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|    Carlos E.R. to Lars Poulsen    |
|    Re: Ojai vs Santa Barbara (Re: Off Topic    |
|    20 Jan 26 23:20:32    |
      From: robin_listas@es.invalid              On 2026-01-20 22:22, Lars Poulsen wrote:              ...              > But it suffers the curse of Paradise: Those who can afford to live       > ANYWHERE they like, like to buy a home here; that has driven the       > prices up to where a mobile home in a rent controlled senior park       > now routinely sells for $750,000. On my cul-de-sac an 1100 sqft       > home sold for $1.8M; the buyer tore it down to build a 2400 sqft       > house while retaining the old garage that had been turned into an ADU.       > City council talks nicely about wanting to build affordable housing,       > but the truth is that a reasonable 2-bedroom apartment rents for       > $3000/month (on a 12-month lease, with no pets) and it goes up from       > there pretty fast. And those modest home owners who have discovered       > that the inflated home prices have made them millionaires do       > not want that problem fixed.              Ah, you maybe do not have a tax on the property.              --       Cheers, Carlos.       ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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