Conquer Club

SOUTH HERO, Vt. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, an advocate for the working people, has bought his third house for nearly $600,000.

Fresh off the presidential campaign trail, the self-described Democratic socialist bought a seasonal waterfront home in North Hero, Vermont, in the Lake Champlain islands, for $575,000, as first reported by Seven Days weekly newspaper.

The independent senator and his wife also own a row house in Washington, D.C., and a home in Burlington, Vermont, a Sanders' spokesman said Thursday.

mrswdk wrote:He may have been narrowly edged in the contest for the Democratic nomination, but that certainly hasn't put a dampener on Bernie Sanders' crusade.

SOUTH HERO, Vt. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, an advocate for the working people, has bought his third house for nearly $600,000.

Fresh off the presidential campaign trail, the self-described Democratic socialist bought a seasonal waterfront home in North Hero, Vermont, in the Lake Champlain islands, for $575,000, as first reported by Seven Days weekly newspaper.

The independent senator and his wife also own a row house in Washington, D.C., and a home in Burlington, Vermont, a Sanders' spokesman said Thursday.

No doubt he bought this house in order to prevent a grubby Wall Streeter being able to buy it. Hooray for Bernie - now there'll be one less greedy elite sunning themselves on the shores of Lake Champlain!

Dukasaur wrote:

mrswdk wrote:He may have been narrowly edged in the contest for the Democratic nomination, but that certainly hasn't put a dampener on Bernie Sanders' crusade.

SOUTH HERO, Vt. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, an advocate for the working people, has bought his third house for nearly $600,000.

Fresh off the presidential campaign trail, the self-described Democratic socialist bought a seasonal waterfront home in North Hero, Vermont, in the Lake Champlain islands, for $575,000, as first reported by Seven Days weekly newspaper.

The independent senator and his wife also own a row house in Washington, D.C., and a home in Burlington, Vermont, a Sanders' spokesman said Thursday.

No doubt he bought this house in order to prevent a grubby Wall Streeter being able to buy it. Hooray for Bernie - now there'll be one less greedy elite sunning themselves on the shores of Lake Champlain!

$600K is not elite-level housing. That's decidedly middle class, even lower-middle, in most places.

Dukasaur wrote:Man, you guys live in some depressed areas.

In Toronto, average house price just hit 1.28 million:
http://www.citynews.ca/2016/06/03/average-house-price-in-toronto-continues-to-rise-to-1-28m-in-may/

Mind you, that's Canadian dollars, but even in American dollars its $950,000.

saxitoxin wrote:

Dukasaur wrote:Man, you guys live in some depressed areas.

In Toronto, average house price just hit 1.28 million:
http://www.citynews.ca/2016/06/03/average-house-price-in-toronto-continues-to-rise-to-1-28m-in-may/

Mind you, that's Canadian dollars, but even in American dollars its $950,000.

Can't compare house prices in the third largest city in NorAm to someplace called North Hero, Vermont!

mrswdk wrote:Great stuff as ever, Duk. House prices in big cities are higher than house prices in the country, therefore most people in the city probably own three homes.

Dukasaur wrote:It's not unusual for a middle class family to have one house where they live, a second house as an investment property, and a cottage or vacation home somewhere. Regardless of the price. Stop grasping at straws to prove a point that can't be proven and just admit you were wrong. Owning a $750,000 vacation home does not place you among the elite of any nation.

mrswdk wrote:

Dukasaur wrote:It's not unusual for a middle class family to have one house where they live, a second house as an investment property, and a cottage or vacation home somewhere. Regardless of the price. Stop grasping at straws to prove a point that can't be proven and just admit you were wrong. Owning a $750,000 vacation home does not place you among the elite of any nation.

There are a bit more than 124 million households in the United States.

7.3 million, or 6 per cent, own a second home. Of those who own a second home, roughly 8-10 per cent have a summer home. That's 8-10 per cent of 7.3 per cent of all Americans (less than 1 per cent) owning a summer home.

And Bernie owns not just a comfy summer home, but also a second home somewhere else in the US.

Bling bling!

Dukasaur wrote:

mrswdk wrote:

Dukasaur wrote:It's not unusual for a middle class family to have one house where they live, a second house as an investment property, and a cottage or vacation home somewhere. Regardless of the price. Stop grasping at straws to prove a point that can't be proven and just admit you were wrong. Owning a $750,000 vacation home does not place you among the elite of any nation.

There are a bit more than 124 million households in the United States.

7.3 million, or 6 per cent, own a second home. Of those who own a second home, roughly 8-10 per cent have a summer home. That's 8-10 per cent of 7.3 per cent of all Americans (less than 1 per cent) owning a summer home.

And Bernie owns not just a comfy summer home, but also a second home somewhere else in the US.

Bling bling!

You just gave evidence against yourself. 7.3 million households, at an average of perhaps 3 people per household, is something like 22 million people. These 22 million are not on the Board of Directors of the Chase Manhattan. I hear the boardroom of the Chase Manhattan is pretty big, but I doubt there's room for that many!

