Fizzzzle Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 I've been planning on moving to another city, but the tough part is I want 1) not cold, 2) liveable without owning a car, 3) ideally cheaper than the west coast. The depressing thing is that narrows things down to new Orleans, atlanta, and charleston. Like, that's it. In Portland, you can totally live without a car. Something like 15 people work at my restaurant, and only 4 or 5 own a car. A friend of mine lives in Houston and wants me to move there, and weirdly Houston seems to be the most car-free friendly of all the Texas cities. Austin seems to have big designs for public transit, but it's years away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 4 hours ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: Cars are a major problem in general but we live in a damned society where it's nearly impossible to easily live a low or car free life (especially with a family!) outside of the core of a few major cities and this is due to the policy choices we have made over the last century. And that these places are massively expensive is used as proof, not that they're popular and we should make more of them, but that they're for elites (which is only true insofar as the elite who actually can afford to live in these places are trying and largely have succeeded in walling off their garden through government policy, but that's not exclusive to these areas) I wasn't trying to shit on foosh for operating within the decision space society has forced him into via generations of bad decisionmaking, I was specifically responding to this: On 7/22/2021 at 8:43 AM, foosh said: It may be a while but really, we just need better EVs. This read to me like a "everything would be fine if only everyone had an EV" comment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 42 minutes ago, Jason said: I wasn't trying to shit on foosh for operating within the decision space society has forced him into via generations of bad decisionmaking, I was specifically responding to this: This read to me like a "everything would be fine if only everyone had an EV" comment. I think the problem is you thought Foosh was responding to B’s comment, but I think he was responding to the article and the issue of low relative sales of EVs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jason Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 Market Urbanism Report : A perfect summary of what's happening: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM Driving with one foot on the brake and the other pressing the gas pedal to the floor. That describes the housing market, with the Federal Reserve pumping fuel into the system while supply and affordability constraints slow things down. At the very least, this is costly; at worst, it risks serious overheating and a breakdown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzzzle Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Housing seems to trend in waves. I had a bunch of friends move into a swanky part of town last year for really affordable rates. Now I have one friend trying to move to the same area and all she can find is like $1500 for a studio. (Btw 5 years ago I was paying $1500/mo for a 2 bedroom house with a backyard and everything about 2 miles away) You just have to wait for the dip. The problem with that being when it comes to housing, you pretty much have to take what you're given We've had a TON of housing development where I live, and it tends to cycle: 1) new building, you're paying a premium, 2) a year or two later, people have all moved out, they lower the rates to get people in, 3) people bite, then they raise the rates again when their next lease is due Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 5 hours ago, Fizzzzle said: Housing seems to trend in waves. I had a bunch of friends move into a swanky part of town last year for really affordable rates. Now I have one friend trying to move to the same area and all she can find is like $1500 for a studio. (Btw 5 years ago I was paying $1500/mo for a 2 bedroom house with a backyard and everything about 2 miles away) You just have to wait for the dip. The problem with that being when it comes to housing, you pretty much have to take what you're given We've had a TON of housing development where I live, and it tends to cycle: 1) new building, you're paying a premium, 2) a year or two later, people have all moved out, they lower the rates to get people in, 3) people bite, then they raise the rates again when their next lease is due A new apartment complex where I live has studios for $1,600-1,800. I hope we see a dip soon because prices have continued to climb for the past few years. Reno's median home price hits $550,000 as inventory further tightens | Serving Northern Nevada WWW.NNBW.COM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzzzle Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 11 minutes ago, Remarkableriots said: A new apartment complex where I live has studios for $1,600-1,800. I hope we see a dip soon because prices have continued to climb for the past few years. Reno's median home price hits $550,000 as inventory further tightens | Serving Northern Nevada WWW.NNBW.COM From my experience, there's usually a dip about 2-3 years after a housing boom. Like we have 4-5 high rise buildings being built in my neighborhood right now. The last round of housing got built about 3 years ago, the price dropped for a bit, now it's gone up again. Once the new buildings get finished, maybe it will dip? Who fucking knows honestly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Just now, Fizzzzle said: From my experience, there's usually a dip about 2-3 years after a housing boom. Like we have 4-5 high rise buildings being built in my neighborhood right now. The last round of housing got built about 3 years ago, the price dropped for a bit, now it's gone up again. Once the new buildings get finished, maybe it will dip? Who fucking knows honestly About - RED REDRENO.COM They renamed the area RED. