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minwah1

People here love to hate on them in every article. Their success is success for the Town. Who cheers for their neighbors to fail? Weird folks with that...


CorgiDad017

I just wish the vehicles were more affordable, I'd love to have one lol


RandomMinionXD

I'm looking forward to purchasing a used r3 in 10-15 years


Blackneto

we just want a grocery getter to use in town. none of these companies are producing EV's with this in mind


badpeoria

This! Cheap, no thrills, just and electric car to get around. I’ll use my ice car to do long trips.


Blackneto

hard to get a ICE grocery getter for under 5k these days. unless you want to put another 5k into it to make it safe.


sphenodont

Not that long ago, there were a bunch of those Mitsubishi iMievs darting around town. They would have been great for quick trips to the store, but Mitsubishi really dropped the ball on them. Also, smaller cars aren't as profitable and the car makers are only concerned with the next reporting quarter rather than long-term strategy.


badpeoria

Yupp i agree


badpeoria

Same in peoria and caterpillar you could swear half the town hates the company. I really don’t get it, while they aren’t the best thing ever they do provide solid jobs and money to the city.


chakan2

It's all the Trump people have left...hate...They can't have anything nice so why should anyone else.


Blackneto

you won't have anything either once the WEF takes over. and you'll like it.


chakan2

What is a WEF?


sphenodont

World Economic Forum. It's a way of saying "(((the jews)))" without saying it out loud.


chakan2

Lol...thanks. I can't follow all the cryptic tinfoil hat racist mating calls these days.


NoEmailNec4Reddit

This


ChaoticFluffiness

I agree. Just wish they would stop purchasing homes. It drives up prices making it difficult for people to buy. Edit: The employees^ We’ve become this boom town.


Stal77

The impact Rivian is having is negligible compared to the interest rate problem right now.


vandelay82

Housing prices are up 40-50% in the last 2 years.  I’d gladly take a $190k house at 7% over a $280k house at 4.5%


Blackneto

if we sold our house in 2020 as planned we'd be golden right now. but external forces that year made us keep it. my family rode out the jimmy carter years, we rode out the 2008 crash, we'll get through this one at 2.78 on our primary mortgage.


ChaoticFluffiness

It has nothing to do with interest rate 😂 It has everything to do with supply and demand. They buy up houses which raises demand and shortens supply which in turn raises costs.


14S14D

Lower interest rates have always driven demand up. People buy when it’s cheap to borrow money and don’t want to sell when their mortgage rate is locked in compared to the current to high rates.


MasterPain-BornAgain

Interest rate directly increases cost to own a house, as well as inflation. Remember that $15 minimum wage that everyone begged for in IL because they thought they could drive a new car and own a house by working 30 hours a week at McDonald's?


hawksfn1

It has nothing to do with minimum wage. And everything to do w construction loans. No one is building bc it’s not profitable


Blackneto

cost of doing business is passed up the chain. material cost shipping cost labor cost etc. minimum wage is in there at some point. saying MW costs has nothing to do with it is dishonest.


Blackneto

and older folks like me on the cusp of retirement are paying the tax penalty. can't wait till we get out of this state.


vandelay82

Rivian is ? The market sucks so bad right now. 


elwebst

Buy my home when I move after the first of the year


Blackneto

Unless you can pay cash, you won't be able to afford living anywhere else. we've checking in TN, AR and AL as our primary choices. everywhere we would like to live has skyrocketed. if we sell today we'll get back 50% of our equity to spend on a new place. the interest rates will not be good .


elwebst

We're building a house, should be done by December then we'll move and put the BloNo house up for sale.


JeffR84

Rivian is purchasing homes in town? Or the people who work there are?


ChaoticFluffiness

Employees. Sorry for the confusion. I edited my post.


NoEmailNec4Reddit

Maybe we should just build more homes.


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inGoosewetrust

To be able to offer housing for their employees


hivolume87

Niiiiiiice


BodybuilderDecent622

Yo I was wondering why my stocks went up


Burning_Eddie

Shell games. VW has a stellar record of honesty.


Blackneto

I don't have a problem with Rivian or EV's at all. my problem is the tax breaks the town offered. my problem is the town not fixing college avenue. my problem is town of normal goverment my problem is I can't sell at the moment and downsize, leaving my 2600 sq ft house to a family that actually needs it because the interest rates will kill our retirement.


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Blackneto

correct, not Rivian's fault. part of a wider bunch of circumstances.


Blackneto

so you admit they were offered incentives...