FitchburgLine
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You grew up in PHL suburbs right? I’m kinda skeptical this was true, idk norms about sharing “dad has a shotgun at home”
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Meanwhile hatewatching latest NJB video "the US and Canada basically looks the same"
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Obviously much nicer than any US equivalent but ~everyone is gonna drive to the Jumbo for shopping right?
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Really? I think this is the ~only calming measure with wide adoption b/c moar parking
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Funny that sunbelt sprawl is dragging the US up!
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Would also make the airline industry more competitive
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It removes the mental tax of having to stay on top of this stupid optimization game
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It is odd that debit+cash is extremely rare relative to just cash or everything
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"A Lao wealth tax will hurt rich people who live in Laos" isn't saying Laos residents are rich, no
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The post doesn't say this?
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Distorting the bus/subway mode choice is one of the good arguments?
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trajectory of transit vs housing advocacy is very depressing
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There is absolutely zero chance any US agency will move to “you cannot legally ride [rail transit] without an app or pass”, and it’s a third order cost
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Need someone to sell connections on the other end with Asiana gone tho
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Ofc but connecting in ZRH/FRA >> LHR
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This is underrated benefit of *A, overwater segment is longer
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Yeah that's my guess, people are treating "market rate" as "not public housing" (and maybe giving rent/person instead of per unit??)
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[email protected] can we have the "what is NYC median rent" discussion here with the NYC Housing Knower community? I admit to basically not believing these numbers
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For whatever reason the only group of Not Cop public employees brave enough to confront people are mainline rail conductors, I've seen this on the T where there is 0 chance bus/subway operators would ever do anything
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"Go back to India" x1000 under every Indian center right person is not Bernie Bros. Tech worker views haven't shifted as much, yeah
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I've seen 10x more twitter hate content about H1B than border recently (in response to crossings going to ~0 so not a the best issue anymore)
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Polls well vs polls well after RW media focus on that aspect of the system are different, so notable that anti-immigrant ppl in the US *never* focus on this
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Checking off my perennial transit twitter arguments bingo card rn
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Sincerely asking, why doesn't anywhere in Asia (esp for HSR)