Life of rich dead heiress revealed through photos of empty mansions

[Newell Steamer]

Yes, when it comes to class warfare, people complain about the poor because they have the loudest, neediest voice. It's the poor who riot, who our taxes go towards to fund lives of poverty.

So long as we rely on money to fund the poor, we will never have enough money and we'll always have too many poor. Takes a radical evolution in economics to change this dynamism in any significant way.

Out of all the money wasted, you decide to pick on the type that is spent on poor people,... OK.

I take it you've turned a blind eye towards the billions wasted on wars? As well as the subsidies paid out to corporations that are already making hundreds of millions in profits?
Your stance has nothing to do with saving wasted money - it has to do with punishing people you don't like.

 

[Zaap]

I don't understand the mentality of preserving mansions from the gilded age rather than repurposing them to help alleviate the housing problems we have throughout this country. "Should we help these people out who are down on their luck? Nah, fuck that, let's go see how the uber-rich lived 80 years ago and get raging envy boners."

I've decided to repurpose your property to alleviate poverty for someone else.

You don't like it? Tough. Its been decided. Someone else deserves it more than you do.

 

[WackyDan]

Take a look at the car, it will need restoring. It's also been sitting there since 1949.

http://www.emptymansionsbook.com/bellosguardo-automobiles-gallery

Wow, there's also a 1933 Chrysler Royal Eight convertible in the garage as well.

I disagree. There is a strong market for survivors in preserved condition. Repainting and restoring one of these would potentially bring in less at auction - especially given that they are probably all original time capsules already.

http://journalstar.com/news/local/a...cle_c9ec0e70-9bc8-5a9c-bfad-a8cdc65fa9d3.html

http://www.goodingco.com/press/good...uctions-realize-52-5-million-up-31-from-2012/

"Preservation and Limited Ownership

All original, low-mileage preservation cars with limited ownership history brought extraordinary results, sometimes doubling estimates for the best models. Examples include a 1956 Lancia Aurelia B24S Spider America that sold for $803,000 (estimate of $400,000 – $450,000), a 1965 Shelby 289 Cobra that sold for $1,320,000 (estimate of $850,000 – $1,100,000), and a 1956 Mercedes-Benz 300 Sc Cabriolet that sold for $825,000, doubling its estimate of $400,000 – $450,000. New owners of these rare, time-capsule cars are among very few in the world who can say they own cars of equal authenticity."

As well this one: http://www.autoweek.com/article/20140123/carnews01/140129899

"Rather, it was the sum received for a 1956 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing Coupe: $1,897,500. What made this result remarkable is that the car was in rough, unrestored condition inside and out, and that a restored Gullwing at the same auction brought $1,402,500. A triumph of originality over perfection in the ever-changing world of classic cars?"

I rest my case.

 

[Zaap]

We all know Jay Leno will have both those cars in his collection this time next week. (If he already doesn't.)

Its pretty cool spotting Jay tooling around town in his various exotic cars.

 

[Matt1970]

You know there would need to be no government housing if the poor and needy lived in the mansions of the rich? There is enough square footage of privately owned homes to house 1 billion people in the USA comfortably, but 1% of the population uses up close to half the square footage.

I say the poor take the riches homes, and share them with one another, so we can all live without the government handouts. There is plenty to go around, but too many are taking more than their fair share!

Huzzah!

Oh ya, a bunch of families sharing one kitchen. I can't see how that would go bad. And you got to love the people that want to seize assets of those who earned it in the name of fairness.

 

[Matt1970]

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This is the second time I have heard you make this claim. What makes you believe median incomes would be 40% larger if we somehow kept this ratio?

It's absolute nonsense and he knows it.

 

[Zaap]

Oh ya, a bunch of families sharing one kitchen. I can't see how that would go bad. And you got to love the people that want to seize assets of those who earned it in the name of fairness.

The jealous "logic"of it always makes me laugh. Mad at a 104 dead lady because " she didn't earn it!!!!!"

So lets rob her grave... because clearly some jealous busybody DID earn what she didn't?

All class envy is is musical chairs of *assumed* undeserved ownership, mated with *guaranteed* undeserved theft- dressed up as charity.

 

[Fern]

This woman seems to have had an incredibly sad life. That's a shame. That said, I do find it remarkably uncharitable to own several mansions that go unoccupied for decades while there are homeless people who could make use of that living space. Even converting them into apartments is a better use than just leaving them unoccupied. I don't understand the mentality of preserving mansions from the gilded age rather than repurposing them to help alleviate the housing problems we have throughout this country. "Should we help these people out who are down on their luck? Nah, fuck that, let's go see how the uber-rich lived 80 years ago and get raging envy boners."

