Thanks for the report. What's missing here is the fact that so many people here are struggling to afford housing. Many people are homeless. Many people are living in their cars. Even elders are living in cars sometimes. We have people desperately seeking to rent an apartment and saying their maximum price they could possibly pay and then seeing the rental prices significantly above that. We're working all the time to barely get by. I am a carpenter and work all the time and can barely pay the bills let alone save anything or pay down debts faster than required. That's what you miss when you write an article from the point of view of real estate investors, who are not the majority of the people. The median house price of $625,000 is crazy. The people who mow the lawns and build and reonvate the houses and do the tree work are really not doing well here. I am glad to be able to comment here. Many similar places do not allow comments or have strong social pressures to not comment on the elephant in the room, but it is always there.
I hear you, Sage, and this aspect of the South County real estate story is ever-present and pressing, as you say. I can promise we will have coverage in the future of that elephant in the room.
Thanks, Sheela. I’m sorry if I wrote too harshly, but it’s soooo hard to live here when some people have lives of leisure and wealth, while I’m on a roof this week and last and have no time except these stolen moments in early morning, and struggle to not sink into debt. I am going to work on a roof of a “party barn” of second homeowners with wealth, with a 74 year old mad today who will also be on the roof as he struggles to pay a home equity loan he took to cover his own expenses. We are not perfect people but we try so hard and we don’t spend money on anything but the basics. I have helped a homeless person here and seen many other homeless people. It’s so hard and I can’t write. I don’t have time to write and can’t focus because my mind is always anxious to cover the bills.
Thanks for the report. What's missing here is the fact that so many people here are struggling to afford housing. Many people are homeless. Many people are living in their cars. Even elders are living in cars sometimes. We have people desperately seeking to rent an apartment and saying their maximum price they could possibly pay and then seeing the rental prices significantly above that. We're working all the time to barely get by. I am a carpenter and work all the time and can barely pay the bills let alone save anything or pay down debts faster than required. That's what you miss when you write an article from the point of view of real estate investors, who are not the majority of the people. The median house price of $625,000 is crazy. The people who mow the lawns and build and reonvate the houses and do the tree work are really not doing well here. I am glad to be able to comment here. Many similar places do not allow comments or have strong social pressures to not comment on the elephant in the room, but it is always there.
I hear you, Sage, and this aspect of the South County real estate story is ever-present and pressing, as you say. I can promise we will have coverage in the future of that elephant in the room.
Thanks, Sheela. I’m sorry if I wrote too harshly, but it’s soooo hard to live here when some people have lives of leisure and wealth, while I’m on a roof this week and last and have no time except these stolen moments in early morning, and struggle to not sink into debt. I am going to work on a roof of a “party barn” of second homeowners with wealth, with a 74 year old mad today who will also be on the roof as he struggles to pay a home equity loan he took to cover his own expenses. We are not perfect people but we try so hard and we don’t spend money on anything but the basics. I have helped a homeless person here and seen many other homeless people. It’s so hard and I can’t write. I don’t have time to write and can’t focus because my mind is always anxious to cover the bills.