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If you can, you should visit Redwood National Park.

While I was in university I was working on this (now abandoned) project https://flyingcarz.io/ which tracks changes in used car prices. Talking about this project helped me get an …

exactly. vaccines weren't exactly a prescription drug but without taking them you were basically a second class citizen

Businesses understand their clientele. In a free market, businesses like Gucci might elect to go cashless, while grocery stores, gas stations, and local government will continue to…

Businesses understand their clientele. Some businesses cater to clientele on the lower end of the economic spectrum while other businesses are on the opposite end. Businesses that …

If a high end retailer like Gucci decided to stop accepting cash, who exactly would that harm?

Nothing about a business dealing with cash is free. From security, transport, accounting, etc. There are costs involved in dealing with both forms of payments.

If the state can compel businesses into taking cash, the state can compel businesses into accepting cards. For the record I don't support either and believe it's up to every busine…

I would rather Walmart and Home Depot be forced to accept mobile payments than this. (But I don't really support either case)

Ridiculous. Why not also then force cash only businesses into taking card and mobile payments also?

Arguably the housing supply shortage is a better problem to have than a population shortage problem ie Japan. The supply shortage can be amended with construction. The population s…

Unfortunately, MUNI is not grade separated and the Muni trains do have to interface with traffic. Still easier than cars but similar challenges. And unlike the private industry in …

I think the best way to do that is installing better fare gates that prevent fare evasion. Seems reasonable to believe anti-social people on BART causing trouble are fare evaders a…

Not saying it applies to everyone. I'm sure they matter to some. But i'd also bet there are many people that would launch their own start up or work for one if housing costs were l…

There are benefits from economies of agglomeration that are lost when relocating to distant areas for affordability which is the main reason the midwest or other parts of the count…

Or someone/some company/government should look into building a new city somewhere in America. Avoid the NIMBYs entirely. Kind of like what Culdesac Tempe is doing but bigger. Maybe…

BART is struggling to fund it's operations currently as ridership is down significantly from per-pandemic. Bart is already constructing a 5 mile extension into downtown San Jose an…

The public transit needs more ridership. Hasn't recovered as well as other cities from pre-2020 and is very low currently. Ridership would increase with transit oriented developmen…

The population would absolutely be higher and the economy would be better. More startups and more people willing to work for startups since housing costs are less of a burden.

Those people are delusional. They should see how the doom loop worked out for detroit.

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