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@Jaboolie I mean yeah... Brussels and Dusseldorf are like 150 miles apart. Thats like comparing Pittsburgh to Cleveland Miami to WV is pushing 1000 That is probably more comparable looking at people from Northern Ireland and Madrid

There is a larger cultural difference between a guy from Miami and a guy from Appalachia than there is between a guy from Germany and a guy from Belgium.

@DocomanDaveo If this is about states being different it's more regional than individual states Otherwise its because the laws change, sometimes very significantly - and if you do a crime & cross state lines in relation it often becomes a federal crime, which is where I see the term the most

whats with Americans and being obsessed with the idea of "crossing state lines"

@charcoded I'm not saying you're wrong, but it is giving cope

after 30, perfect hairline = low test

@Gianpattention @s0ymalia Did I miss something here? I don't see where that quote came from. I can appreciate what you're saying but I don't know what it was tied to

@_filibustier_ @s0ymalia "very low number of local transactions" because the market is stuck, those few transactions are at sky high prices but if we actually want to sell it's not a given at all we would be able to, at those prices.

Here’s a simple solution. If you don’t like the assessment of your house, you should be allowed to change that assessment to an arbitrarily lower number, provided that you’re required to sell to anyone who offers you say 30% above that number

@GregOwen70 @ArchysLife You can definitely get water's freezing point to be well below 0°F. Enough table salt can theoretically get you to -6°F. That was the lowest the guy who made the scale was able to get, you know in 1700. We're just better at chemistry now

@ArchysLife Both scales are based on water. Celsius uses the freezing point and boiling point of fresh water at sea level to set 0 and 100. Fahrenheit sets them 180 degrees apart and then places the zero point at the coldest temperature a water solution can possibly be before freezing.

The Fahrenheit/Celsius debate is easy to resolve. The boiling and freezing points of water are of great importance in daily human life. It naturally follows that a temperature scale should use water as its standpoint.

@Gianpattention @s0ymalia Yeah I think I may have lost the plot a bit on your specific point and reverted to the broader conversation I could see something like that (with potential to tie it to the most recent sale price) being a reasonable way to go about it

@_filibustier_ @s0ymalia i am not in favor of exemptions; my original comment was construed in disfavor of re-assessment at theoretical full market value. Even just using rent-CPI as the rate of grow would be better. Just something local gvmnt can't game

@Gianpattention @s0ymalia Seems like a reasonable compromise It's not even that I like the current structure necessarily. I more dislike people claiming they specifically should get an exemption because X

@_filibustier_ @s0ymalia even if you like the current structure, the bare minimum of decency should be allowing deferral (with interest), which approx 1/3 of states allow, and the accrued unpaid amount (+interest) goes against any sale proceeding or heirs in case of inheritance

@Gianpattention @s0ymalia Yeah I guess I'm just not interested in throwing a pity party for someone who has fallen on hard times because something they own became significantly valuable If the taxes doubled and the assessed value never changed, I'd feel differently - but that is generally not how it goes

@_filibustier_ @s0ymalia if you buy a property it means you can afford it when you do buy it. We are in fact discussing that it's not proper for other external events, government-related, to make it "not affordable anymore" to you. Same would apply for vehicle excise taxes if they went up arbitrarily

@AlphaFella1 @ZbynekDrab @Truthful_ast I'm not, they are I'm only speaking on my experiences because thats all the perspective I have to contribute I hear about the heat wave in London, but never in Stockholm - doesn't mean it isn't happening, it's just what makes it to me

@_filibustier_ @ZbynekDrab @Truthful_ast But youre saying Europeans not brita

Why do Europeans make up lies about America

@Gianpattention @s0ymalia Thatd be a better response if seniors had an obligation to own the property If you chose to live somewhere you cant afford that is one thing If you are forced to purchase something you cant afford thats another The muni taking on debt still means more taxes to pay the interest

@_filibustier_ @s0ymalia they can take a mortgage to pay for it (same advice people are giving seniors to pay their property taxes)

@ZbynekDrab @Truthful_ast From what I can tell, in the UK (most of the people Ive engaged with in this conversation, but not all) about 5% of people have AC In the US ~90% of people do Most UK citizens don't have AC, most Americans do I like some pedantry, but pretending that isn't the case is insane

@Truthful_ast Oh you mean like Europe not having air conditioning?

