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Post by helen___keller »

ghc wrote: post #143
baby wrote: post #117

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I don’t think you received great answers besides New York. I myself am trying to move from SF to New York. The reality is that in the US New York is the only city that seems livable if you are not a car. Chicago is the only one I can think of that’s dense and has life as a pedestrian, but the winter there is intense. It’s too bad because real estate is cheap there.

You definitely don't need (or want) a car in Boston. Boston is extremely pedestrian friendly and correspondingly hostile to cars. 95% of the people who complain about getting around here are commuters from outside the city.

Unfortunately this isn’t true in all of greater Boston or even within the whole metro core. If you live in Watertown, Quincy, Waltham, Newton, etc etc you are going to have a very different experience

My main complaint with Boston is that even if you’re happy with just the walkable city center, it’s still tough commuting if you can’t walk/bike and you aren’t going to/from downtown Boston.

For example if someone in Somerville takes a job in Boston Landing they’re looking at a multiple seat commute over an hour most likely, to effectively travel maybe 5-10 miles. Driving still ends up winning.

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Post by CapstanRoller »

dffdsa432 wrote: post #162
Tiktaalik wrote: post #116

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The thing is that personal politics don't end up being a personal thing because they result in real policies that guide real material outcomes. At this point saying one is uninterested in living in a red state could be about party politics, but it also could just as much about not being inclined to subject onesself to starkly higher risks of being shot and killed (the outcome of someone's personal politics). eg. http…

This is such a propaganda piece. NYC has a per capita murder rate of 5.5 according to its latest report. There were 40 states with a lower murder rate [1]. The highest murder rates are all in blue cities [2] 1- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearm_death_rates_in_the_Uni... 2- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_b...

Except we're not talking about overall murder rate, but rather about violence (both individual and systemic) specifically targeted at gender, sexual, and racial minorities.

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Post by 908B64B197 »

wootland wrote: post #12

> “I strongly believe the office experience should be at the same level as luxury residential and hospitality,” Shvo previously told The Chronicle. “In the last two years, we’ve made our homes into our offices, now it’s time to make our offices feel like our homes.” Private bathrooms for every employee? No commute? The office can never "feel like my home", my home doesn't have my co-workers in it. It's an environment…

I remember touring Apple Park not long after it was opened and thinking that it made everyone else's offices look so... dated.

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Post by hotpotamus »

calgarymicro wrote: post #74
eatbitseveryday wrote: post #30

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Living in big cities within "red" states is not like living in the state itself outside the city, other than you are all affected by the same state laws (unless the latter is the main concern). Atlanta GA, Austin TX, etc. are all "blue in a sea of red" as they say. Lived in the former myself for many years. Yes you're affected by state laws, but most of the folks in large cities are going to be less like the stereoty…

Unfortunately, this is becoming less and less true as GOP-run states strip autonomy from cities and steadily increase state control over them. Take Texas as an example,[0] where they've banned cities from -enacting paid sick leave -enacting mandatory heat and water breaks for manual labor jobs -modifying their police budgets -restricting fracking within city limits -restricting greenhouse gas-intense products Among o…

Wow - apparently a 10 minute cooling break every 4 hours is too much to ask.

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Post by warning26 »

bubblethink wrote: post #48
warning26 wrote: post #22

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Exactly; the tech companies in SF didn't have the backbone to require RTO like the finance firms in NYC did. The cities' respective recoveries show that the finance firms made the right call.

Right call for whom ? What's it got to do with backbone if it is just not in anyone (except landlords') interest to mandate RTO ?

I'd argue that people having to leave their house every day is better for society as a whole, even if it feels a bit inconvenient.

Having everyone lock themselves inside and exclusively interact via video chat is not a good thing, IMO.

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Post by hotpotamus »

Xeoncross wrote: post #63
no_wizard wrote: post #52

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I share one thought about this, which is I don't want my tax dollars supporting red state policies, in essence, and I wonder if OP feels the same way

There are several red states with no state income tax. Texas and Florida for example, so I assume you're talking about property taxes and taxes on items like gas or food?

I like to think of property tax as a wealth tax for the middle class. My understanding is that the per capita taxes of those states aren't really much different from others, but they're structured more regressively.

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Post by rajin444 »

CapstanRoller wrote: post #187
bombcar wrote: post #144

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Mass shootings are technically any that have a victim count over a certain number and the vast majority of those are committed by criminals with cheap weapons. Guns are not expensive, they're way cheaper than a car. The Hipoint C9 retails new for $199. If you can afford a mobile phone (read: almost everyone in the USA) you can afford multiple guns.

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Post by mattcaldwell »

bityard wrote: post #78
SeanAnderson wrote: post #8

I live in SF and spend a fair amount of time thinking about its poor 5-year economic outlook. It's not great, but I am curious how it compares to other metros? If I were to move from SF, wanted to live in a metro area, and was uncomfortable living in a very red state - where should I consider? Where is thriving? I have a good amount of friends in Portland, but Portland is adjacent SF in terms of poor economic recover…

Personal politics, IMO, is not a good reason to avoid living in certain areas. I'm a liberal-leaning moderate but many of my favorite people (friends and family) are conservative, and many of my hobbies tend to be populated mainly by the conservative demographic. You'll always find people here and there who won't give you the time of day if you're not on Team Blue or Team Red, but my take on it is, if I can't make fr…

Is it not a good reason to avoid living in red states if your rights are being taken away? I'd love to keep living in my blue city in the south, but I'd also love to keep getting the health care I need.

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Post by mattcaldwell »

slg wrote: post #127
justinzollars wrote: post #121

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This is a very preachy church lady like response.

Maybe, but is anything I said inaccurate? Try telling a trans person that the local political environment shouldn't impact their decision on where to live. Your best case scenario is an eye roll. Only certain people are given the freedom to ignore politics.

Trans woman here, can confirm eye roll.

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Post by mattcaldwell »

baby wrote: post #117
SeanAnderson wrote: post #8

I live in SF and spend a fair amount of time thinking about its poor 5-year economic outlook. It's not great, but I am curious how it compares to other metros? If I were to move from SF, wanted to live in a metro area, and was uncomfortable living in a very red state - where should I consider? Where is thriving? I have a good amount of friends in Portland, but Portland is adjacent SF in terms of poor economic recover…

I don’t think you received great answers besides New York. I myself am trying to move from SF to New York. The reality is that in the US New York is the only city that seems livable if you are not a car. Chicago is the only one I can think of that’s dense and has life as a pedestrian, but the winter there is intense. It’s too bad because real estate is cheap there.

Zero need for a car in most of DC, NOVA, and MD inside the beltway.
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