Last week, I was on-site with a client of mine I haven’t seen in quite some time. My client was complaining to me that she and her husband are planning to move, and the two of them can’t afford a house that’s even as good as the one they’re living in now. They’ve lived in their current house for quite a number of years, but a combination of changing property values and the recent Florida hurricanes, which have made insurance for houses near the coast impossible to obtain at any price, have created a situation where they can’t really get much from their house and moving into a new house of similar size, age, and condition will cost them three times more than their current house is costing them.
The reason they’re moving? They’ve discovered that one of their neighbors down the street runs a porn Web site. It’s “disgusting,” she says, to have to live in the same neighborhood with one of those kinds of people, and “who wants to live in that kind of environment?”
Now, what’s interesting about that, aside from its inherent silliness (“that kind of environment”? What, is he shooting porn flicks in the middle of the street?) is the way I responded emotionally to it–my opinion o fthis particular client as a person immediately dropped through the floor, melted its way through the Earth’s crust, and now sits at the center of the planet’s molten core, where it can’t get any lower unless the earth is swallowed up by the sun. I responded exactly as if she said they’re moving because there are Negroes living in the neighborhood, and “who wants to live in that kind of environment?”
What she probably doesn’t realize, though, is that there’s no neighborhood she can possibly move into where her neighbors aren’t doing things behind closed doors that she disapproves of. The other thing she doesn’t seem to grasp is that the proclivities of her neighbors really don’t have anything to do with her at all, and are None Of Her Business.
Wow… that’s just mind boggling.
What’s even also mind boggling is the property values. We’re definitely not experiencing the same thing over here on the East coast. I just got notification that a house around the corner from us (similar age, size, condition as ours) just sold for $320k. That’s $120k more than we paid for our home just over a year ago. As you know, we’re 3/4 mi from the beach and sustained two direct hits of hurricanes last year. You would think we’d be experiencing property value decreases.
But hey, if she and her hubby are that judgemental, then the lowered property value for them is probably a nice just irony.
If you’ll allow me a certain degree of cynicism: The property market is very much a supply-and-demand market: if a couple of houses get knocked down by hurricanes, there are fewer houses to choose from (supply), and demand goes up – with the demand, prices go up.
Or perhaps I have just been reading up too much on market powers recently.
Actually, property values in our area (Brevard County) are sky rocketing all over the place. It was happening well before the hurricanes, and continues now. It’s indicated that it’s caused by an influx of new residents from South Florida who can are being outpriced in the house marketing, but who still want to remain beachside on Florida.
“But hey, if she and her hubby are that judgemental, then the lowered property value for them is probably a nice just irony.”
Yeah, that’s what I was thinking. There is no justice in the world, but there is irony, and sometimes that’s enough.
Wow… that’s just mind boggling.
What’s even also mind boggling is the property values. We’re definitely not experiencing the same thing over here on the East coast. I just got notification that a house around the corner from us (similar age, size, condition as ours) just sold for $320k. That’s $120k more than we paid for our home just over a year ago. As you know, we’re 3/4 mi from the beach and sustained two direct hits of hurricanes last year. You would think we’d be experiencing property value decreases.
But hey, if she and her hubby are that judgemental, then the lowered property value for them is probably a nice just irony.
I can’t help but giggle, to be honest…. Some people…
There was a similar case in the media a while ago, actually, where people would move away from the little town of Wervershoof, in the Netherlands, because one of the world’s biggest porn TGPs(NWS link, obviously) is run out of their backyards – and they thought that it would reflect on them badly.
It can be argued, of course, whether it is actually an issue at all: The people who know that Wervershoof has such a stigma (if there really is one) – are the same people who spend a significant amount of time surfing The Hun’s porn site – turning the whole thing into a moot point.
I just found it amusing.
Idiot question- What’s a TGP?
