[lbo-talk] Housing bubble: Where has all the furniture gone?

Joseph Catron jncatron at gmail.com
Mon May 14 08:34:46 PDT 2007


I had an enlightening conversation with a member of my tenants' union last week. She told me she would love to do my organizing job, but could never afford to on account of her grad school student loans.

On 5/14/07, Chuck <chuck at mutualaid.org> wrote:
>
> Yesterday, our infoshop previewed our new expanded space as part of a
> neighborhood festival held on the same block. I had several interesting
> conversations with some local lefties.
>
> One older guy let on that he is a socialist and does some handyman work
> for a living. He tells me that he's been doing work in some of the
> high-end mini-mansions here in Johnson County. These are houses which
> start at a half million and typically house professional athletes. He
> says that lately he's been seeing more of these houses sans furniture,
> but people are still living in the houses. Evidently the number of
> people trying to live the upper class lifestyle are finding themselves
> tapped out and worried about the decline in home values. They are
> selling furniture to stay afloat.
>
> Chuck
>
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