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Bay Area drug kingpins lured low-level dealers, promising cheap rent (2020)

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mathattack wrote: post #16
DC1350 wrote: post #15

I don’t understand how it’s even possible for the Bay Area to have non-homeless poor people.

Rent control and subsidized housing protects a few at the expense of the rest.

Do low income families rent houses in the suburban parts of the bay? I’m curious if these people are actually poor or if it’s a situation where a lot of them are accidental real estate millionaires who just don’t want to move away

Re: Bay Area drug kingpins lured low-level dealers, promising cheap rent (2020)

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quickthrowman wrote: post #50
ball_of_lint wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Who cares about parties when you can't buy food.

You can make 30-50% net margin selling weed to end users, and 10-25% selling pounds to dealers (in black market states). Your overhead is time, gas, and plastic bags. There’s plenty of money to be made with low risk (don’t sell cocaine if you don’t want to have to carry a gun)

Yep, best bet is to check your state's weed laws and stay under an amount where the penalty is not too severe. If you have no priors and get caught with less than 1-2 lbs in a lot of states, any felony possession charges will be cleared after serving a year on probation.

Whatever you are doing, make sure that you can do the time you might get and don't panic when you get raided.

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