On Sat, 30 May 2015 02:05:19 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"Jeßus" > wrote in message
>news
>> 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.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>And I just saw this:
>>>
>>>http://www.citylab.com/housing/2015/...tm_source=SFFB
>>
>> 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.

That wasn't really the point, but okay.

>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.

Yes, that would be the case with most small businesses.