These are ordinary, middle-class people. Comfy, yes. Not part of the ruling class. Well-to-do, you might say. Not elite.

mrswdk wrote:
These are 6 per cent of Americans. That means Bernie is living a lifestyle unavailable to 94 per cent of Americans. All hail the great man of the people!

mrswdk wrote:We get it, Duk. All these rambles about how $100 is cheap for a sandwich are designed to impress us with how flash you are. We all think you are very flash.

Now let's get back to roasting Bernie over his swanky lifestyle.

mrswdk wrote:

Dukasaur wrote:

mrswdk wrote:

Dukasaur wrote:It's not unusual for a middle class family to have one house where they live, a second house as an investment property, and a cottage or vacation home somewhere. Regardless of the price. Stop grasping at straws to prove a point that can't be proven and just admit you were wrong. Owning a $750,000 vacation home does not place you among the elite of any nation.

There are a bit more than 124 million households in the United States.

7.3 million, or 6 per cent, own a second home. Of those who own a second home, roughly 8-10 per cent have a summer home. That's 8-10 per cent of 7.3 per cent of all Americans (less than 1 per cent) owning a summer home.

And Bernie owns not just a comfy summer home, but also a second home somewhere else in the US.

Bling bling!

You just gave evidence against yourself. 7.3 million households, at an average of perhaps 3 people per household, is something like 22 million people. These 22 million are not on the Board of Directors of the Chase Manhattan. I hear the boardroom of the Chase Manhattan is pretty big, but I doubt there's room for that many!

These are ordinary, middle-class people. Comfy, yes. Not part of the ruling class. Well-to-do, you might say. Not elite.

These are 6 per cent of Americans. That means Bernie is living a lifestyle unavailable to 94 per cent of Americans. All hail the great man of the people!

DirtyDishSoap wrote:Kind of have to agree with Duk here. It's not uncommon. My folks did it in the past, they do it now, but they're not elitist.

Some people just buy homes to flip it and raise the value, or rent it out or just as a get away. It's not celebrity status where they need a mansion full of bullshit, 15 different cars and such.

This thread is 1/10.

muy_thaiguy wrote:

mrswdk wrote:

Dukasaur wrote:

mrswdk wrote:

Dukasaur wrote:It's not unusual for a middle class family to have one house where they live, a second house as an investment property, and a cottage or vacation home somewhere. Regardless of the price. Stop grasping at straws to prove a point that can't be proven and just admit you were wrong. Owning a $750,000 vacation home does not place you among the elite of any nation.

There are a bit more than 124 million households in the United States.

7.3 million, or 6 per cent, own a second home. Of those who own a second home, roughly 8-10 per cent have a summer home. That's 8-10 per cent of 7.3 per cent of all Americans (less than 1 per cent) owning a summer home.

And Bernie owns not just a comfy summer home, but also a second home somewhere else in the US.

Bling bling!

You just gave evidence against yourself. 7.3 million households, at an average of perhaps 3 people per household, is something like 22 million people. These 22 million are not on the Board of Directors of the Chase Manhattan. I hear the boardroom of the Chase Manhattan is pretty big, but I doubt there's room for that many!

These are ordinary, middle-class people. Comfy, yes. Not part of the ruling class. Well-to-do, you might say. Not elite.

These are 6 per cent of Americans. That means Bernie is living a lifestyle unavailable to 94 per cent of Americans. All hail the great man of the people!

So... No one is going to point out the irony of this post and the context in which Animal Farm was written? Or just going to keep quietly snickering without pointing it out?

mrswdk wrote:

muy_thaiguy wrote:

mrswdk wrote:

Dukasaur wrote:

mrswdk wrote:

Dukasaur wrote:It's not unusual for a middle class family to have one house where they live, a second house as an investment property, and a cottage or vacation home somewhere. Regardless of the price. Stop grasping at straws to prove a point that can't be proven and just admit you were wrong. Owning a $750,000 vacation home does not place you among the elite of any nation.

There are a bit more than 124 million households in the United States.

7.3 million, or 6 per cent, own a second home. Of those who own a second home, roughly 8-10 per cent have a summer home. That's 8-10 per cent of 7.3 per cent of all Americans (less than 1 per cent) owning a summer home.

And Bernie owns not just a comfy summer home, but also a second home somewhere else in the US.

Bling bling!

You just gave evidence against yourself. 7.3 million households, at an average of perhaps 3 people per household, is something like 22 million people. These 22 million are not on the Board of Directors of the Chase Manhattan. I hear the boardroom of the Chase Manhattan is pretty big, but I doubt there's room for that many!

These are ordinary, middle-class people. Comfy, yes. Not part of the ruling class. Well-to-do, you might say. Not elite.

These are 6 per cent of Americans. That means Bernie is living a lifestyle unavailable to 94 per cent of Americans. All hail the great man of the people!

So... No one is going to point out the irony of this post and the context in which Animal Farm was written? Or just going to keep quietly snickering without pointing it out?

Everyone is well aware Animal Farm was written about the Soviet Union, Glenn Beck.

DirtyDishSoap wrote:Some people just buy homes to flip it and raise the value, or rent it out or just as a get away.

Dukasaur wrote:Is [Animal Farm] different than the Platinum Lounge?