tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530739.post4074701229668610317..comments2024-03-02T05:30:52.253-05:00Comments on Alternate Brain: Inconvenient AmericansFixerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09672137568947891733noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530739.post-33426827320466882562011-08-25T20:17:32.129-04:002011-08-25T20:17:32.129-04:00F'n A....that post caught our attention too!F'n A....that post caught our attention too!mandthttp://adgitadiaries.blog-city.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530739.post-36013604678391525552011-08-25T19:08:54.541-04:002011-08-25T19:08:54.541-04:00Say what you will about our Prop 13, it saved my a...Say what you will about our Prop 13, it saved my ass and continues to do so.Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05772126106416366135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530739.post-57650807906703713802011-08-25T16:34:52.671-04:002011-08-25T16:34:52.671-04:00Now, she can no longer afford the property tax.
A...<i>Now, she can no longer afford the property tax.</i><br /><br />A lot of the "Originals" (what I call the people who built the houses here in the great exodus from NYC in the late 50s and early 60s, my parents among them) no longer own their home because though they paid off their mortgage, the high property taxes chased almost all of them off once they retired. They couldn't afford it on Social Security. I can count on one hand, in 30 square blocks the original owners (or their kids) who are still here.Fixerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09672137568947891733noreply@blogger.com