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Is it really extraordinary or unbelievable? Easier access to infrastructure which is quiet and environmentally friendly should reasonably not decrease property values? I would definitely be more interested in a property with bike infrastructure, although that is just one tiny sample with no control variables:)
Also brings more foot traffic and possibility for crimes of opportunity and lowers the barrier to trespassing
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Crazy. Suspended due to "the potential to bring drugs and homeless people to Kauaʻi".
This is a perennial favorite of transportation NIMBYs. Where I live extending the light rail the last little bit over the river to Washington state is a no brainer, but it's been paralyzed by decades of opposition from suburbanites in Vancouver Wa. My friend's dad is/was one of the key activists. He'd stand in planning meetings and no joke scream about how "criminals" were gonna ride the train up, break into someone'…
Malls with train access tend to bring a lot of kids strutting around flexing (as kids are expected to do). This has side effects of petty larceny and shootings. All of the mall shootings are groups of these kids that have beef with each other. It's mostly harmless to shoppers but there's always a chance you could get caught in crossfire or become the target of a malicious youth prank.
It's just your typical youth angst but you can avoid it simply by going to a mall without train access.
The question comes down to whether train access brings more benefits than drawbacks. When talking to anti-trainers you have to address this issue. You can't just hand wave it away as they're perfectly fine with the car status quo.
However, I'm sure most people will ignore everything in this comment and just shout "gun control".
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This isn’t uncommon in suburbs. Some people care more about preventing easy access to their community than they do about having easy access to other communities.
So it would make their community more accessible to everyone, including criminals?
There is some validity to the idea that preventing mass transit insulates a community from a certain type of change but it comes with major costs.
What are the operating limits in terms of weather? At only 10m above the surface, I assume bad things could happen in stormy conditions! I'm guessing these will be best suited to sheltered areas and fair-weather tourist operations?
As a sailor I hope these dont take off. It'll put a lot of the water off limits to boaters. Which would really suck.
Rule 18 (f)
(i): A WIG craft shall, when taking off, landing and in flight near the surface, keep well clear of all other vessels and avoid impeding their navigation;
(ii): A WIG craft operating on the water surface shall comply with the Rules of this Part as a power-driven vessel.
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Heh, I was just trying to picture Some Puerto Rican Guy on a bike, cycling into rich white neighbourhoods. https://southpark.fandom.com/wiki/Some_Puerto_Rican_Guy The only criminals on a bike that I'm aware of are bicycle thieves.
How does that work? You steal a bike and ride both home? Wouldn't a van or being on foot be the better approach to stealing bikes?
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This is a perennial favorite of transportation NIMBYs. Where I live extending the light rail the last little bit over the river to Washington state is a no brainer, but it's been paralyzed by decades of opposition from suburbanites in Vancouver Wa. My friend's dad is/was one of the key activists. He'd stand in planning meetings and no joke scream about how "criminals" were gonna ride the train up, break into someone'…
In my city you can definitely tell a difference in the demographics that frequent places that have train access vs those without. The malls for example: Malls with train access tend to bring a lot of kids strutting around flexing (as kids are expected to do). This has side effects of petty larceny and shootings. All of the mall shootings are groups of these kids that have beef with each other. It's mostly harmless to…
As an outsider (from an European country): I don't think train access is the cause here :O
It's like saying "We should seed rain clouds because nice sunny weather correlates with mall shootings as nobody wants to go out in a storm". I mean, yes, the facts check out (sunny weather = more shootings than during a storm. I guess?) but the "solution" (don't provide public transportation / seed rain clouds) is.. ugh..
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Is it really extraordinary or unbelievable? Easier access to infrastructure which is quiet and environmentally friendly should reasonably not decrease property values? I would definitely be more interested in a property with bike infrastructure, although that is just one tiny sample with no control variables:)
> Is it really extraordinary or unbelievable? Easier access to infrastructure which is quiet and environmentally friendly should reasonably not decrease property values? Well, yes, when you're talking about residential areas. Home owners don't want a wall of strangers around their home all the time - it makes it difficult to spot the ones with ill-intent. I mean, if that wasn't true, homes in gated communities wouldn…
The majority of people do not live in gated communities and even gated communities have access routes outside the gates.
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As someone who carries a 20 cm metal rod through airport security every time and has not seen a single warning light ever popping up because of that, it is quite difficult for me to understand how the airport security is supposed to add safety against anyone who is willing to spend any time working around it - and who is motivated. (For the curious, there is a titanium plate in my body due to an accident)
Why would a plate in your body set off a warning light? It's not a security risk.
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This is a perennial favorite of transportation NIMBYs. Where I live extending the light rail the last little bit over the river to Washington state is a no brainer, but it's been paralyzed by decades of opposition from suburbanites in Vancouver Wa. My friend's dad is/was one of the key activists. He'd stand in planning meetings and no joke scream about how "criminals" were gonna ride the train up, break into someone'…
In my city you can definitely tell a difference in the demographics that frequent places that have train access vs those without. The malls for example: Malls with train access tend to bring a lot of kids strutting around flexing (as kids are expected to do). This has side effects of petty larceny and shootings. All of the mall shootings are groups of these kids that have beef with each other. It's mostly harmless to…
Which is to say, there may be a _reason_ people bring up gun control. As you say "You can't just hand wave it away".
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Sold any for the San Francisco Bay Area yet? Half Moon Bay would definitely benefit from hosting some of these.
Where would you go from HMB on one of these? It's not like they would let it rip at 180mph under the Golden Gate Bridge.