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Rich SF residents get a shock: Someone bought their street
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therealist
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You mean a rich person pays $90k in order to exploit and make money off of other rich people?
Dr.Guru of Peru
played the long game
I don't understand the response from most posters - this is extremely underhanded and exploitative, regardless of the financial means of the victims. The sale should be voided and he HOA should be given the opportunity to pay its taxes.
I don't live on a private street and I have no sympathy for those who do.
I mean, they had an opportunity to do so for 30 years.
Selective sympathy eh?
Alx
Member
Would that be legal ? Over here you can't block someone from accessing their own property, they have a right of free traversal in such situations. It always makes for heated discussions in the countryside when farmers get to cross each other's fields and meadows.
Globally not everyone who lives on a private street is rich
Situations change. If someone was doing this to Trump tower or something I'd be cheering them on. To a homeless shelter? Not so much.
Living on a private street in the Presidio is not something I have sympathy for.
I can guarantee you everyone living on that street is a multimillionaire. Unless you think mansions in San Fran come cheap.
Kill Your Masters
Member
I'm not a millionaire who can't be assed to pay 14$ a year.
...yes? I don't have sympathy for child abusers, or murderers, or Trump. Or Rich people living on a private street who do anything to avoid paying taxes.
I'm pretty sure the property owners didn't receive a letter saying 'if you don't pay $14 a year, the street goes bye bye'
So, if someone is wealthy than they don't deserve sympathy? Not very kind of you.
Why are you bringing up criminals lol? We're talking about law-abiding citizens. These people pay their taxes, otherwise, they would be in jail.
Streets are much more efficient when the market sorts them out.
Why would I have sympathy for rich people being told their street has been bought? It's delicious irony for all the fucking over they do to the rest of the populace.
To demonstrate that sympathy can be selective. I'm not saying they're criminals, nor am I implying they should be in jail.
Zoe
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Ethical Hedonism
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lol @ the posters "poor rich people should be given another chance (after not paying a $14 tax for years)"
TangoAlphaLima
Member
That's called an easement, and it may be in play here as well. I don't know anything about California law, nor do I know much about real property law, but it's certainly possible the homeowners could get a court to enforce an easement on this street if the new street owner attempts to block them from using the street.
Lol
'They are rich therefore deserve feck all sympathy' is a bit flawed in that I know some really nice folk who have worked their absolute asses off over the years to get to what would probably qualify as rich.
Financial wealth status should not really disqualify people from empathy any more than financially poor people
Financial wealth status should not really disqualify people from empathy any more than financially poor people
I'm left wondering what notice the City/County actually attempted. All the article has is the Treasurer's office quoted as saying "well we sent the bills" along with the hilarious CYA response of "we did what the law required."
I can't imagine the notice was actually legally sufficient if it didn't involve some physical posting on the property to be sold, but I don't know CA law.
I can't imagine the notice was actually legally sufficient if it didn't involve some physical posting on the property to be sold, but I don't know CA law.
Please tell me how you know which people they fuck over? Do you know every single resident and their family? Do you think poor people don't fuck people over?
You seem misguided.
Yeah, but c'mon, not that selective lol. I was talking within the framework of normal everyday citizens.
RedAssedApe
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what about not paying taxes
CountAntonius
Member
This board really shows it's ass when it comes to stuff like that. I've grown used to it.
NYCmetsfan
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Because there are so many regular people with $90k to buy a private street with.
Jesus. Those are some hardcore-hideous McMansions.lol I know exactly where that is. Pretty ritzy
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
They did, it just went to their chartered accountant, whose address they didn't update properly. Gee whiz officer, I forgot to renew my license! Shucks, what do you mean I'm not allowed to drive my car?
Funyarinpa
Member
Where I am on this, as the son of two parents who worked (still work) their fucking asses off for their family and are now the only people in their respective extended families who could be considered upper middle class or rich (not own-a-mansion rich but put-two-children-through-private-school rich)
Edit: Also I doubt that the residents of this street deliberately neglected to pay an annually $14 tax.
There's some humor in it, but I can still see people getting extremely pissed about this stuff and I sympathize.
So is this a "that crackers-eating bitch" moment, but for people that live on private streets or rich?
Actually, they didn't pay their taxes, which is why their street was sold ...
Which you think happened due to an accident or intended avoidance?
For 14 years? Come on, man ...
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