Re: [UC] Did anyone catch this from the Phila Bulletin on 7/27? - Diabolical

2007-08-23 Thread Anthony West
Maybe they could extract a little professional courtesy from Villanova and have us both excommunicated, Craig. -- Tony West Nor did I suggest Penn can simultaneous force housing prices up and down. With such powers, they could be much more advantageously applied to quietly making list trouble

Re: [UC] Did anyone catch this from the Phila Bulletin on 7/27? - Diabolical

2007-08-22 Thread Craigsolve
In a message dated 8/20/2007 12:49:24 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: No matter how diabolical you believe a university's powers are, it can't simultaneously force housing prices up, to further its Macchiavellian scheme of gentrification, and force housing prices do

Re: [UC] Did anyone catch this from the Phila Bulletin on 7/27?

2007-08-20 Thread UNIVERSITY*CITOYEN
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (I needed a good chuckle this morning... and got it from this article and totally absurd statements like: 1. "prices, per bed, from $975 to $1,250, which is slightly higher than the estimated averages provided by the university's Off-Campus Living Office" 2. "

Re: [UC] Did anyone catch this from the Phila Bulletin on 7/27? - FreeMarketE...

2007-08-20 Thread Krfapt
In a message dated 8/20/2007 12:00:00 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Penn, however, criticized the decision, saying in a statement Monday that administrators "were surprised and profoundly disappointed by the verdict and will appeal." University spokeswoman Lori Doy

Re: [UC] Did anyone catch this from the Phila Bulletin on 7/27? - FreeMarketEcon

2007-08-20 Thread Anthony West
That point looks sound, Frank. Most residents around here are renters, however. Any one action by Penn (or anybody else) may either push rents up, or push rents down, but not, in the end, both at once. As I said, pick your poison. -- Tony West Frank wrote: I don't see how rents down/taxes up

Re: [UC] Did anyone catch this from the Phila Bulletin on 7/27? - FreeMarketEcon

2007-08-19 Thread Frank
I don't see how rents down/taxes up is a contradiction. I'm not a real estate expert but, it seems to me, as total costs of ownership goes up, purchase prices should come down, unless buyers want to pay more for houses that will have higher taxes. Frankus Sleek. Edgy. Infinitely flexible.

Re: [UC] Did anyone catch this from the Phila Bulletin on 7/27? - FreeMarketEcon

2007-08-19 Thread Anthony West
Here's another case where we can have either disaster we want, but not contradictory disasters at the same time. A softening of rents might do all you say to small landlords. But it will benefit small renters in the short run; and the short run is what matters to most University Citizens today

Re: [UC] Did anyone catch this from the Phila Bulletin on 7/27? - FreeMarketEcon

2007-08-19 Thread Craigsolve
In a message dated 8/19/2007 10:55:23 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm inclined to give Gutmann two out of four falls. Shaking my head side-to-side, not wanting to be offensive on the UC Civility List #3. In the strictest sense, the Radian should cause a boomlet at

Re: [UC] Did anyone catch this from the Phila Bulletin on 7/27?

2007-08-19 Thread Anthony West
Al, I'm inclined to give Gutmann two out of four falls. #3. In the strictest sense, the Radian should cause a boomlet at least, if its upshot is a net increase of hundreds of new residents. That'll be especially true if University City winds up with a net increase of hundreds of residents who

Re: [UC] Did anyone catch this from the Phila Bulletin on 7/27?

2007-08-19 Thread Linda Lee
> > Indeed. Arghhh! (to put it nicely) > > -linda > > > > Al wrote: > > (I needed a good chuckle this morning... and got it from this article and > totally absurd statements like: > 1. "prices, per bed, from $975 to $1,250, which is slightly higher than the > estimated averages provided by

[UC] Did anyone catch this from the Phila Bulletin on 7/27?

2007-08-19 Thread Krfapt
(I needed a good chuckle this morning... and got it from this article and totally absurd statements like: 1. "prices, per bed, from $975 to $1,250, which is slightly higher than the estimated averages provided by the university's Off-Campus Living Office" 2. " '[The Radian] will be an e