between incomes and rent; I live in NY and this is very evident, my sister moved to Buenos Aires in the 90´s and she told me that <a href="http://www.4rentargentina.com/" title="4rent Argentina" rel="nofollow"> 4rent Argentina</a> apartments have being raising much faster than salaries. People of Spain, Greece, Ireland are the biggest victims of this pervert system.Tiagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18442456213726675162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301407940699570948.post-28013645962969168272013-07-16T11:01:45.420-07:002013-07-16T11:01:45.420-07:00Let's not even get started on the price of par...Let's not even get started on the price of parking all those air-cars!<br /><br />Tamagosanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01583066213197379712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301407940699570948.post-84803699819128430782013-07-14T18:58:47.690-07:002013-07-14T18:58:47.690-07:00I ran the numbers for the 2BR/2BA for $1100 throug...I ran the numbers for the 2BR/2BA for $1100 through the DOL Bureau of Labor Statistics inflation calculator. Today's price, strictly based on 23 years of price inflation: $3,109.70. Perhaps a bit low, considering the current overheated market, but things were booming in SF in 1990, too. Pretty close, all things considered! sundevilpeghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10190308146674787450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301407940699570948.post-54427656910438798692013-07-13T10:11:17.871-07:002013-07-13T10:11:17.871-07:00I moved here in Sept 1991. My 3 friends and I foun...I moved here in Sept 1991. My 3 friends and I found a place at 23rd and Calif for $1050. We each had our own room. We had a washer / dryer. There was a common room and a huge kitchen. Life was so simple then.Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04339966081935992932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301407940699570948.post-43959054668677447412013-07-12T23:16:21.622-07:002013-07-12T23:16:21.622-07:00My parents had some wealthy friends when I was a k...My parents had some wealthy friends when I was a kid who had a central vacuum system, I think it was an 80s thing, before everyone realized that hey, moving a vacuum cleaner from room to room is actually not a big deal at all. <br /><br />For the east bay version, when my ex-husband and I first moved in together in 1994, we had a 2 bd/1 ba duplex in Berkeley (in the northern, nicer part) for $800 a month. It was walking distance from campus and had a big backyard, a fireplace, and a washer/dryer (and a landlady who turned out to be literally mentally ill, but that's another story). $800 seemed like a lot at the time, considering that I was a full-time student and only waitressed in a diner 3 nights a week, and my ex worked in a (pre-Netflix!) video store. Before that I had shared a 7-bedroom house with 7 roommates that rented for $2700 for the whole house. I think I paid like $250/month because I shared a room. Later, my ex and I bought our 3bd/2ba house in Walnut Creek for $250,000. That was 1999. <br /><br />My friend from high school is currently visiting and she loves it up here, several of our circle of friends live here now and she is considering moving, but today when we were discussing it a little more seriously I had to lay out the reality of what the current housing market is like. Bottom line: As a behavioral therapist for autistic kids who lives alone, rent will eat up a HUGE chunk of your income... if you can even FIND an apartment. <br /><br />It's depressing. Sorry this was so long but after that conversation and then seeing your post, it really brought our sad state of affairs into focus. GGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02261527701229835583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301407940699570948.post-68083636627503001062013-07-12T16:38:59.363-07:002013-07-12T16:38:59.363-07:00I never heard of such a thing! Thanks for the tip,...I never heard of such a thing! Thanks for the tip, K. Also, <a href="http://40goingon28.blogspot.com/2011/02/ifyca-lol-stitute.html" rel="nofollow">IFYCA</a> re rake/shag.TKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08123364195474763594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301407940699570948.post-4958173528612517062013-07-12T16:18:33.452-07:002013-07-12T16:18:33.452-07:00I think a vacuum system refers to central vacuum c...I think a vacuum system refers to central vacuum cleaners.<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_vacuum_system<br /><br />But what do I know? In 1990 my parents still had shag carpet and we pretty much needed a rake to “vacuum”.Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05451782407350775494noreply@blogger.com