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keep in mind i don’t mind living under/near the BQE – it sounds like the ocean at night 🙂
Posted by: dirty_hipster at November 5, 2009 2:07 PM
It’s all nice until someone cuts of one of those 16-wheelers in the middle of the night then it’ll sound like you have a cruise ship parked next to your window.
To go back to the advertising discussion a bit. I’m not sure that advertising directly changes a person’s mind, but perhaps reinforce the strength (or weakness) of a product.
I can only give you the example of my own company. When I first joined my company, we had an active program of advertising and trade-show attendance in our market segment. After the dot-com implosion, it was drastically cut back, and has never recovered. It has lead to a widespread impression in that market segement that my company is no longer a leader in it, and is no longer heavily invested in it (which turns out to be the actual case). In other words, our lack of advertising has reinforced the impression that we are weak in this segment.
…yet curiously enough, New Jersey was willing to live with high property taxes even through the other shenanigans like Torricelli and Florio. What changed?”
1. Unemployment. Makes high property taxes a more urgent problem. Unlike income tax, you owe it even if you don’t earn. Unlike sales tax, you owe it even if you don’t transact.
2. Blind eye to corruption in Hudson county.
3. Corzine = Goldman Sachs (no one gave a sh*t about that four years ago, now WS, and specifically GS, is politically toxic).
4. Stupid speeding accident.
Dems would be stupid to ignore results but republicans would be equally stupid to assume this was a referendum on Obama.
no way I’m believing housing has bottomed in this area. The step-function drops might have passed but drip drip is still in the fold. I’m banking / betting many people will refuse to allocate such a hugh chunk of their savings and income to housing and that’ll cause/continue the drip.
besides, I have no choice but to believe that cause houses my wife likes are out of our budget. Anyone else married a spouse who has massive disconnect on what they want vs what they can afford?
pete,
I see what you’re saying. States often have opposing party governors as a sort of counter-balance to national offices. But there are many that don’t. Like New York and New Jersey to name two.
To continue to deny that the landslide victories in NJ and VA were anything but a voter push back is to deny that people often associate local politics with national issues. As they say, all politics is local. Voters are angry out there, for many reasons, economy, healthcare or jobs issues. Do you really believe that they would not take it out on the nearest voting booth? come on now!
keep in mind i don’t mind living under/near the BQE – it sounds like the ocean at night 🙂
Posted by: dirty_hipster at November 5, 2009 2:07 PM
It’s all nice until someone cuts of one of those 16-wheelers in the middle of the night then it’ll sound like you have a cruise ship parked next to your window.
“Would you play cello in a marching band?”
I wouldn’t fret about it.
Snappy;
To go back to the advertising discussion a bit. I’m not sure that advertising directly changes a person’s mind, but perhaps reinforce the strength (or weakness) of a product.
I can only give you the example of my own company. When I first joined my company, we had an active program of advertising and trade-show attendance in our market segment. After the dot-com implosion, it was drastically cut back, and has never recovered. It has lead to a widespread impression in that market segement that my company is no longer a leader in it, and is no longer heavily invested in it (which turns out to be the actual case). In other words, our lack of advertising has reinforced the impression that we are weak in this segment.
Thanks Snappy! Hope you find someone sizzling hot to fry your rice!!
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…yet curiously enough, New Jersey was willing to live with high property taxes even through the other shenanigans like Torricelli and Florio. What changed?”
1. Unemployment. Makes high property taxes a more urgent problem. Unlike income tax, you owe it even if you don’t earn. Unlike sales tax, you owe it even if you don’t transact.
2. Blind eye to corruption in Hudson county.
3. Corzine = Goldman Sachs (no one gave a sh*t about that four years ago, now WS, and specifically GS, is politically toxic).
4. Stupid speeding accident.
Dems would be stupid to ignore results but republicans would be equally stupid to assume this was a referendum on Obama.
HoboROCKS,
no way I’m believing housing has bottomed in this area. The step-function drops might have passed but drip drip is still in the fold. I’m banking / betting many people will refuse to allocate such a hugh chunk of their savings and income to housing and that’ll cause/continue the drip.
besides, I have no choice but to believe that cause houses my wife likes are out of our budget. Anyone else married a spouse who has massive disconnect on what they want vs what they can afford?
pete,
I see what you’re saying. States often have opposing party governors as a sort of counter-balance to national offices. But there are many that don’t. Like New York and New Jersey to name two.
To continue to deny that the landslide victories in NJ and VA were anything but a voter push back is to deny that people often associate local politics with national issues. As they say, all politics is local. Voters are angry out there, for many reasons, economy, healthcare or jobs issues. Do you really believe that they would not take it out on the nearest voting booth? come on now!
I don’t allow shares – one person must be responsible for the contract. It’s legal.
Because they don’t want 8 hipsters living in their apartment.