This explains why people gave me a hard time for getting an anthropology degree…

Also some people no matter how intelligent just can’t fully grasp a new language. They can become functionally fluent but never academically perfect

You can spend 200 years listening to a language, but if you don’t try to understand it you never will

My city owns all our utilities. Works the same, arguably more reliable

This isn’t a choice issue. It should be state owned and operated in a non-profit capacity, and everyone should pay their fair share.

Back at the office:

So it seems people don’t like ads on their vibrator which means they are viewing them. Let’s wait a couple of years for the anger to die down then do it again.

The effect is still the same these companies are given access to my personal information because the government wants to monitor our activity online

I would fully accept a law that allowed companies to advertise nationally the pre-tax price with a small disclaimer saying applicable taxes vary by location, and then require the in store price tags to reflect all taxes.

There’s no excuse not to anymore. Yes it does vary, and a computer can easily adjust the price.

In this case I understand not downsizing until your kids are established with a job/place to live.

Depending on equity and their mortgage payment it may not even be possible to downsize without paying more per month. That’s the insanity of the current market.

Remember this is an occupied family home with an unoccupied room. Not a whole property.

What would you suggest?

A lot of kids move back after college. I definitely wouldn’t downsize until my family was secure and for sure no longer needed the space.

Now the question is it better to allow that space sit vacant or rent out the space.

I think there is a defensible position for renting out a temporarily unused space in your primary home versus buying vacant properties solely to rent.

Sure you can argue they dont need that space, but a lot of kids return after college. If I had kids I’d only downsize once they are well established. It’s about ensuring the security of your family and ensuring they have a place to come back to.

Is it better to let that sit space vacant for 4+ years though?

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Not an apartment complex, but a building makes sense.

I’m not saying it’s just, but there are some loans that allow you to buy a quadplex but you have to live there. You are free to rent out the remaining units.

Exactly, I’d argue kids are the most likely to go to lengths to circumvent the rules

Forget tax havens, eventually some countries will probably become content havens and sell server space hosted there. Probably some carribean island

Yeah stealing from random people to “survive” is not okay.

This isn’t stealing food from a store this is taking money from everyday people’s trying to rent an apartment