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[Rufus T. Firefly]

What? No White Castle square wads?

Not where I lived.....

So you've never taken Rt17 or Rt3 or Rt 46 into NYC , then, huh? Lucky man.

I avoid NY and NYC, unless otherwise required.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Not where I lived.....

So you've never taken Rt17 or Rt3 or Rt 46 into NYC , then, huh? Lucky man.

I avoid NY and NYC, unless otherwise required.

That's probably helping the quality of your longevity to be extended nicely , safely, and peacefully, although, I must say, NY state has many safe and pleasant places to visit, IMHO .

[Rufus T. Firefly]

So you've never taken Rt17 or Rt3 or Rt 46 into NYC , then, huh? Lucky man.

I avoid NY and NYC, unless otherwise required.

That's probably helping the quality of your longevity to be extended nicely , safely, and peacefully, although, I must say, NY state has many safe and pleasant places to visit, IMHO .

I'm sure that the majority of the state is quite nice. I just limit myself to what are necessary visits to it. I will have to go there in 2019 to meet my editorial staff for the one publication that I work for as Editor.

[robert.]

You don't need to go into NY. for White Castle. Murph gave you locations in Nj. There is a White Castle in Boundbrook NJ. On route 22. If you never step foot in A WC. or Nyc you life will not be empty. Today's Wc. sux and so does Nyc.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

You don't need to go into NY. for White Castle. Murph gave you locations in Nj. There is a White Castle in Boundbrook NJ. On route 22. If you never step foot in A WC. or Nyc you life will not be empty. Today's Wc. sux and so does Nyc.

I avoid N. NJ almost as religiously as I do NYC, I'm not overly fond the rest of the state either.

There used to be a White Castle in north Philly in an area where if you were to slow down slightly, someone would steal the chrome off your bumpers, and if you came to complete stop, they would steal your wheels and tires both.

As for my life, a long way from empty. Might be actually overflowing!

[HONDO74]

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Something around $800 million in Crystal City location, too.

Real question for both locations is where are 25k employees going to live? Traffic in Crystal City is a parking lot now. There's no housing of that magnitude available within a 45 - 90 min commute. Are they going to just live at the Amazon location?

25k employees - average income to survive in Crystal City where an 1 bedroom, 1 bath condo is over $250k.....

[HONDO74]

Something around $800 million in Crystal City location, too.

Real question for both locations is where are 25k employees going to live? Traffic in Crystal City is a parking lot now. There's no housing of that magnitude available within a 45 - 90 min commute. Are they going to just live at the Amazon location?

25k employees - average income to survive in Crystal City where an 1 bedroom, 1 bath condo is over $250k.....

San Francisco's cheapest single-family home will sell for over $500,000 — and it reveals how bad the housing crisis has become
https://www.businessinsider.com/san-fra ... ale-2018-2

San Francisco ranks as the most unaffordable city in the United States. The median price for a one-bedroom home is around $820,000.

By comparison, the half-million asking price of the city's least-expensive single-family home on the market is a steal — or as Rick Smith, the real estate agent behind the listing calls it, "a joke."

The decrepit house is a classic example of San Francisco's housing crisis, which has accelerated in the last few years.

He has received 12 offers over $520,000 for the home, which was awarded to one lucky bidder on Wednesday.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Something around $800 million in Crystal City location, too.

Real question for both locations is where are 25k employees going to live? Traffic in Crystal City is a parking lot now. There's no housing of that magnitude available within a 45 - 90 min commute. Are they going to just live at the Amazon location?

25k employees - average income to survive in Crystal City where an 1 bedroom, 1 bath condo is over $250k.....

San Francisco's cheapest single-family home will sell for over $500,000 — and it reveals how bad the housing crisis has become

San Francisco ranks as the most unaffordable city in the United States. The median price for a one-bedroom home is around $820,000.

You might note that I posted a price for a 700 sq foot condo, not a single-family stand alone home - in Crystal City you are looking at an easy $500k for a 1 bedroom, 1 bath home, if one even exists.

I lived in Crystal City ~30 years ago as we got a very good deal on a 1 bedroom, 1 bath apartment that let my wife walk to work. We still moved out of there as soon as we were able to afford a single-family stand alone home even after folding in her then having to drive to work.

Housing crisis - well, that depends on where you are and who you are and what you do for a living..... Is there a housing crisis in Topeka or KC or in the rest of the middle of the country? Is there a housing crisis in the middle of nowhere in PA or in Ohio? Last time I drove through some cities in Ohio on my way to Indianapolis there were lots of houses for sale. Lots of houses for sale in PA near my place there, too. Then again, maybe there's no jobs there either? Maybe it's not a housing crisis but the lack of real jobs? And not those 30-35 hour a week jobs that are skewing the unemployment numbers either.....

[HONDO74]

In reality there is no housing crisis. There are plenty of houses available if one has the money to pay for it. It is only a crisis for those that don't have the money or don't make enough to pay the price.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

In reality there is no housing crisis.

The construction, realtor, and banking/mortgage folks think there's a crisis,

[MurphOnMillerAve]

In reality there is no housing crisis. There are plenty of houses available if one has the money to pay for it. It is only a crisis for those that don't have the money or don't make enough to pay the price.

Yeah, exactly like I have been in a Rolls Royce Crisis for quite some time now.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

In reality there is no housing crisis. There are plenty of houses available if one has the money to pay for it. It is only a crisis for those that don't have the money or don't make enough to pay the price.

Yeah, exactly like I have been in a Rolls Royce Crisis for quite some time now.

What? I thought you were in love with your Benz!

[MurphOnMillerAve]

In reality there is no housing crisis. There are plenty of houses available if one has the money to pay for it. It is only a crisis for those that don't have the money or don't make enough to pay the price.

Yeah, exactly like I have been in a Rolls Royce Crisis for quite some time now.

What? I thought you were in love with your Benz!

True, but I have always - even as a boy - ogled RRs. Sometimes I have settled in my imagination for a Bentley Azure convertible, but RR is still the tops. A car warranted for the lifetime of the owner, I mean , that's serious confidence in the product.

Btw, driving homeward during the early snowfall of yesterday was one of those times that continues to convince me of this latest Benz's excellence. It never wavered even the slightest on the increasingly slick roadways . I like that steadiness of it very much. Dependable. Steady. Sure footed . Nice lookin' .

[Rufus T. Firefly]

It never wavered even the slightest on the increasingly slick roadways . Unlike that steadiness of it very much. Dependable. Steady. Sure footed . Nice lookin' .

That's why we have his & hers Outbacks. I've never driven anything as sure footed and we can get 2 for the price of a an ML,