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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johnny Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 On 7/23/2021 at 8:49 PM, Jason said: my friend’s boyfriend bought a truck and he was driving and admitted he can’t see shit in front of him. these things shouldn’t even be legal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 The Moon Tricks Tesla's Full Self-Driving Feature Into Thinking It's a Yellow Light INTERESTINGENGINEERING.COM The vehicle kept attempting to slow down in response to the yellow moon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 4 minutes ago, johnny said: my friend’s boyfriend bought a truck and he was driving and admitted he can’t see shit in front of him. these things shouldn’t even be legal. There was a video going around recently where a guy in a pickup truck showed how there was entire sports car that was completely invisible to him looking forward, it was only visible using the forward camera display in the center console. And you know probably not a good idea to make forward visibility dependent on a display that requires taking your eyes off the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 And also SUVs are just as bad as pickups in this regard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzzzle Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 Is there an argument for not having SUVs be rear engine? I don't see why not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 12 minutes ago, Fizzzzle said: Is there an argument for not having big vehicles be cab over? I don't see why not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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b_m_b_m_b_m Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 these people don't actually care about the environment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 51 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: these people don't actually care about the environment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jason Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 I had a NIMBY give me wholehearted agreement after posting this in response to something tonight: Quote I think we as citizens need to make a few things clear. The first is, we aren’t Madison. We aren’t Boulder. We aren’t Terre Haute. So when I hear a member of the council saying, “Well, Waukesha made a few small but substantive changes in such-and-such an area and the results have been very promising empirically,” what that council member fails to understand is that we aren’t Waukesha. We aren’t Tacoma. We aren’t Amherst. We aren’t Portland, Maine. Are we Scottsdale? No, we are not. And so all this so-called “evidence” about how policies have worked in other towns simply does not apply to us. No evidence applies to us. Our town exists in a fog of mystery and enigmatic strangeness, and nothing that happens outside city boundaries should have any bearing on how we govern or exist. He responded: Quote True. The entire Los Angeles Basin is a very unique place. There is nothing like it anywhere else. It was of course just a copy-paste from this: Every NIMBY’s Speech At a Public Hearing WWW.MCSWEENEYS.NET Our 14th most-read article of 2019 (Originally published June 13, 2019) - - -Friends, neighbors, it’s good to see all of you. I know you, you kno... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted July 27, 2021 Author Share Posted July 27, 2021 2 hours ago, Jason said: Visiting Florence is such an eye-opening experience, for so many reasons. We don't have to live the way we do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Easy solution: Drivers in trucks have to fold laying down into the front like Batman in Dark Knight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 23 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 You love to see it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Jersey City stays undefeated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimpleG Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 20 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: You love to see it Will it be affordable though? Most of the new apartments in my area priced to damn high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 21 minutes ago, SimpleG said: Will it be affordable though? Most of the new apartments in my area priced to damn high. 1. 0 parking will help with the costs. 2. You get affordable housing by building tons of new housing, just like you get cheap used cars by making lots of cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 22 minutes ago, SimpleG said: Will it be affordable though? Most of the new apartments in my area priced to damn high. Quote The properties fall within the Journal Square 2060 Redevelopment Plan and none of them include any affordable housing or parking components. Renderings Revealed for 27-Story Tower at Jersey City’s 26-28 Van Reipen Avenue | Jersey Digs JERSEYDIGS.COM Three high rises are set to rise inside a quiet residential area near Jersey City's Journal Square and look of the second tower has now been unveiled. not great to not have affordable options given the regional housing crunch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 1 minute ago, Jason said: 1. 0 parking will help with the costs. 2. You get affordable housing by building tons of new housing, just like you get cheap used cars by making lots of cars. JC can only do so much when it comes to building sufficient housing, NYC has to liberalize it's zoning too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uaarkson Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 There are vast swaths of the outer boroughs of NYC where it is practically impossible to build new housing. Turns out SFH zoning sucks ass no matter how tightly packed the homes are. The outer portions of San Francisco are even worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 More Development Would Ruin Our Neighborhood’s Character and That Character is Systemic Racism WWW.MCSWEENEYS.NET When I heard our town was considering legalizing (gulp) duplex apartments to allow more housing, I was devastated. I’m not against people having ho... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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