Comments on: Dot Com For Locals http://www.banane.com/2007/01/25/dot-com-for-locals/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:54:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: banane http://www.banane.com/2007/01/25/dot-com-for-locals/#comment-4909 banane Sat, 27 Jan 2007 07:41:12 +0000 http://www.banane.com/2007/01/25/dot-com-for-locals/#comment-4909 Rocco- Yeah, the whole slightly more footage and a postage stamp backyard: ugh! Nancy- my rent in PDX: 100$, no heating, an alcove but about 20 feet across. Note: was SE, but near a good wine/cheese shop and few blocks from campus! Washer drier! many common rooms... Rocco- Yeah, the whole slightly more footage and a postage stamp backyard: ugh!

Nancy- my rent in PDX: 100$, no heating, an alcove but about 20 feet across. Note: was SE, but near a good wine/cheese shop and few blocks from campus! Washer drier! many common rooms…

]]> By: Adam Smith http://www.banane.com/2007/01/25/dot-com-for-locals/#comment-4894 Adam Smith Sat, 27 Jan 2007 02:05:43 +0000 http://www.banane.com/2007/01/25/dot-com-for-locals/#comment-4894 You may wish to google for: "pecuniary externality" You may wish to google for:
“pecuniary externality”

]]> By: Nancy M http://www.banane.com/2007/01/25/dot-com-for-locals/#comment-4889 Nancy M Sat, 27 Jan 2007 01:13:17 +0000 http://www.banane.com/2007/01/25/dot-com-for-locals/#comment-4889 My 3-BR, 2-story 1920's bungalow with a separate carriage-house garage with a vegetable garden in a fabulous inner-NE neighborhood in 1994 Portland? $1100 mortgage. My first (teeeensy) studio apartment in SF, with no parking, in 2002? $1600 rental. And I didn't (and still don't) have the benefit of a dot-com salary. It stings. I totally understand (and occasionally identify with) the bitterness and jadedness of those who were (and still are) trampled by the new-found wealth that hit the area. My 3-BR, 2-story 1920’s bungalow with a separate carriage-house garage with a vegetable garden in a fabulous inner-NE neighborhood in 1994 Portland? $1100 mortgage.

My first (teeeensy) studio apartment in SF, with no parking, in 2002? $1600 rental.

And I didn’t (and still don’t) have the benefit of a dot-com salary. It stings.
I totally understand (and occasionally identify with) the bitterness and jadedness of those who were (and still are) trampled by the new-found wealth that hit the area.

]]> By: Rocco http://www.banane.com/2007/01/25/dot-com-for-locals/#comment-4817 Rocco Fri, 26 Jan 2007 02:57:42 +0000 http://www.banane.com/2007/01/25/dot-com-for-locals/#comment-4817 Nice post. <i>Mostly, though, they wanted a backyard and more square footage for their money.</I> Why is this such a goal? I will never understand how that became so engrained in our society. Well, I study it, so I do understand it- there is a pretty logical history- but to become the mantra of a society. It is too much. Anyway, great post. Nice post.

Mostly, though, they wanted a backyard and more square footage for their money.

Why is this such a goal? I will never understand how that became so engrained in our society. Well, I study it, so I do understand it- there is a pretty logical history- but to become the mantra of a society. It is too much. Anyway, great post.

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