The scenario of "landlords are banned" seems so unlikely to happen in the forseeable future that what happens after hardly seems worth fretting over. Is this a possibility that regularly concerns you?

But the thrust of my observation (and it was just an observation) was more along the lines that some aspects landlording seem like their own worst punishment - not exactly a Mao-inspired call to arms.

Anyway, not sure what it is you do/did in life but I'm glad I didn't do whatever it is, you seem unhappy.

>I don't want to deal with mao-worshipping deadbeats like you

My professional title is "Mixed-signal integrated circuit design consultant." Mao-worshipping deadbeat is just a hobby.

>Also my other question still stands - got a million for a condo? Or $300 per night for a hotel, perhaps?

You could at least offer to take me out for a nice dinner first, I'm kind of old-fashioned and like to get to know a person..

>why take a risk on a single mother with spotty employment history who is quite likely to fall behind on rent

Yes, it seems unlikely that a market-rate rental in Brookline(!!) is what's being discussed, if all that's true and yet this particular firm had already been working with OP for a month, regardless. "Spotty employment history" but they get denied on their credit so their single-mom income is fine, I guess? for a market-rate rental in Brookline? ????

But if it's not market rate situation then where all the "well-paid professionals" fit in to the story is anyone's guess. Maybe they are a product of your imagination.

I'd be less disappointed if you said you were strictly in it for the cash, martyr complexes don't tend to be appealing in anyone.

>it needs to be impeccable along with equally impeccable employment history and landlord references.

IDK how old the joke is that goes something like "if landlords only had other landlords to pick from as customers then they'd have no available customers" is but it must be pretty old..

Landlords do seem to white knight for each other, but it sometimes seems to me like a kind of trauma-bonding.

The kind of trauma I figure often tends to inherently come with going in to the discipline believing that combining the fields of of real estate speculation, with a side of human psychology, was going to ever be anything like reliably easy money.

I really like Golden Wok. Their hot & sour soup tastes a bit different than some other places like they're using a fish base, maybe? But not in a bad way, it's good

>Have you been to Legacy Place in Dedham? It's crazy busy year round

Yeah that's why I try to avoid going, traffic-wise that area is a mess most of the time.

Sapphire Inn in Sharon, lakeside: https://saphireeventgroup.com/saphire-estate/

>"It may surprise you, but we’ve never had a shortage of employees who wanted to work at Castaways," he said. "I do think, some of our former employees that we’ve worked with would love to be involved with something like this."

What they mean is that some of their former employees have told them what they want to hear to stay in their good graces, on the off chance the owners come to their senses and re-open as just a regular club again.

Yes, anybody willing to put up with 90% of the level of shit as some other kind of sex worker can make much better money doing something other than fucking RETAIL.

All these dispensaries and smoke shops are cut to the bone on staffing already to compete with each other on price. There's never more than one employee in any of them near me, and they can't be bothered to even stand up to do shit the vast majority of the time. Given what they're likely getting paid, I hardly blame them.

>I'm honestly a little surprised "topless dispensary" is a new idea.

The type of idea usually attempted by the type of person who tends to figure the only reason there aren't any, must be because nobody before them had the ability to come up with the idea.

>(Hooters, anyone?)

The concepts of having not-topless women serve wings and topless women sell weed may sound superficially similar, but they're light years apart from a business-model perspective.

>Are y’all really struggling to see tits this badly?

Whenever I think "Honestly. There's no way a straight man could be so thirsty as to..." someone always finds a way to disappoint me

>The problem is no one wants to work like that.

Seems unlikely you're special.

>You can complain

Says an expert in the craft.

>You can hate me for it

Your "haters" exist largely in your head.

>Stop buying vaporizers and vaporizer accessories.

Probably for the best if you kept your arguments with them there, at least they might have a chance of knowing WTF you're rambling on about.

The times I've been in traffic court the number of people who get a citation totally voided is close to zero, but it's possible that there are other outcomes between pay/don't pay so if the full fine is burdensome to you it might not be entirely waste of time showing up.

Keep in mind it's not like Perry Mason, there may be like fifty other people there and you have about 20 seconds in front of the magistrate to plead your case.

You could try something like "Your honor, I was trying to obey traffic rules but due to the confusing nature of the unfamiliar intersection I made an error. I would respectfully request my citation be reduced to a warning" and you might get lucky assuming you're not a habitual offender. Sometimes they give you a reduced fine.

Tenessee is ahead of the curve, the first state to make camping on local public land a felony, in addition to state land.

Being homeless is de-facto illegal in Tennessee at this point. Expect other states & cities to follow suit.

>The felony charge is punishable by up to six years in prison and the loss of voting rights.

Anyone want to make any bets on how many years Sam Bankman-Fried will end up doing? Zero is an allowable guess.

>I was a wetlands delineator for a while. A lot of people, homeowners especially, get frustrated with wetlands protection laws.

The Supreme Court seems likely to classify wetlands as not being subject to the federal Clean Water Act of 1972:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sackett_v._Environmental_Protection_Agency_(2023)

That is to say a "waters of the United States" may have to pass some fashion of test of being deep/wide enough to sail a yacht through for the act to be applicable; marshes, bogs & swamps won't cut it.

>I've noticed a steady decrease in the number of people with a Boston accent

You tend to get your accent from your peer group, not your parents, so though my late (Dorchester-born) father had a pretty strong one and I've lived near Boston all my life, mine is mild to none, as most of the kids I went to primary school with had parents who were transplants. People out-of-state have guessed Vancouver.

Okay but not everyone 'round here in the year of our Lord 2022 had your personal dear old Mom & Dad for their family, or were even their buddies.

>I think like most people you get your economic ideas from Hollywood.

You said "I have no idea..." but I can definitely come up with ideas, at least. Not implying I know God's truth on the matter. But people who seem to be living significantly beyond their means often are and one of two things usually happens, they go bankrupt in relatively short order or the money comes from somewhere.

OP is looking at late-model million dollar-tier homes and seems annoyed homes in that class cost a mil.

But a cursory look at their post history suggests they were a nut to begin with.

>I am of the age where supposedly my generation should be kicking some money to the recent college graduates and honestly, what money? From where? New basic car sure. You want an Audi? nope.

If you have about 25 G you want to endow me with right now in cash purportedly to purchase a "new basic car" I assure you I could find a way roll up in something nice pretty soon

>Mom and dad are really not that wealthy.

Telling anyone who will listen "You should see the size of my bankroll, holy crap" isn't really the New England style. Oh, no. No "generational wealth" around here... <boggle>

>I have no idea how the younger generation affords a 400k mortgage, and suv, an audi, and two kids.

Could it be...the very favorable rates on offer from the first national bank of Mom & Dad?

>point being

No one has any idea what point you're trying to make after you spam the shit out of the thread and keep making/deleting posts

>I feel like your use of “questioned” and “escorted” is to exaggerate the situation.

If one wants the real questioned/searched/scanned/escorted experience probate/family court is the place to be, not the RMV.

Yes, the right plays to win. Sadly the Democrats seem to consider themselves above any behaviors that might be interpreted as wanting to really fight for anything.