The Perth Thread - Part 4

[quotemokc]

What if stamp duty was a one time tax to get yourself in to the property market and you just paid a % more or got a refund if up/downgrade?

I paid $35k stamp duty on my place, if I buy somewhere else that is worth more why should I pay the entire amount again? Why not just another $5k or something realistic?

Don't see why the government doesn't want people to be able to move house more than once every 10 years.

 

[JHF1870]

What if stamp duty was a one time tax to get yourself in to the property market and you just paid a % more or got a refund if up/downgrade?

I paid $35k stamp duty on my place, if I buy somewhere else that is worth more why should I pay the entire amount again? Why not just another $5k or something realistic?

Don't see why the government doesn't want people to be able to move house more than once every 10 years.

Governments just love to take take take. My council rates just went from 2600 to 3000 a year.

It's always the middle income earners that get ****ed.

 

[JackOutback]

Governments just love to take take take. My council rates just went from 2600 to 3000 a year.

It's always the middle income earners that get ****ed.

I mean, they do provide a service and presumably their costs are going up too. My rates went up as well, it sucks, but they still collect my bins, so some roadworks, provide a library and aquatic centre and even opened a multimillion-dollar park upgrade near me.

 

[quotemokc]

I mean, they do provide a service and presumably their costs are going up too. My rates went up as well, it sucks, but they still collect my bins, so some roadworks, provide a library and aquatic centre and even opened a multimillion-dollar park upgrade near me.

Do people even go to libraries anymore?

 

[JHF1870]

I mean, they do provide a service and presumably their costs are going up too. My rates went up as well, it sucks, but they still collect my bins, so some roadworks, provide a library and aquatic centre and even opened a multimillion-dollar park upgrade near me.

Heres's the thing. Not everyone wants to pay for the hard rubbish and green waste dispoasl but it's factored into the cost and WA's water costs are insane. In SA I was paying $140 to the $220 in WA for supply.

But governments never learn that taxes are not the way to generate revenue. Victorian govenment is and will continue to learn the hard way.

 

[Jimmy_the_Gent]

Do people even go to libraries anymore?

Yes, the following groups:

1. Parents and their toddlers
2. Students using the quiet areas
3. Retirees reading the day-old newspapers
4. The homeless
5. People attending computing or language classes
6. People coming for the JP or printers

 

[ioppolo]

My local council moved a few homeless tents from one empty block of land to another empty bit of parkland close to the river where people regularly walk/run, so I guess there's that to factor in with costs.

 

[Scotland]

I mean, they do provide a service and presumably their costs are going up too. My rates went up as well, it sucks, but they still collect my bins, so some roadworks, provide a library and aquatic centre and even opened a multimillion-dollar park upgrade near me.

My house is worth near enough double what I paid for it 6 years ago (humble brag etc.). The cost of council services to me the rate payer has not necessarily gone up as much. It may have, but the two things aren't linked. If my house is worth $500k, $1m or $2m, $4m... it's the same level of effort to collect the bins. If we have a correction next year and my house suddenly drops 20% in value the costs of power, labour, maintaining equipment etc. for the council won't go down with it.

Generally councils calculate rates based on $ per gross rental value, at least the few I have lived in do. It's not a perfect system but fundamentally the council needs X $m a year and has Y residents so needs every household to pay maybe $2000-3000 on average to fund their operations.

 

[Scotland]

Speaking of housing since this is now The Perth (housing) Thread, was talking to some friends on the weekend about it.

Between half a dozen average and above average income earners the consensus was that most of us either couldn't afford to buy the houses we already own today, or if we could would be at the absolute limit of borrowing capacity and would be eating 2 minute noodles. And this is people who bought houses in the last decade, not 40 years ago. Nuts.

 

[JackOutback]

Yes, the following groups:

1. Parents and their toddlers
2. Students using the quiet areas
3. Retirees reading the day-old newspapers
4. The homeless
5. People attending computing or language classes
6. People coming for the JP or printers

Yep, libraries are great. You're not using them at every stage of your life but there's plenty of opportunity to use them. And incorporating them into leisure centres was ultimately a pretty good idea.

