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Arpit Gupta @arpitrage.bsky.social · 3d

On days like this I have to concede New York City is a functioning communist government

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Arpit Gupta @arpitrage.bsky.social · 5d

A building grows in Manhattan

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Arpit Gupta @arpitrage.bsky.social · 7d

The first use of this meme?

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Arpit Gupta @arpitrage.bsky.social · 7d

Pretty solid Yap stone over here; the crypto of its day

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Arpit Gupta @arpitrage.bsky.social · 7d

Total fertility rate

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Arpit Gupta @arpitrage.bsky.social · 7d

You want sub 1 TFR? This is how you get it

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Arpit Gupta @arpitrage.bsky.social · 8d

A book on accounting for transit called “Mind the GAAP”

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Arpit Gupta @arpitrage.bsky.social · 9d

Connecticut is going to spend $1 billion on a moveable bridge to serve *one* boat that goes up and down the river.

The Army Corps of Engineers was inflexible on this issue despite the cost bloat. Should be a go to example for “marble cake federalism.”

By @zliscow.bsky.social interviewed by Ruiz

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Arpit Gupta @arpitrage.bsky.social · 9d

Museums seem to have a bit too much adjoined office space. This could just be more exhibits!

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Arpit Gupta @arpitrage.bsky.social · 16d

Absolutely, this is has been a beneficial consequence of all the remote work moves. SF is genuinely way cheaper now relative to the rest of the county

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Arpit Gupta @arpitrage.bsky.social · 16d

This is another place where the "sprawl YIMBY" vs "infill YIMBY" debates matter. More infill construction probably helps households tap into urban job markets, so maybe more stable incomes and marriages, but more suburban sprawl probably leads to more gambles on homeownership and kids

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Arpit Gupta @arpitrage.bsky.social · 16d

Funny because the Arc'teryx near me always has one of those giant inflatable rats due to some union dispute

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Arpit Gupta @arpitrage.bsky.social · 19d

Eminem's "Without Me" aged poorly in that rather than "nobody listens to techno;" everyone listens to EDM and no one lists to rap anymore

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Arpit Gupta @arpitrage.bsky.social · 23d

Great aura today in New York

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Arpit Gupta @arpitrage.bsky.social · 23d

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Arpit Gupta @arpitrage.bsky.social · 28d

NYU faculty housing has double stacked urban courtyard too

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Arpit Gupta @arpitrage.bsky.social · 28d

And here we have a double stacked building with urban courtyard design

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Arpit Gupta @arpitrage.bsky.social · Sep 7

Euripides, you-buy-a-these

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