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HayesWeighsIn said:
Harvest is truly a special shop. Strikes a perfect balance in what they stock, very fair prices, and no one is ever made to feel intimidated or one upped by what's sadly become the stereotypical record clerk experience in a lot of shops. They are wonderful folks, and it is a great place to be. I don't take it for granted!

I'm a native New Yorker, lived a combined 23 years of my life there, hence my curiosity on rent control. My last apartment there, I lived in a rent stabilized unit in what's become a very desirable neighborhood - it would be considered a steal now, but the reality is that often, and certainly in my case, you get what you pay for. The landlord only did the minimum of what was required to stay legally compliant, and sometimes not even that. I was on the phone with 311 more often than I should have been, and it's honestly a pretty exhausting way to live. It seems to me that today's NYC real estate often falls into one of those two categories - either a controlled or stabilized unit where the landlord hopes it collapses so they can collect insurance, or new development with no price restriction, built in a hurry, priced to the nines.

The pandemic changed my course, as it did for so many, and I found myself in lovely WNC. Honestly just starting to feel like I have a good grasp on the lay of the land! Grateful to be here. It blew up like so many small cities did, as you know.
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Yea, I actually moved to Charlotte and Asheville temporarily during the pandemic and Asheville was an entirely different beast than when I left. The last place I rented was bought for like $180k in 2014 and when I went back, homes on that street were selling for like $700k. Doesn't make any sense.
 
Melt Face Molly Drop said:
You gotta move
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Even with the extra money we'd make from selling over what we bought this place for, there's pretty much no way in hell we could stay in this city if we did leave - which would decimate my wife's private practice and leave us pretty much fucked.

We just need to fire our building management company that didn't pay our fucking bill for over 9 months.
 
avecigrec said:
Even with the extra money we'd make from selling over what we bought this place for, there's pretty much no way in hell we could stay in this city if we did leave - which would decimate my wife's private practice and leave us pretty much fucked.

We just need to fire our building management company that didn't pay our fucking bill for over 9 months.
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What’s it take to fire, a majority vote from the residents? Do renters get a vote too?
 
Melt Face Molly Drop said:
What’s it take to fire, a majority vote from the residents? Do renters get a vote too?
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I think majority vote from our strata council ought to be enough - shouldn't need to go to a full owner vote. Renters don't get a vote in strata business, but we only have about 3 units of 44 being rented anyhow.
 
HayesWeighsIn said:
Harvest is truly a special shop. Strikes a perfect balance in what they stock, very fair prices, and no one is ever made to feel intimidated or one upped by what's sadly become the stereotypical record clerk experience in a lot of shops. They are wonderful folks, and it is a great place to be. I don't take it for granted!

I'm a native New Yorker, lived a combined 23 years of my life there, hence my curiosity on rent control. My last apartment there, I lived in a rent stabilized unit in what's become a very desirable neighborhood - it would be considered a steal now, but the reality is that often, and certainly in my case, you get what you pay for. The landlord only did the minimum of what was required to stay legally compliant, and sometimes not even that. I was on the phone with 311 more often than I should have been, and it's honestly a pretty exhausting way to live. It seems to me that today's NYC real estate often falls into one of those two categories - either a controlled or stabilized unit where the landlord hopes it collapses so they can collect insurance, or new development with no price restriction, built in a hurry, priced to the nines.

The pandemic changed my course, as it did for so many, and I found myself in lovely WNC. Honestly just starting to feel like I have a good grasp on the lay of the land! Grateful to be here. It blew up like so many small cities did, as you know.
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Just moved to the triad, but have basically lived in south east Louisiana most of my adult life. It’s definitely different but I am digging it thus far. I figure that I will eventually get out to Asheville since @debianlinux wants to take me. We’ll have to say hi once we finally find time—we have 5 kids between us so we are pretty busy.
 
nolalady said:
Just moved to the triad, but have basically lived in south east Louisiana most of my adult life. It’s definitely different but I am digging it thus far. I figure that I will eventually get out to Asheville since @debianlinux wants to take me. We’ll have to say hi once we finally find time—we have 5 kids between us so we are pretty busy.
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Please let me know when you do! Look forward to it.
 
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