 

[Scotland]

Haven't been to a library for years but I hope that they are still quiet. When I was at school the yard was noisy, classrooms were noisy depending on the activity, the teacher, how close it was to 3pm Friday etc. but the standing rule was if you are in the library you STFU. Society has devolved to the point that people will stand in a queue having a conversation on their phone on loudspeaker as you serve them, so we need quiet spaces.

 

[bok_party]

Is it just me or does it feel like almost every gig is sold out these days? Obscure artists seem to sell out their shows far more often than I remember. Are Perth people just going to see whatever comes our way?

 

[Scotland]

Is it just me or does it feel like every gig is almost sold out these days? Obscure artists seem to sell out their showed far often than I remember. Are Perth people just going to see whatever comes our way?

There was a queue on the weekend for LSKD in Claremont. That's an activewear shop.

You could sell tickets for a second hand from North Haverbrook brand new monorail and they would sell out.

 

[bok_party]

There was a queue on the weekend for LSKD in Claremont. That's an activewear shop.

You could sell tickets for a second hand from North Haverbrook brand new monorail and they would sell out.

Yeah I saw that! Absolutely crazy to me that people would wait that long.

I just feel like I used to be able to wait til the last minute to grab tickets to anything and now I have to make sure I buy as they are released.

 

[blueboy25]

There was a queue on the weekend for LSKD in Claremont. That's an activewear shop.

You could sell tickets for a second hand from North Haverbrook brand new monorail and they would sell out.

Don't you remember when Krispy Kreme first opened over here and what a debacle that was.

 

[gaskin]

Is it just me or does it feel like every almost gig is sold out these days? Obscure artists seem to sell out their showed far often than I remember. Are Perth people just going to see whatever comes our way?

Just because an artist isn't mainstream doesn't mean they don't have a fan base. My favourite genre/sub genre of music is symphonic metal and I would bet the vast majority of people wouldn't have heard of most/if any bands in the genre. Yet they still sell out venues when coming here (the bigger bands at least).

 

[bok_party]

Just because an artist isn't mainstream doesn't mean they don't have a fan base. My favourite genre/sub genre of music is symphonic metal and I would bet the vast majority of people wouldn't have heard of most/if any bands in the genre. Yet they still sell out venues when coming here (the bigger bands at least).

Of course I know that there are big fan bases of obscure groups but I just feel I can’t afford to wait for my purchases for any artist now as they sell out quicker than ever before is all.

 

[Bestbird]

The same as stuff like Caravan Shows. Why am i paying 30 dollars for a slight conveniance of having all the sellers in one place.

 

[Scotland]

Don't you remember when Krispy Kreme first opened over here and what a debacle that was.

I used to live not far from there. Chaos. There were carpark attendants managing traffic flow.

For a shitty doughnut shop OMFG Perth why are you like this?

 

[RookiePick]

I used to live not far from there. Chaos. There were carpark attendants managing traffic flow.

For a shitty doughnut shop OMFG Perth why are you like this?

Taco Bell? like wtf. Queuing for the runs.

 

[Scotland]

Taco Bell? like wtf. Queuing for the runs.

Starbucks too.

 

[kane249]

Don't you remember when Krispy Kreme first opened over here and what a debacle that was.

Biggest loser from that was the Krispy Kremes at the airports over east

 

[JackOutback]

Of course I know that there are big fan bases of obscure groups but I just feel I can’t afford to wait for my purchases for any artist now as they sell out quicker than ever before is all.

I hear you, I don't like to commit to these shows nine to 12 months out, but at the same time, without guaranteed early sales, some bands just aren't taking the risk. I wanted to catch Sam Fender, wondered if there would be some late ticket sales, but sold out, certainly nothing going cheap.

 

[Forward Press]

Don't you remember when Krispy Kreme first opened over here and what a debacle that was.

There was a queue for several weeks for Aldi when it opened in Mirrabooka.

People in Perth would queue for the opening of a can of soft drink.

 

[JackOutback]

There was a queue for several weeks for Aldi when it opened in Mirrabooka.

People in Perth would queue for the opening of a can of soft drink.

Depends on the soft drink. Coke? Sure. Passiona?