"Jeßus" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 29 May 2015 21:43:45 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
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>>"sf" > wrote in message
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>>> where I mentioned that median rents in SF were around $3500. Here's
>>> the latest: A new study by Zillow shows San Francisco's median rent
>>> is now $4,225 a month and rents throughout the Bay Area are up an
>>> average 15% over last year.
>>>
>>> GAG! I'm glad I own my own home and don't need to deal with that.
>>>
>>>
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>>And I just saw this:
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>>http://www.citylab.com/housing/2015/...tm_source=SFFB
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> And yet there were an estimated 18.5 million vacant homes back around
> 2011.

I have no clue where you got that information from. Homes can be vacant for
many reasons. Perhaps they are unsafe. Like full of black mold or
something. Sometimes the seller is asking for too much money. They might
be located in a high crime area so people don't want to live there. Or in
the case of some cities/towns here, have no jobs in the area. Not even
anything available for a reasonable commute.

Your statement reminds me of a stupid argument that I had with my husband
when we lived on Cape Cod and I was unable to find a good job. He drove me
around pointing to businesses. His theory was that if there was a business,
there would have to be jobs. The problem with that was that the majority of
those businesses were little tiny places run by the owner, with no
employees.