The Dark Tower! by 1358
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Property Owner: "Affordable Housing? You're mad, we can make more money faster buy building impersonal, styleless condos and sell them at a high price.... that's where the money is!"
Bank: "Well, yes we can get you into this condo for a reasonable rate on a forty year mortgage on a variable..... let's see, that's $325,000 at 19% over forty years.... gee by the time you get this paid off, you'll have put almost 2 Million into this two bedroom apartment."
Property Manager: "Yeah, the condo fees are going up again this year, because well, we can. What are you going to do about it?"
Feeling cynical.... all new building starts in the city are either high rise condos that cost $300 G's and up or big, sprawling, seriously expensive houses constructed in suburbs that I seem to recall as being marshland when I was younger....
but maybe that's just me! can't afford it anyway. but that's life in the big city.
comments welcome, please enjoy!
Comments (14)
jif3d
Yeah build your mansion in the old swamp, then wonder why in a couple of years it cracks up is worthless or the dog box in the sky...whew, my big city days are over and I have a semi-rural 2.5 acre property and NO NEIGHBOURS ! I might live a tin shed, but it sure beats the hell out of city dwelling ! Great POV and the B&W gives it a real grungy feel ! Interesting comment and capture Collin ~Cheers~ :o)
projectch3
POV Rocks!!!!!
vice
yeah i agree about the photo nice and gruny gritty feeling just like the good ol city yes... you can keep your shed and all your acres now look what you did now that blasted song is stuck in my head greeeeeeennnnn acres is the place to be..... Bee You Tee Full ilike it! This has Vision Imagination Creativity and Excellence
RubyT
300 grand for an appartment basically! Outrageous! Here in Los Angeles, a bedroom in West Hollywood goes for 700 grand PLUS! or MORE! Great POV!!!
jedink
LOL, same here. A house in Perth that was 90k 3 years ago is now 400k. Perth was one of the cheapest capital cities of Oz. Now its the most expensive. One generation of humans is parasiting of the next one to pay for its retirement. Humans...love em or hate em.......wheres my chainsaw....( I kid). Great photo.
aik_696
I heard about what is going on in U.S., it even put world wide market down. That is crasy!!! We get to pay more for the same S**t. Same happend In Switerland, but at a smaler scale. Your picture is amazing. B&W is great and all those lignes... I love it
thecytron
Awesome B&W photo!
mark.spooner
An excellent piece of work.
RBlue
What a deal!! $325K buys a shack on a postage stamp lot, here in California!
Denys234
Excellent capture!!
misha_d
I really liked this one, black and white imagery + high contrast seem to be your thing... keep going
marcPoser
SCARY! Especially in B&W. Impressive! I like it!
cameraobscura2
I wanted to tell you about your comment you left on jangled 'G.O.P. Lite' today when I also thought of commenting on the photograph only to be pleasantly surprised by your commentary. Here we are in our late fifties and just managed to squeeze into the houseing market eleven years ago by a stroke of luck. I cannot begin to understand how our children willbe able toafford a house of their own. I think it is a dream beyond reach. Thank you for sharing. egmont
kurtsart
Great capture and pov! I recently moved back to Seattle after a 6 year absence in Missouri and Colorado, and forgot everything here is triple MO, and Double CO :) But, I love it here. What upsets me the most is tearing down a classic 1910 brick house, and erecting a 20 unit condo/glorified apt at $450k+ per unit that no longer matches the neighborhood.