Gotta love The Hun, though. I couldn’t tell you how many hours of trolling for porn they’ve saved me over the years. 🙂
I am not actually sure, but I think it means Thumbnail Gallery Page (or something like that)
I can’t help but giggle, to be honest…. Some people…
There was a similar case in the media a while ago, actually, where people would move away from the little town of Wervershoof, in the Netherlands, because one of the world’s biggest porn TGPs(NWS link, obviously) is run out of their backyards – and they thought that it would reflect on them badly.
It can be argued, of course, whether it is actually an issue at all: The people who know that Wervershoof has such a stigma (if there really is one) – are the same people who spend a significant amount of time surfing The Hun’s porn site – turning the whole thing into a moot point.
I just found it amusing.
If you’ll allow me a certain degree of cynicism: The property market is very much a supply-and-demand market: if a couple of houses get knocked down by hurricanes, there are fewer houses to choose from (supply), and demand goes up – with the demand, prices go up.
Or perhaps I have just been reading up too much on market powers recently.
Actually, property values in our area (Brevard County) are sky rocketing all over the place. It was happening well before the hurricanes, and continues now. It’s indicated that it’s caused by an influx of new residents from South Florida who can are being outpriced in the house marketing, but who still want to remain beachside on Florida.
I think it’s ridiculous that people will leave a neighborhood because person does X (and X is none of their business, doesn’t hurt anyone else, and is perfectly legal).
Now, if it were an illegal drug lab that had a chance of blowing up… I might say she had a reason.
I think it’s ridiculous that people will leave a neighborhood because person does X (and X is none of their business, doesn’t hurt anyone else, and is perfectly legal).
Now, if it were an illegal drug lab that had a chance of blowing up… I might say she had a reason.
Idiot question- What’s a TGP?
Gotta love The Hun, though. I couldn’t tell you how many hours of trolling for porn they’ve saved me over the years. 🙂
And this person is a CLIENT of yours? Imagine what she’d think if she only knew, eh? I’m afraid that, like you, I have very little sympathy for what it will cost them to relocate, if this is actually an important factor in their move. Karma/fate/justice has very interesting ways of accomplishing itself!
Yeah, she’s a client of mine… That’s the problem with bigotry; the bigot assumes that he knows what that kind of person looks like.
Still, there’s something very satisfying about seeing this client after having done something particularly kinky the night before…
Hee hee. You evil man! I like that in a fellow :^D
And this person is a CLIENT of yours? Imagine what she’d think if she only knew, eh? I’m afraid that, like you, I have very little sympathy for what it will cost them to relocate, if this is actually an important factor in their move. Karma/fate/justice has very interesting ways of accomplishing itself!
What a control freak.
What a control freak.
That’s just funny and sad, all at the same time. But then, acceptance means acceptance of all opinions, including bigotry.
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I think.
Bigotry often hurts the bigot as much as it urts those the bigot discriminates against; in this case, bigotry hurts her much more than it hurts her neighbor. So there’s a built-in pricetag that makes it a lot easier for those of us who aren’t bigots to deal with. 🙂
That’s just funny and sad, all at the same time. But then, acceptance means acceptance of all opinions, including bigotry.
…
I think.
I am not actually sure, but I think it means Thumbnail Gallery Page (or something like that)
“But hey, if she and her hubby are that judgemental, then the lowered property value for them is probably a nice just irony.”
Yeah, that’s what I was thinking. There is no justice in the world, but there is irony, and sometimes that’s enough.
Yeah, she’s a client of mine… That’s the problem with bigotry; the bigot assumes that he knows what that kind of person looks like.
Still, there’s something very satisfying about seeing this client after having done something particularly kinky the night before…
Bigotry often hurts the bigot as much as it urts those the bigot discriminates against; in this case, bigotry hurts her much more than it hurts her neighbor. So there’s a built-in pricetag that makes it a lot easier for those of us who aren’t bigots to deal with. 🙂
Hee hee. You evil man! I like that in a fellow :^D