• @Vespair@lemm.ee
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    364 months ago

    I mean, since the paranormal doesn’t exist unless the people in the house died due to some kind of environmental factor then the number of people who died there is completely irrelevant to the new residents, and does not in any way increase their likelihood of harm.

    Really it just lowers the rent or mortgage, an objective win for the new residents.

    • @EnderMB@lemmy.world
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      164 months ago

      It’s amazing how common this is. One of my old employers got a great discount on rent for office space in a central location because no one wanted to rent on the 13th floor.

      • @TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world
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        64 months ago

        I wonder if non-Christian people do not mind living in 13th floors. That superstition of number 13 being unlucky is mostly believed by Christians.

        • Rozaŭtuno
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          54 months ago

          13 being unlucky is mostly believed by Christians.

          More like westerns, the superstition started out in Mesopotamia.

          I wonder if non-Christian people do not mind living in 13th floors.

          Yes, but then they avoid “their” unlucky numbers. Like 4 in Japan.

        • @EnderMB@lemmy.world
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          44 months ago

          Weirdly, the boss was very Christian. I guess he valued money over his beliefs, and the superstitions of others?

        • @moistclump@lemmy.world
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          34 months ago

          In Vancouver the buildings don’t have 4th, 13th, 14th, or 24th floors. So it goes from 12th floor to 15th floor.

        • @hamburglar26@wilbo.tech
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          14 months ago

          I don’t remember what the number was, but O had a guy ask me at work for a different sandbox server because the number was unlucky in his country or something. So like Dev06 was a no go.

    • Xanthrax
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      34 months ago

      I agree. Also, they would totally market it as a ghost house on air bnb, and never sell it.

    • @Kedly@lemm.ee
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      24 months ago

      I dunno, at 22 deaths of the entire families, the supernatural doesnt exist, but SOMETHING in that house is causing deaths

      • @Vespair@lemm.ee
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        14 months ago

        Could have been rival gangs killing each other in the house for all we know.

        But I think anything of substance or concern would fall comfortably under the “environmental factors” I already made caveat for in my original comment

  • @Maggoty@lemmy.world
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    314 months ago

    Sir, I’m a millennial. It would have to be a graveyard without the house on top before I refused it.

  • Anna
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    284 months ago

    Hey you’ll be Lucky to afford such a place in this market

  • @Boingboing@lemmy.world
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    254 months ago

    I live in a house with parts built in it from 1100. The down stairs used to be a stopping off point for knights on their way to the crusades. If people haven’t died in this place i would be really surprised.

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      My much more recent building from 1860 has certainly had a number of people die in it. It’s part of the natural history of any habitat imo.

          • I’m curious on the stats. I don’t doubt the likelyhood of home v. Hospital but just the mentality being a modern shift of the hospital is where you go when you’re sick. Especially rurally it was less common (doctors did more home visits).

            • @Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
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              The hospital will discharge you, they avoid keeping beds warm for those that will soon be dead. So unless they think your going to be back very soon, they will send you with a discharge plan to go die at home when at all possible.

    • @lars@lemmy.sdf.org
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      34 months ago

      That is so so so coooooool. My place is a century old so its history is as exciting as beige bath towels.

    • @XTornado@lemmy.ml
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      I feel like that unless they were killed because of the crazy people in the neighborhood, which are still there, I don’t see the price dropping… It’s another Hollywood lie…

    • mayo_cider [he/him]
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      14 months ago

      At this point 22 murders seems like a smart budgetting decision, worst case scenario you’ll get housing for life (if you live in a civilized country)

  • @linoor@beehaw.org
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    134 months ago

    I live in Europe in a building that is almost 100 years old. I’m sure at least 22 people have died in it over the years.

  • kingthrillgore
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    84 months ago

    According to TheMovieDB there are at least 86 movies with “Amityville” in the title. This trope gets more mileage than you expect.