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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 50 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

If it’s that big of a problem for their life, why not just sell the house and be multi-millionaires? It’s a non-story. Maybe they should’ve taken that into consideration.

[–] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

So, the house is now valued at 6x the original value? If they sold it at only 4-5x it would still be a huge win.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Their taxes were grandfathered in because they bought the property at a much lower value, the house was already worth a lot more than they paid for it.

[–] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 4 points 1 day ago

Completely true, but not a loss.

[–] Celestus@lemm.ee 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

They want the house, not the money. Now they’ll be forced to sell to some rich person. Doesn’t sound like a win to me

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago

They wanted a new, two-story house, but with a tax loophole to save money.

[–] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 2 points 1 day ago

Maybe it is different for me because I moved every couple years growing up. I have lived in 15 places in my life, and the most recent is a record of over a decade.