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Mr.Bill

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32. There's some available, but the market here is somewhat tight

Reply to taxi (Reply #31)

Mon Mar 1, 2021, 01:26 AM

Mar 2021

because the county has lost thousands of houses in the last five or six years of fires. Many if not most of them will ever be rebuilt. Many were built decades ago with no building codes and illegal septic systems.

Also people from distant fires such as Paradise have moved here. Currently under construction is a government subsidized apartment complex meant to be for agricultural workers. They are already filled as soon as they are built. Next to my mobile home park there are similar apartments subsidized for seniors with rent as a percentage of income. There is a five year waiting list to get in there. You can rent a decent house in this county for under 2K, though.

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Owning a Decrepit Shack in The Middle of Nowhere Is The New American Millennial Dream [View all] taxi Feb 2021 OP

My apts actually got better over the years..still hated rental iife Demovictory9 Feb 2021 #1

Ha! I'll bet the landlords denied that, despite your proof positive. taxi Feb 2021 #2

I still remember one of my worst rental houses UpInArms Feb 2021 #3

OMG. And to think soon bugs will be a food source. taxi Feb 2021 #6

Uggggh UpInArms Feb 2021 #14

It is probably a certainty that we've all had worse. taxi Feb 2021 #15

Mexican restaurant near me has grasshoppers on menu. Never eat there Demovictory9 Feb 2021 #16

LOL - damn Covid and outdoor dining! taxi Feb 2021 #17

I remember working a Jordan Marsh in 80's. Had Godiva there. Rep said their bug % was wild. JanMichael Feb 2021 #25

An exterminator said roaches have three different tastes taxi Feb 2021 #27

I had a few bad apartments... Archae Feb 2021 #4

Wow, you're a fixture there. taxi Feb 2021 #7

My only apartment was decent vercetti2021 Feb 2021 #5

That's the reality now, and we need to recognize it. taxi Feb 2021 #8

Not really anymore vercetti2021 Feb 2021 #11

Can I ask if you're in an urban or rural setting, and taxi Feb 2021 #12

Small city vercetti2021 Feb 2021 #13

I lived in 3 apartments. The 1st a basement apartment in an apartment building. Fla Dem Feb 2021 #9

We lived in a few older apartments when first in Naples taxi Feb 2021 #10

My roomate was a hoarder. Yavin4 Feb 2021 #18

I woke up one day and realized that I had become one. taxi Feb 2021 #19

No. He didn't care. Yavin4 Feb 2021 #20

Yeah, there really wasn't anything you could do taxi Feb 2021 #26

Another piece of this story - the small, plain fixer uppers(that need work but are not too far Kashkakat v.2.0 Feb 2021 #21

This is true taxi Feb 2021 #22

Wow. What a great website! LearnedHand Feb 2021 #23

A pleasure! ty taxi Feb 2021 #24

I lived in the same apartment alone for nine years. Mr.Bill Mar 2021 #28

I was in that area once, Sand Hill road doing some work taxi Mar 2021 #29

Not really, but I'm in the downtown of a small town. Mr.Bill Mar 2021 #30

Do you see signs that apartments are more or less available for rent? taxi Mar 2021 #31

There's some available, but the market here is somewhat tight Mr.Bill Mar 2021 #32

That's interesting taxi Mar 2021 #33