tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post6175004585142532151..comments2024-03-18T17:08:18.111-05:00Comments on Fatale Abstraction: phlegmfatalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636803080525003892noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-63646117680803977412008-07-22T16:20:00.000-05:002008-07-22T16:20:00.000-05:00SF is a very expensive place, but a a six-unit, th...SF is a very expensive place, but a a six-unit, three-story apartment building on Clementina Street for $995,000 - that's dirt cheap even for South of Market (SOMA, like the Government narcotic in <I>Brave New World</I>, without the slightest hint of irony) which is usually a dump near or underneath a freeway overpass, complete with your own derelict-dude and dog-poo.<BR/>Google street-view of Clementina Street...and you get a two-block long ALLEY with mixed industrial warehouse buildings, residential, and an ugly parking lot that's probably the most lucrative business on the block - parking is very expensive in SF and most residences do not have a garage or parking provided. People park on the street and get their cars broken into, or abandon cars entirely and act all smug about being car-free and defacto "environmentally sensitives" - twits. Anyhow it's a rather ugly environment that only a San Franciscan could even think was acceptable. But I'm glad they do, and hope they stay there.<BR/>Anyhow for pics of the fabulous Clementina "street" check my blog...NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358707844087117280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-19562504690343880962008-07-22T09:55:00.000-05:002008-07-22T09:55:00.000-05:00Oooh, Holly! You are spot-on about CA, especially...Oooh, Holly! You are <I>spot-on</I> about CA, especially SFO!<BR/><BR/>A rent-controlled apartment was THE thing to have when I moved to SFO in 2000. IIRC, the landlord could raise the rent if and when a tenant moved out, but not before. And the rental market was tight, then... just before the dot-bomb implosion of 2001... with only a 5% vacancy rate, city-wide. Finding a place to live was a pure bitch; you had to queue up to submit an application to rent. It took me the better part of a month to find a place, and then I paid thru the frickin' nose for a one-bedroom flat in Berkeley. SFO is beautiful, true, and one of the best restaurant towns in all of America. But it's also full of nut-jobs, not to mention being expensive as all get-out, too.<BR/><BR/>I don't miss it.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-12789863933911781322008-07-22T08:31:00.000-05:002008-07-22T08:31:00.000-05:00That sort of policy is the sort of Socialist think...That sort of policy is the sort of Socialist thinking I've come to expect from CA. It IS the State that gives us the great minds like Dianne Feinstein, Grey Davis, Jane Fonda, Tom Hayden, a plethora of Vegans, PETAns, and assorted other nutjobs.<BR/>All we can do is pray for the San Andreas fault to give way, SOON!HollyBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17644166795449256850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-17553147541956690652008-07-22T03:39:00.000-05:002008-07-22T03:39:00.000-05:00What, no dog pic today? Oh, no, how are we going ...What, no dog pic today? Oh, no, how are we going to learn how big she's gotten TODAY?<BR/><BR/>And forgive me, oh, great one, but... today, about 7 minutes ago, for the very first time, I came across the word "phlegmatic". First time!!! Man, I feel stupid.Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350447919000146804noreply@blogger.com