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Home prices
Jan. 13th, 2007 08:58 amNow, msn says that the median home price in San Francisco is $759,000, requiring an income of $260,000 annually to afford.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha boo hoo hoo. *whimper*
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha boo hoo hoo. *whimper*
Jan. 13th, 2007
Evan told me about a proverb used often in Japan. I like to juxtapose it with a well-known English proverb to illustrate the difference between cultures.
English proverb: The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
Japanese proverb: The nail that sticks up is hammered down.
English proverb: The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
Japanese proverb: The nail that sticks up is hammered down.
Did you realize...
Jan. 13th, 2007 06:56 pm...that the Federal minimum wage hasn't changed since 1997?
It's still $5.15.
According to Google, that's the equivalent of $4.04 in constant dollars. So it's actually gone down quite a lot in the last 10 years.
Isn't it weird that it's not tied to the actual value of the dollar in some way?
It's still $5.15.
According to Google, that's the equivalent of $4.04 in constant dollars. So it's actually gone down quite a lot in the last 10 years.
Isn't it weird that it's not tied to the actual value of the dollar in some way?