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very sad that im going to be spending over $600 on winter tires for my safety instead of buying a tool kit to larp as a woodworker in my bedroom
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@whirly you keep saying these very characteristic things
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@twinspin6 idk how people survive on mcdonalds paychecks long term?? it wouldnt even pay for the rent of a single bedroom apartment (1900/mo) in the town the building is in.
i asked all the 20 somethings i work with if theyre in college or? they all said no and have no plans.

anyway, i dont like being responsible and not impulsively buying whatever i want.
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@twinspin6 @whirly i think rent in america is overall really high unless you're somewhere in the countryside
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@twinspin6 MY rent is i think $2200/mo for a 3 bedroom. I don't live in the town i work in tho. but i did live in that town before we moved? idk it's a touristy town sorta.
NH has high housing costs and high property tax. there's also the "view tax" which isn't actually its own separate tax but your property's view is assessed. and taxed.
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@twinspin6 @snacks we kinda got a housing crisis going on akkoshrug
been like this for a hot minute
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@whirly @snacks yeah we supposedly also have a housing crisis but not this crisis-y i suppose
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@twinspin6 you have mountain, live on top of mountain, can see lake... tax man tax your eyeballs for getting to see it
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@whirly that makes no sense wouldn't that just be part of the sales price as in what people are willing to pay for good view
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@whirly do they also tax you if you have clean mountain air and not peasant town air
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@twinspin6 i think the air quality in NH is pretty decent all around. otherwise, they probably would find a way lol

ermmm your air quality here is in the green zone, we're gunna have to tax you for this amenity you're receiving.
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@twinspin6
>wouldn't that just be part of the sales price
you'd definitely pay a lot more in the sales price?

but no. it's tacked on in the property taxes (i believe)

>how do you assess that
good question idk. i've heard a teacher complain about their property taxes spiking after a billboard was taken down exposing a nicer view. imagine.
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@whirly that people are putting up with this may invalidate every criticism from americans regarding germans not complaining about their government enough
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@twinspin6 its all been downhill since the Old Man of the Mountain fell off 🥀
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@twinspin6 how does one fight the tax man
(asking as a possible future tax man(preparing for fights))
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@whirly politics or gun violence idk you're supposed to be good at the latter part over there
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@twinspin6 @whirly silicon valley is a different league but there people earn 6 figures and still can't afford any apartment
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