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susandennisI got the timing just right this morning. I got in 1,350 yards and still managed to get back onto the bridge by 6 and home without stopping. By the time I got my coffee and checked, Twitter reported backups on the bridge and also on the streets from the bridge to home. So whew!
Today I hope to finish the tiny house but if not finish then, at least, get to a point where I can put it away until Thursday.
And then I'm going back into that thumb drive I got yesterday. I already found a whole folder of more photos and documents of my immediate family. It's really amazing all the work she did to gather all this stuff.
It seems like maybe I should get out and go do something but why. I swam. That should be enough. I'll get out tomorrow when the house cleaner is here.
The city council voted yesterday to create a special district for taxing purposes. The district includes the condos and businesses along the Seattle waterfront and those at both ends and a few blocks over. Me. Translation: I will get to pay $3000 to the city for living 4-5 blocks away from what they say will someday be a lovely place for tourists. Yeah, not excited about that opportunity.
This is in addition to the 40% increase in my county property tax.
Yeah I'm really jazzed about all of this.
Meanwhile, my property has decreased in value by about 30% this year from the past few years. And will likely continue to decline over the next few years.
It's a good thing I have no plans to move or sell any time soon. Between the prices and the taxes, these condos are tanking in value.
Ok, enough of that crapola. Time to get to work on the house that matters.
Today I hope to finish the tiny house but if not finish then, at least, get to a point where I can put it away until Thursday.
And then I'm going back into that thumb drive I got yesterday. I already found a whole folder of more photos and documents of my immediate family. It's really amazing all the work she did to gather all this stuff.
It seems like maybe I should get out and go do something but why. I swam. That should be enough. I'll get out tomorrow when the house cleaner is here.
The city council voted yesterday to create a special district for taxing purposes. The district includes the condos and businesses along the Seattle waterfront and those at both ends and a few blocks over. Me. Translation: I will get to pay $3000 to the city for living 4-5 blocks away from what they say will someday be a lovely place for tourists. Yeah, not excited about that opportunity.
This is in addition to the 40% increase in my county property tax.
Yeah I'm really jazzed about all of this.
Meanwhile, my property has decreased in value by about 30% this year from the past few years. And will likely continue to decline over the next few years.
It's a good thing I have no plans to move or sell any time soon. Between the prices and the taxes, these condos are tanking in value.
Ok, enough of that crapola. Time to get to work on the house that matters.
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Date: 2019-01-29 10:59 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2019-01-29 11:03 pm (UTC)Well, that's a piece of nasty news.
Date: 2019-01-30 03:38 am (UTC)This is in addition to the 40% increase in my county property tax. "
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I'm dismayed to read this because it sounds as though the area you're living in has been "selected" for gentrification. The key phrase here is this:
"from what they say will someday be a lovely place for tourists."
What a shame those long-eared rascals aren't honest enough to tell you and ALL your neighbors is that in order for your neighborhood to become that lovely place for tourists, you first have to drive out all the current occupants so that all the real estate can be bought and then turned over to the developers. This is typically done by driving up the property taxes AND by levying additional taxes on an area.
I'd be willing to bet you a pizza that your city council didn't inform anyone living in your area in advance of the fact that they were "creating a special district for taxing purposes." I also bet they haven't revealed what they plan on doing with the funds raised by that special tax!
You and your neighbors better lawyer up if you want to remain living where you currently are or at least not take a blood bath on selling your property...
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Re: Well, that's a piece of nasty news.
Date: 2019-01-30 03:44 am (UTC)we are a designated historic district. our gentrification is built in and happened a while back. we have known about the city council's desire to create this taxing district for about a year and a half and took it to court and lost.
on the up side, i paid $165,000 for this place that is now worth something like $6 or 700,000 but it's all funny money as i plan to die here and not sell.