tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841356013250880291.post6101943340085133670..comments2024-03-15T17:03:45.018-07:00Comments on Las Vegas Blog: Steve Friess' VEGAS HAPPENS HERE: Economic Survivor GuiltTHE STRIP PODCASThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03593322167326380577noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841356013250880291.post-74243582868650528432009-08-28T20:29:47.777-07:002009-08-28T20:29:47.777-07:00I think there's much less guilt involved in bu...I think there's much less guilt involved in buying a foreclosure, and for the very comparison you used in your comment. <br /><br />A boss knows their employees. That becomes personal. Watch the tragedies you see on the news, from car wrecks, fires, robberies or murder. Chances are there may only be a fleeting emotional response, unless you have a personal connection with the victims. <br /><br />With foreclosures the owner is long gone. Particularly in Vegas where there were so many investor homes, they may have been empty or a tenant, not owner, evicted. Could be the buyers would despise those flippers as greedy bastards that jacked prices in the boom. Could be those evected tenants can now afford to buy.<br /><br />The personal exception might be in a short sale, but even then a buyer may feel they are helping the owner from a burden of the foreclosure that's looming. <br /><br />I think any buyers feeling guilty would be very minute. Saying that agents were reluctant to make the connection also seems a stretch. Most likely it would be hard, if not impossible, to find reluctant buyers when they never even met the previous owner. <br /><br />If people were that sensitive they would never turn on the TV, computer, or pick up a paper. We're surrounded by all sorts of human tragedy every day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841356013250880291.post-44512371737800852422009-08-28T08:40:17.247-07:002009-08-28T08:40:17.247-07:00Mike_Ch: there are lots of emotions we "shoul...Mike_Ch: there are lots of emotions we "shouldn't" feel but we do. Some idiot tells us our nose is too big and it sticks even if it's ridiculous and comes from a cruel place and an non-credible source. And so on. Emotions aren't logical.<br /><br />Michael: It's interesting because a link from the site with my story is to one about the stress and guilt bosses feel having to fire people. This recession should be a boon for all sorts of therapists!THE STRIP PODCASThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03593322167326380577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841356013250880291.post-7705130317924280072009-08-28T07:24:34.267-07:002009-08-28T07:24:34.267-07:00I find that commentary on open newspaper sites is ...I find that commentary on open newspaper sites is usually filled with angry people. It is rare to find an educated or thought out opinion.JeffWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03267920554862123357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841356013250880291.post-61345911589084388022009-08-28T06:22:25.684-07:002009-08-28T06:22:25.684-07:00But it's the human condition, usually, to feel...But it's the human condition, usually, to feel badly for unfortunate others, isn't it? <br /><br />It used to be, I think, and I still think there is a large portion that do. I think that as our society has experienced the recess and things have become more competitive perhaps we've lost more of that compassion. On top of that everything in our lives from TV, new, to internet, seems to be focused on what the other person is getting and why you should stand up and scream for yours. <br /><br />Good article though, I had what I would term survivor's guilt from a large amount of layoffs at my company, especially when I was visiting Vegas back in March for a vacation.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17190937282558817928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841356013250880291.post-17895079959565307992009-08-28T00:58:08.762-07:002009-08-28T00:58:08.762-07:00To judge by the "Comments" sections of o...To judge by the "Comments" sections of our daily newspaper, it is the human condition to gloat over others' misfortune and say that they had it coming.<br /><br />But, as William Munny observes in "Unforgiven": "We all got it comin'."<br /><br />David McKeeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841356013250880291.post-66913602604201283292009-08-27T23:43:53.913-07:002009-08-27T23:43:53.913-07:00These people should feel no shame. Getting into th...These people should feel no shame. Getting into the housing market can be difficult at times and they simply moved at the right time.<br /><br />If you want to take your rage out on foreclosures, take your rage out by calling on lending reform to prevent these kinds of untrustworthy loans from being made in the first place.mike_chnoreply@blogger.com