@ActuallyCrab Thank god, now that it's almost June the hot season is over Being mad (faux) that using AC increases your electricity bill is like pretending to be mad that driving a car increases your fuel expenses - like is that not the trade off you just opted into?

It’s back down to around 20 degrees I sure am happy I spent £500 buying this air conditioning unit and increased my electricity bill this month, or those 3-4 days would have been really rough. What a sound investment. Thank you Americans. You truly are the greatest minds on earth

@Gianpattention @s0ymalia I don't think this is an inherently bad idea, but it does assume your municipality has a lot more liquidity than it probably actually does I think people would riot over what is needed to give your local government the amount of cash in the bank to make that work

@s0ymalia opposite: the local taxing authority should be forced to buy at the assessed price (if the owner wants to sell). If it's fair, they lose nothing right?

@Ahhkillez @robprogressive Which part of an ethical margin are you conceptually hung up on to ask what it means? There's lots of grey area, but the idea of exploitation being ethically questionable seems straightforward to me As for enforcement - ethics ≠ laws, you enforce laws not ethics

@_filibustier_ @robprogressive "ethically make" What does this even mean. Let's say the mortgage is paid up and they're making £900pm NET... Unethical? What if the mortgage is £650 and rent is £1200 unethical? Where's the line. How do you consistently enforce "ethical margins" region by region.

“Landlords shouldn’t make a profit.” Right… So I invest hundreds of thousands into a property, take on all the risk… …cover the repairs, taxes, & upkeep & I’m not supposed to earn anything in return on my investment? I provide housing for people who can’t (or don’t want to) buy yet somehow I’m the villain? How exactly do you expect homes to exist without someone paying the actual cost? It’s not exploitation. It’s economics Wake up you left hypocrites

@Ahhkillez @robprogressive I cant say where the line exists only that it exists If Im in bringing in $1B/yr on a property that costs $1M/yr - thats clearly exploitation (unethical) If Im bringing $0.9M/yr on something costing me $1M/yr (net loss) - Im generous (ethical) The line exists somewhere between

@LordStache @suchnerve Keeping profits up ≠ artificially inflating emissions Saying it doesnt exist under other systems is idealistic Producing 50% fewer personal transport vehicles is akin to taking a teaspoon out of the bucket. Sure it's technically a little better but doesn't change the situation

@_filibustier_ @suchnerve Yes under any system products being produced create waste. However, in the current system large gas corpos are bankrolling government agents in order to keep their profits up. Under socialism, this doesn't exist. Also a focus on public transportation would reduce cars produced

Haven’t yet seen anybody point out the silliness of blaming Americans’ air conditioners for climate change when our military is literally right there (more carbon emissions than 140 countries combined)

@LongoGablogian @robprogressive Also a bad comparison because that is a cash flow negative situation, not neutral The better comp is would you work a job that just pays enough to cover your cost of living (housing, gas, food, medical, ...) and here's the think - a lot of people do (living paycheck to paycheck)

@_filibustier_ @robprogressive Would you work a job where your housing was provided, but only made exactly what it cost you to commute to work? How do you suspect you would pay for food?

@LongoGablogian @robprogressive Owning a property isn't a job - It's an asset in a portfolio Maintaining a property is a job that is paid for by rent. You can pay yourself to do maintenance (aka have a job) while the property itself is cash flow neutral

@LordStache @suchnerve Its easy to blame capitalism because it is the system in place, but consider if you get a car + a cell phone in a socialist system The products dont suddenly have fewer emissions because of the ideology behind their production Unless you make fewer of them...

@LordStache @suchnerve Not saying never buy anything. Youre right that its near impossible to go without. Thats part of why its such a tricky issue The products are already produced before you buy, but if they didnt sell all the product last time they either wont make more or will make less next time