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FranLab is getting evicted
EEVblog:
--- Quote from: grumpydoc on March 27, 2023, 10:58:11 am ---Sorry - I realise there has been much conversation on the thread since this post but 100% agree, for various reasons looking for a basic 2/3 bed property in the Midlands and £200k is right on the mark, nothing cheaper unless you want a renovation project and you're on the nail with necessary financial resources and salary - which is just out of reach of anyone without a dual income. The UK property market is nearly as nuts as US healthcare (apologies to US posters, but, guys, you know I'm right on that one :) )
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The US is a very different market, there are literally unlimited very affordable places available, even within Fran's state of Pennsylvania, and even within downtown Philly itself. You just have to be willing to live there. I've posted links to many such property listings.
Fran has said in the past that she can afford to buy a property instead of rent, the problem is that she can't get a loan. And of course, the big elephant in the room, she refuses to consider anywhere apart from certain sections of downtown philly.
Was watching "house hunters" last night for the Mrs and a couple bought a very nice double story house for $140k on a river near a beach. We remarked that there is not a single house in all of Australia for that price, at least not anything decent. America is filled with so many large cities and towns that places like this are in abundance. Hard to move if you have kids and/or tied to a job etc, but if you don't have such issues then there is an abundance of choice.
EEVblog:
Unfortunately, it's going to be fairly easy predict when the next financial crisis will hit, just follow the Patreon graph.
https://graphtreon.com/creator/frantone
She published a sustaining income line, and it was just above 1800 Patrons.
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/yet-another-franlab-crisis/msg4741943/#msg4741943
Exact income per Patron will vary, but it's getting close to the level of the last fundraising drive.
Unfortunately even viral videos don't help much in terms in income. Even a 1M view video is only going to net a few thousand dollars. So you'd need many of those a year to make a difference.
Both Fran and I are in effectively the same position, our Youtube videos are basically just a vehicle to gain viewers so that we can derive income from other sources based on that audience, that is where the bulk of our income comes from, sources other than Youtube ad revenue. Fran has only Patreon though.
EEVblog:
Graphtreon put some recommended channel down the bottom of the page, Physics Girl was one, wow, what a boost! Went from 1k to 12k Patron in a matter of weeks.
Just checked, and this is the video, she's in a bad way :(
nctnico:
--- Quote from: EEVblog on March 27, 2023, 11:10:25 pm ---
--- Quote from: grumpydoc on March 27, 2023, 10:58:11 am ---Sorry - I realise there has been much conversation on the thread since this post but 100% agree, for various reasons looking for a basic 2/3 bed property in the Midlands and £200k is right on the mark, nothing cheaper unless you want a renovation project and you're on the nail with necessary financial resources and salary - which is just out of reach of anyone without a dual income. The UK property market is nearly as nuts as US healthcare (apologies to US posters, but, guys, you know I'm right on that one :) )
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The US is a very different market, there are literally unlimited very affordable places available, even within Fran's state of Pennsylvania, and even within downtown Philly itself. You just have to be willing to live there. I've posted links to many such property listings.
Fran has said in the past that she can afford to buy a property instead of rent, the problem is that she can't get a loan. And of course, the big elephant in the room, she refuses to consider anywhere apart from certain sections of downtown philly.
Was watching "house hunters" last night for the Mrs and a couple bought a very nice double story house for $140k on a river near a beach. We remarked that there is not a single house in all of Australia for that price, at least not anything decent. America is filled with so many large cities and towns that places like this are in abundance. Hard to move if you have kids and/or tied to a job etc, but if you don't have such issues then there is an abundance of choice.
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I'm not quite sure. Recently I went to the US and visited some family members in the process. Their home was crazy expensive even for Dutch standards while it was somewhere in the mountains and not exactly in the city center. The problem with the US is that everything is much further apart as well. Walking a few blocks in a suburb means walking along large plots of land and crossing insanely wide streets that add to the distance considerably. I really had to adjust the scaling of the maps in my mind; what is a short walk in a typical European city, is twice as far where I was in the US. IOW: I think the cheap places are cheap because anywhere you want/need to go takes a lot of time to travel.
EEVblog:
--- Quote from: nctnico on March 27, 2023, 11:45:02 pm ---I'm not quite sure. Recently I went to the US and visited some family members in the process. Their home was crazy expensive even for Dutch standards while it was somewhere in the mountains and not exactly in the city center. The problem with the US is that everything is much further apart as well. Walking a few blocks in a suburb means walking along large plots of land and crossing insanely wide streets that add to the distance considerably. I really had to adjust the scaling of the maps in my mind; what is a short walk in a typical European city, is twice as far where I was in the US. IOW: I think the cheap places are cheap because anywhere you want/need to go takes a lot of time to travel.
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Well that's always the tradeoff of course. In my case I can't/wouldn't move because I'm tied to the kids needs and also the Mrs's family is just around the corner.
Fran though has no such ties, as do many other people who have work from home or other flexible businesses.
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