More & more empty store fronts in Chicago. Beware commercial Real Estate.

startraitor · Dec 22, 2010

I got the shit kicked out of me on Division St. after puking on some guy in a wheelchair 20 years ago. I am pretty sure that was in Chicago.

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Hit google maps, type in the address you see on this pic and take a stroll west down 167th street. It eventually turns into Division St. You'll see For Sale signs along the way. The attached pic is an example of one of the many, many homes that are vacant. This entire area is littered with vacancies of this size.

http://maps.google.com/

startraitor · Dec 22, 2010

Best time I ever had in the city was new year of 94. Flew in 20 friends and dropped a shitload over 3 days. I think New year was on a Sat night. It was snowing and I fell in my tux and broke my coccyx but still managed to kick some random guy's ass and go back and screw a couple of strippers.

the1 · Dec 22, 2010

LOL. I got tossed out onto the sidewalk from Mothers on Division Street. It took 4 bouncers to get me out of there. They had either an arm or a leg and I went out the door like Superman. Oooohhh, for the good old days

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I got the shit kicked out of me on Division St. after puking on some guy in a wheelchair 20 years ago. I am pretty sure that was in Chicago.

pspr · Dec 22, 2010

Quote from Rehoboth:

You probably should say LA and Manhattan. And it goes from there.

I thought about mentioning LA as an exception but people I've met in the rest of California have seemed pretty nice. But, I can see what terrorists have against New York.

bone · Dec 22, 2010

"But, I can see what terrorists have against New York."

It's the whole 'killing in the name of God' thing perpetuated by just about all religions through the ages. Somehow, Mohammed wouldn't like the Big Apple (or London for that matter).

TradeMetal · Dec 22, 2010

"The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money."

Margret Thatcher

Ghost of Cutten · Dec 22, 2010

Quote from bone:

Wow, peace on earth on good will towards men.

Chkitout: why the unsolicited and impulsive aggression? We're talking real estate prices and you just make a really silly judgemental value statement about people.

Lol, you are being a bit sneaky here. For example, on another thread I made a perfectly polite comment about stops and investing, and you groundlessly accused me of owning and losing money in Enron (a company I never owned a single share of), then sarcastically mocked me:

http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=3043419#post3043419

Then you come on here and complain about other people using unsolicited and impulsive aggression?

Unless you are happy being identified as a hypocrite, you should avoid criticising people for behaviour you yourself indulge in.

bone · Dec 22, 2010

Ghost: I never accused you of anything. And you called me stupid in that thread.

misterno · Dec 25, 2010

Quote from the1:

Hit google maps, type in the address you see on this pic and take a stroll west down 167th street. It eventually turns into Division St. You'll see For Sale signs along the way. The attached pic is an example of one of the many, many homes that are vacant. This entire area is littered with vacancies of this size.

http://maps.google.com/

If there are many for sale, howcome the prices not coming down fast?

the1 · Dec 25, 2010

Because the banks are holding many of these distressed assets and if the Fed lets the price fall the bank's balance sheet blows up and their "mark to whatever they want" accounting method falls apart. That is why the Fed is so afraid of deflation.

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If there are many for sale, howcome the prices not coming down fast?