this is true. Btw my ZZQ was ok. Which was sad, because it wasn't great. And I think if I ordered wrong it would have been mediocre

la grotta was pretty bad when I went there I have to say. Bacchus mediocre, but prices ok

groaning upvote. Also I feel I should have made that pun and whiffed. It stinks

"Black homeownership rates increased slightly, from 47% to 49%, but still lag behind white homeownership at 70%."

we really need to do better on this front. Not sure how. Maybe better low income housing loan programs? What we have is perhaps too complicated for the people it's aimed at, we need something simpler

Edited to make it easier to comprehend for those who can't:

The idea that corporations buying houses IS THE PROBLEM is literally completely wrong and a myth. It also makes no mathematical sense, it's like telling someone not to work to earn more money by sitting on the couch and playing xbox.

If they make money by leaving them empty, imagine how much money they would make by destroying them! Or never buying them in the first place! Think of the billions you've made from the apartments you are renting for zero! It's completely ridiculous isn't it?

It's popular enough though to now have a new article in the Atlantic debunking it

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/01/housing-crisis-hedge-funds-private-equity-scapegoat/672839/

the software bit has a grain of truth, but it's way way overblown, it only applies to certain large companies who have a small share of the market

quote from RTD on this Affordable Housing paper

"average apartment in the region went for nearly $1,400 at the beginning of 2022, a $300 increase from two years prior. The steepest rent increases were in counties, especially among apartments with two or three bedrooms."

You'd think the rent increases were in the city from what you read here. Or that apartments were 2k...

Guessing it was bound to happen if not tonight then next month.

I definitely put him in the category of people who do not read the sidebar

Four more days in dry January I'm looking forward to having a glass of wine again. Seven more pounds to lose before I can have beer again sadly

Ah! Thanks

Whether he's suspicious or not he's right. The assholes who like to set fire to things and destroy society are equally bad

Lock up all the assholes police or not. Civilization will be the better for it

Yeah that's right make the world worse. What a stupid take. Evidently the cops were fired and charged which is what should happen

Oh wow that's actually even worse than I thought. Huguenot bridge traffic is going to be epic. And they are staging it through next august? Which means if their life is at all like mine next December?

Maple avenue is going to get shut down too per what lunar unit posted below

TC?

So I'm spacing on the name but the housing legal aid group would be who to talk to. I imagine if you Google housing legal aid Richmond it will pop up

In the grand scheme of things you do not need to listen to the moose. But when his mooseness says dial it back here the dialing back will not be an option if you don't dial The moose will dial

Hope that helps

I'd love a signal there but I bet people who live around there will not

It already is at school drop off times it's going to be epic

It will be at times. Think of what just happened to school traffic

I'm glad the city is fixing sewers that's what they should be focused on but oh my God is this going to be a shitshow

Yeah and I know a lot of people with guns, people who hunt, and people who own pickup trucks so I would figure I'd have a higher chance of seeing them than most

Property crime has soared. And the sad truth is the murder statistic is strongly influenced by VCU hospital, shootings went up, just fewer of them died

The city isn't particularly dangerous, but if we ignore the fact that crime stats are getting worse it could go that way

It's a big state so it probably exists somewhere but I've never seen a gun rack in a pickup truck in Virginia

I mean, sounds like you know what you want. I wouldn't want to live in Short Pump myself, but if you do I don't see the downside

Bed. With my eyes closed. Sunrises contain rays that cause harm and should be avoided.