I think historic properties should be maintained and enjoyed.

If you're not in to preservation then sell it and use the funds for a housing complex. Repurposing a gilded mansion to house the homeless strikes me as terribly inefficient. And it's not like the homeless are going to appreciate and maintain the individually carved pieces of black oak in the dining room etc.

The building was never designed for such a purpose and rehabbing it will likely be prohibitively expensive per homeless person assisted.

Fern

 

[momeNt]

Oh ya, a bunch of families sharing one kitchen. I can't see how that would go bad. And you got to love the people that want to seize assets of those who earned it in the name of fairness.

It actually worked fine for the Bolsheviks. Open up a history book, you might learn something.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

I think historic properties should be maintained and enjoyed.

If you're not in to preservation then sell it and use the funds for a housing complex. Repurposing a gilded mansion to house the homeless strikes me as terribly inefficient. And it's not like the homeless are going to appreciate and maintain the individually carved pieces of black oak in the dining room etc.

The building was never designed for such a purpose and rehabbing it will likely be prohibitively expensive per homeless person assisted.

Fern

I didn't just mean sticking the homeless in old mansions, but I would totally be down with that idea if they made a reality show out of it. The state of California could stick a few dozen homeless people in Hearst Castle and film it, and I guarantee the ratings would be through the roof. You put that on in primetime five nights a week, couple it with televised bum fights, and California could pay off its debt in a month.

 

[Bitek]

Seems like a complete waste of a life more than a waste of money.

104 mind numbingly boring years

 

[KK]

Whats a waste? The amount of money she paid out to maintain those properties. I agree, she didn't need to pay people to maintain them since she wasn't using them. Do you sense the sarcasm you worthless piece of shit. What jobs have you ever created? I can tell you since you are too stupid, not a single one. Sure alot of people don't create jobs, I don't fault them for that, what I fault you for is for being jealous of someone that has money that your worthless fat ass can't seem to accumulate. How many jobs have you had in the past 15 years?

 

[Matt1970]

It actually worked fine for the Bolsheviks. Open up a history book, you might learn something.

Really? The Bolsheviks were a faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in the early 1900's. In 1952, the Bolshevik party was renamed the Communist Party of Soviet Union. Ya, they did real well.

 

[brianmanahan]

you really need to get a handle on your jealousy of rich people

understatement of the century

 

[UglyCasanova]

I remembered when she died and thought it was such an interesting link to the past.

 

[MagickMan]

The village idiot starting another thread, bitching about "rich people". He's more of a waste and burden on society than she ever was. :\

 

[WilliamM2]

You know there would need to be no government housing if the poor and needy lived in the mansions of the rich? There is enough square footage of privately owned homes to house 1 billion people in the USA comfortably, but 1% of the population uses up close to half the square footage.

I say the poor take the riches homes, and share them with one another, so we can all live without the government handouts. There is plenty to go around, but too many are taking more than their fair share!

Huzzah!

Any reason they can't come live at your house? You probably have far more than you really need.

 

[Matt1970]

^^^ Absolutely not. They only want income/asset redistribution as long as it's those with more than them.

 

[dmcowen674]

Whats a waste? The amount of money she paid out to maintain those properties. I agree, she didn't need to pay people to maintain them since she wasn't using them. Do you sense the sarcasm you worthless piece of shit. What jobs have you ever created? I can tell you since you are too stupid, not a single one. Sure alot of people don't create jobs, I don't fault them for that, what I fault you for is for being jealous of someone that has money that your worthless fat ass can't seem to accumulate. How many jobs have you had in the past 15 years?

Just quoting personal attack from an anonymous Internet coward.

I've posted where I live, come here to my face.

Of course you won't.

 

[KK]

Just quoting personal attack from an anonymous Internet coward.

I've posted where I live, come here to my face.

Of course you won't.

You going to sick your hood rat neighbors on me?

 

[boomerang]

Does this Forum attracts more that its share of Commies, or do we just have a percentage that is representative of a cross-section of society?

 

[jhu]

She looked doable back in the day.

 

[MagickMan]

Just quoting personal attack from an anonymous Internet coward.

I've posted where I live, come here to my face.

Of course you won't.

Why would someone care enough to waste their time? You aren't worth it.

 

[MagickMan]

Does this Forum attracts more that its share of Commies, or do we just have a percentage that is representative of a cross-section of society?

We have a ton of angry welfare leeches, and other similar whiney bitches, with too much time on their hands. So yes, it IS completely disproportionate.

 

[justin4pack]

A lot of angry people in this thread....I thought it was very interesting.