How do you feel about transplants?

[HappyinCali]

Originally Posted by Electrician4you

Dude ALL purchased properties are protected under Prop 13. Give me a break with the $5 property tax bs. Someone bought a long time ago. They didn't "win a lottery". Back when they bought they made the same sacrifices anyone made to buy a house. Doesn't matter WHEN you bought it after 13 was enacted. Prop 13 protects your property taxes from being raised by the government every year as they please. But it has to be based on something. And that's purchase price. The house I just bought is covered under Prop 13. My taxes are 2x what my old house was. But I paid 3.5 X what my old house cost. I knew what I was buying and east my costs were. And as far as the overvalued property prices that's so much bs. It's worth more because EVERYONE WANTS TO MOVE HERE. Maybe if the transplants go or stay home we wouldn't have such high demand and command such high prices. Did you think of that? You know demand and supply. Inflated prices as opposed to what? A house in Small Town Kansas USA. Nobody wants to move to Small Town Kansas. If they did those locals would be screaming about inflated house prices too.
We're also living in a global economy where lots of foreigners are buying property here so the locals get displaced. We had one hell of a fire sale a few years back. What about those people. Their property tax rates are lower than today's sales. I guess they are lucky too right.

Transplants are people like anyone else looking for more in life. Or a change. Or they can't deal with home life and are taking off to go elsewhere. For whatever reason their current situation isn't working and they are looking to move on. That's it. Personally I don't much care who comes here and from where.

I am pretty sure your rant had nothing to do with what I was saying.

[Electrician4you]

Originally Posted by HappyinCali

I am pretty sure your rant had nothing to do with what I was saying.

I'm pretty sure it does since you're the one very misinformed about Prop 13 and its purpose (you really need to read on how it works) , California locals, house prices and how the house prices came to be what they are.

[ryanms3030]

the real question is how do you feel about eggplants?

[No_Recess]

Originally Posted by ryanms3030

the real question is how do you feel about eggplants?

I'm a transplant that hates eggplants.

[adr3naline]

Originally Posted by afropack-man

You call LA "LA LA land" too? Who's really the weirdo? .

Originally Posted by anrev

I'd welcome Syrian Refugess long before anyone who says "hollyweird"

The anti-transplanters in this thread seem to hunt and peck for cheap stabs such as this^ yet skip over the meat in HappyinCali's remarks. Do you mind if I interrupt the nimby circle j3rk and ask what gives?