Me too! Same assumptions, now it makes sense why one of my friends has a Mr yuk tattoo lol

I found this on the back of the cabinet under my sink when I bought my house. Assumed it was because the previous owners had young kids. Live that it’s a PA thing.

There is no escaping the property taxes, but I do think it’s wrong to unequally apply those taxes.

The “newcomer tax” is unfair because it’s not uniformly applied and even moreso due to the manipulation of the common level ratio to shift the tax burden to newer owners or newer homes.

You're probably right for the most part, but I absolutely knew people who used DMV for Delaware/Maryland/Virginia, which is why I had to specify "depends on who you ask". I put DC first for a reason though. Never heard of Delmarva though.

Oh I agree 100%. There should be a full reassessment every4-5 years, with an interim update every year based on comparable sales in areas where enough sales occurred. If not enough sales occurred, use a more neighborhood specific version of a CLR

This would even out the burden, and negatively impact long time home owners in areas where values are rising.

So along with this would have to be some changes to the homestead exemption. Maybe increase the reduction based on years you have owned and occupied the home.

Cross the bridge and go to Taiwan Bistro 33 in Squirrel Hill.

That's pretty clever actually.

This ☝️ Since they are onomatopoeias

Add that many of these type of markets are not permitted by zoning and if a potential owner needs a variance, NIMBYs will most likely kill it.

East End Food Co-op. You don’t need to be a member to shop there.

Smart Engineers are rarely smart product/business strategists. They start with developing a technology and then try to convince prospective customers that it is the cure to their biggest problems. VC seemingly throws some money in hopes that the nerds will develop some IP that they can sell.

Source: CMU grad to converted to Marketing and Product Strategy after working at a spinout startup.

One factor I haven't seen mentioned yet is grocery "haul culture".

Making lots of small, quick grocery stops through the week (preferably when you're already in the area) is conducive to shopping at multiple small stores that might not be "one-stop shops", but the United States has normalized massive grocery trips enabled by obscenely large cars and sometimes owning 1-3 extra freezers in the basement.

Small grocers tend to thrive in environments where people are shopping on foot or by bicycle multiple times per week and are not making these massive once-or-twice a month "hauls". Maybe it's just correlation, but maybe there's some causation.

Yep. my second grader brought them home. Got them on everything under the kitchen sink.

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Plus a loud humming noise. Grew up in Florida and used to love the light/sound show whenever a hurricane rolled through. Sucked to be without power for week tho :/

Are we sure this isn’t the park in Lebo? We used to get away with murder in that park at night lol

Streets on Carson is amazing

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Groceria Merante in Oakland

Yeah I think it’s funny when people get upset they have to pay taxes they should owe. Funny when they think the government should provide them so much as long as they don’t have to pay for it.

>almost essentially the same as a bus or subway system

Both of those things have drivers though and a subway needs an enormous amount of specialist infrastructure.

I think autonomous vehicles in everyday situations are a terrible idea but for long distance routes on major highways they seem perfect, basically a small step up from current cruise control. I never understood why companies focused on the most difficult driving scenarios first, I guess it's potentially more lucrative.

Can’t go wrong with Streets or these other recommendations.

Sultry F&B is new and possibly overlooked bc they’ve yet to get a liquor license, but their food is very good. Brunch there is awesome.

Delaware-Maryland-Virginia is called Delmarva, no one called that the DMV.

I like the word "bodega".

Reminds me of a situation where I kindly ask a young lady to take off her panties so I could see her bodega.

My balls smell.