Well there goes the economy

[BlueStreak]

San Simeon.

Gosh, we need to get back to those "Good Ole Days" when a ruthless tyrant
like W.H.Hearst could live like a European Monarch, right here in the U.S.A....

Dave

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

Those places look quite a bit older that "today", Dawg. My guess is they went up about the same time as "Biltmore" and "San Simeon".

Dave

Yes, late 19th century. Some of them may have been pretty nice single family homes; nice stone work cornices and lintels but they're tenements now. The folks those places were built for now liver in McMansions in the 'burbs.

I lived in a house like that in Baltimore. It was really nice - except for the occasional gunfire outside.

John

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by Boreas

Yes, late 29th century. Some of them may have been pretty nice single family homes; nice stone work cornices and lintels but they're tenements now. The folks those places were built for now liver in McMansions in the 'burbs.

I lived in a house like that in Baltimore. It was really nice - except for the occasional gunfire outside.

John

I think you mean 19th century, John. But who knows, maybe the 29th Century will look this way. Or like a scene from Mad Max............

Dave

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

Inner city Brooklyn. Blue collar folks can't buy NEW houses, for sure!

Pete

And why is that? It couldn't be because "market forces" drove housing prices into the strattosphere while wages stagnated could it?

Dave

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

I think you mean 19th century, John.

Buck Rogers! Yeah, I spotted that typo too. Oh, well!

But who knows, maybe the 29th Century will look this way. Or like a scene from Mad Max............

Dave

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

Inner city Brooklyn. Blue collar folks can't buy NEW houses, for sure!

Pete

After 30 years of Conservative economic policy it's not just blue collar folks that can't afford to buy a home....... anywhere.

When the hell are you people going to look at what got us into this mess in the first place instead of just trying to hang it on the current occupant of the WH?

W A K E U P !

John

[piece-itpete]

Originally Posted by Boreas

After 30 years of Conservative economic policy it's not just blue collar folks that can't afford to buy a home....... anywhere.

When the hell are you people going to look at what got us into this mess in the first place instead of just trying to hang it on the current occupant of the WH?

W A K E U P !

John

Wha, who, ohhhhh...

Thanks for waking me up. Now I see. It was Reagans fault.

Pete

PS - Just WHO does Obama have running the economy? Same old, same old.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

Wha, who, ohhhhh...

Thanks for waking me up. Now I see. It was Reagans fault.

Sorta. It's the fault of Conservative economic policies begun under Reagan and continued under every president since. Yes, that includes Clinton and, it seems, Obama.

PS - Just WHO does Obama have running the economy? Same old, same old.

And most of us on the Left are none too thrilled about that.

Look, this can't continue to be about "our guy vs. your guy" (or "gal"). We've gotta get past that if anything is gonna get fixed.

John

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

San Simeon.

Gosh, we need to get back to those "Good Ole Days" when a ruthless tyrant
like W.H.Hearst could live like a Republican
Plutocrat, right here in the U.S.A....

Dave

Fixed it for you.

San Simeon is about 200 miles down the coast from me. Amazing place!

But not in a good way.

John

[piece-itpete]

Originally Posted by Boreas

Look, this can't continue to be about "our guy vs. your guy" (or "gal"). We've gotta get past that if anything is gonna get fixed.
John

How is there going to be agreement when two parties are diametrically opposed on an issue?

Pete