Probably, but the water bill isn't rent? I've never rented a place and not paid for water or rent..

And it normalizes the price. They are comparing to the previous price which was calculated the same way. And this is an affordable housing group that's skew is to portray rent as high, they certainly aren't trying to diminish it.

So I don't think those are very useful points honestly. Should trash bags from the grocery store be in there too? Can't use the garbage service without garbage bags

yep, you sound just like Trump. Spouting authoritative nonsense in the hope people who don't think will love the slogans and take it seriously.

Your take is very Idiocracy, congrats

We need to replace Fox. Period end of story

I hear you. And I'm worried now it's a trend, not a one off. I think the problem is that Chris Fultz is really good, but has an architecture firm to run.

This last bit was no better than I make myself, and maybe not as good. I do ok brisket, but I'd rather buy really good brisket.

Is there anyone else in Richmond though? I've had no better

absolutely. they both suck and all the assholes, left and right, need to be locked up. They are just narcissists trying to hurt the world

this is why cams are good. And police training is an issue.

One could make your arguments, but the data doesn't back them up.

Revolution would make things worse. But the idiots don't want to do the hard and boring work of fixing the system. We need to pay police more, and train them better.

The riots make them worse.

I think these roads will be constipated actually

hydrating more is pretty key, though I often forget that

blacking out is not good... Maybe stick to beer and wine and see how that goes?

Or give up drinking of course, it's the right solution for many people. Only you know the answer

I never get drunk, but I LOVE wine and I LOVE beer. Which is why I do dry January, I like it enough that I keep awareness.

But I also don't feel better after giving up drinking. Not drinking is the righ choice for many, but I don't feel it is for me.

They are trying to destroy civilization. Let's hear what the NAACP says... whatever happened to "listen to black people"

“We cannot allow folks to come back into our city, throw bricks at humans, throw bricks at the police department, setting things on fire. That is not the way we do things,” James Minor with Richmond NAACP said.

oh my god, I admit I didn't spell it out at a 5th grade level, I had assumed some basic ability to reason. In context of the link which explains you'd think it was freaking obvious. I apologize and will edit it so the point is even more clear for those with limited reading comprehension

I see stupid people are downvoting facts from the literal Partnership For Affordable Housing.

Next the idiots will be telling us that Blackstone owns it. Idiocracy is real, and a bunch of you need to go look in the mirror

this is a word salad of stupidity contradicted by facts. I'm sorry if they don't suit your prejudices.

Some of us have found being competent and accurate to be good for themselves and society. People spewing Trumpian nonsense like that in your post irritate me, whether it's rightist idiocy or leftist idiocy it's still Idiocracy type stupidity.

maybe? I have no idea who that is. Nor do I even plan on googling him, because it has literally nothing to do with what I posted? How on god's green earth does that tiny amount of houses relate to anything I said?

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