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    Does that mean the rent is reduced? I’ll move in tomorrow! Bring in extra ghosts if it will save money!

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        Beetlejuice would understand in this economy. He’d probably help find cool extra ghosts for you.

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          Beetlejuice wouldn’t understand, he’s a used car salesman and a bad one at that. He would probably offer under the current market value though. Not even he’s that crazy. Ultimately he’s in it for the game, not the prize.

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

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    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.

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      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.

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        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.

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

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

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

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

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        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

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          Damn, I COMPLETELY overlooked the environmental caveat in your response on first read, my bad, that was essentially my point xD

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    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.

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            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).

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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.

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      Yes, from $900k down to $800k in this market. So you still can’t afford it? Shame…

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

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    Manner of death is important.

    Murder? Statistically its safer than any other house.

    Asbestosis? Run.

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    I couldn’t get into Hellraiser for this reason. Forget the demons or whatever they were, I was scared of that dirty dirty house. They didn’t even clean it before they moved in!