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Streets with Nooks and Crannies Are Beloved and Endangered

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Re: Streets with Nooks and Crannies Are Beloved and Endangered

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Post by Razengan »

journalctl wrote: post #36
mc32 wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On addition some narrow alleyways are a bit dangerous —they are narrow and in the event of emergency they can find themselves blocked off (when fire escapes empty to them, as they usually do).

Tokyo seems to do just fine with innumerable tiny alleys that can only accommodate humans or the occasional bicycle. It’s all about balance.

This is what's really admirable about that place: The world's largest city by some metrics, and still manages to be one of the most safest and cleanest, organically blending cutting-edge technology with ancient culture.

How?

I love all those little shrines [0], for example. It's paradise for anyone who loves exploring nooks-and-crannies.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgIj0tzO15c

Re: Streets with Nooks and Crannies Are Beloved and Endangered

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Post by WalterBright »

vkou wrote: post #126
lotsofpulp wrote: post #21

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There is now. Prepare to have your bags checked, and hotel rooms inspected at least once, if not multiple times per day. It's a ludicrous settlement, and I'd love to see an explanation from the judge(s) that let the suit(s) proceed instead of throwing it out. The whole situation in America at this point is you're liable for anything and everything that could be connected to you (and definitely if it's on your propert…

> There is now. Prepare to have your bags checked, and hotel rooms inspected at least once, if not multiple times per day. It's a ludicrous settlement, and I'd love to see an explanation from the judge(s) that let the suit(s) proceed instead of throwing it out. Because someone has to be held accountable for the tragedy, and since we can't hold politicians, or the gun manufacturers accountable for it, you find the nex…

> Because someone has to be held accountable for the tragedy, and since we can't hold politicians, or the gun manufacturers accountable for it, you find the next person in line.

What happened to holding the shooter responsible?

Re: Streets with Nooks and Crannies Are Beloved and Endangered

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Post by harryh »

mattlondon wrote: post #65
CalRobert wrote: post #57

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" think their usual rationale of being "environmentally friendly" is really wake-washing/cover for wanting to fit in more apartments that sell for £650,000-1,000,000+ each, vs parking spaces which only sell for £25,000 each." ...and? The fact that apartments cost more than homes means that the market values that area more highly for human habitation than for car habitation. Perhaps you simply can't afford to store yo…

Oh I've got no doubt that the value for humans is higher. It's just the unrealistic expectations from developers that zero people will bring a car and park on street that is absurd. Often these "luxury apartments" that they build like this actually don't have cars so they are kinda right but for the wrong reasons: these sort of apartments in London are often bought by people for speculation/money parking/laundering a…

Street parking should be illegal in the first place. Want to own a car? You should have to pay to park it somewhere.

Re: Streets with Nooks and Crannies Are Beloved and Endangered

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Post by vonseel »

ocschwar wrote: post #55
lotsofpulp wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is now. Prepare to have your bags checked, and hotel rooms inspected at least once, if not multiple times per day. It's a ludicrous settlement, and I'd love to see an explanation from the judge(s) that let the suit(s) proceed instead of throwing it out. The whole situation in America at this point is you're liable for anything and everything that could be connected to you (and definitely if it's on your propert…

Next time you check in to a hotel, notice that the little hanging sign on the door no longer has a side that says "do not disturb."

Is that true everywhere or only in high-risk places like LV?

Re: Streets with Nooks and Crannies Are Beloved and Endangered

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Post by big_chungus »

Razengan wrote: post #131
journalctl wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Tokyo seems to do just fine with innumerable tiny alleys that can only accommodate humans or the occasional bicycle. It’s all about balance.

This is what's really admirable about that place: The world's largest city by some metrics, and still manages to be one of the most safest and cleanest, organically blending cutting-edge technology with ancient culture. How? I love all those little shrines [0], for example. It's paradise for anyone who loves exploring nooks-and-crannies. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgIj0tzO15c

The Japanese gov't employs a huge number of older people to do small tasks and keep things running well. The down-side is that Japan has a staggering two-hundred-thirty-six percent debt-to-gdp ratio, which it will have massive trouble paying off with its shrinking population.

Re: Streets with Nooks and Crannies Are Beloved and Endangered

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Post by seanmcdirmid »

WalterBright wrote: post #132
vkou wrote: post #126

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> There is now. Prepare to have your bags checked, and hotel rooms inspected at least once, if not multiple times per day. It's a ludicrous settlement, and I'd love to see an explanation from the judge(s) that let the suit(s) proceed instead of throwing it out. Because someone has to be held accountable for the tragedy, and since we can't hold politicians, or the gun manufacturers accountable for it, you find the nex…

> Because someone has to be held accountable for the tragedy, and since we can't hold politicians, or the gun manufacturers accountable for it, you find the next person in line. What happened to holding the shooter responsible?

Gun owners in the USA aren’t required to carry liability insurance, so going after shooters in civil cases isn’t very productive.

Re: Streets with Nooks and Crannies Are Beloved and Endangered

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Post by seanmcdirmid »

big_chungus wrote: post #136
Razengan wrote: post #131

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is what's really admirable about that place: The world's largest city by some metrics, and still manages to be one of the most safest and cleanest, organically blending cutting-edge technology with ancient culture. How? I love all those little shrines [0], for example. It's paradise for anyone who loves exploring nooks-and-crannies. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgIj0tzO15c

The Japanese gov't employs a huge number of older people to do small tasks and keep things running well. The down-side is that Japan has a staggering two-hundred-thirty-six percent debt-to-gdp ratio, which it will have massive trouble paying off with its shrinking population.

Much of that debt is the result of infrastructure projects and a large savings demand by the population. Sure they could have done much better in investing that debt (to help with paying it off later), but it would have still been there even if they did (since the demand was there unless they pushed it out into the stock market or American treasuries).

Re: Streets with Nooks and Crannies Are Beloved and Endangered

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Post by JamesSchriver »

vkou wrote: post #126
lotsofpulp wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is now. Prepare to have your bags checked, and hotel rooms inspected at least once, if not multiple times per day. It's a ludicrous settlement, and I'd love to see an explanation from the judge(s) that let the suit(s) proceed instead of throwing it out. The whole situation in America at this point is you're liable for anything and everything that could be connected to you (and definitely if it's on your propert…

> There is now. Prepare to have your bags checked, and hotel rooms inspected at least once, if not multiple times per day. It's a ludicrous settlement, and I'd love to see an explanation from the judge(s) that let the suit(s) proceed instead of throwing it out. Because someone has to be held accountable for the tragedy, and since we can't hold politicians, or the gun manufacturers accountable for it, you find the nex…

It always amuses me when people make that utterly irrational and illogical claim that gun manufacturers are responsible for what people do with the tool/machine called a gun/weapon/arms. Even if we just ignore the deeply evil motivation to take the means for people to protect themselves away; a gun is not responsible for the actions of a perpetrator any more than the manufacturer of knives, or a baseball bat, or a car, or even a toothbrush that is turned into a shiv.

If you want to find a real entity to blame, the only culpable person beyond the perpetrator is the government, politicians, and bureaucrats that conspire and plot to deprive people their fundamental and inherent rights in direct violation of the constitution. If you take over responsibility for keeping people safe, then you are also liable for your actions, ESPECIALLY when you’re breaking the law, the most fundamental core law.

Re: Streets with Nooks and Crannies Are Beloved and Endangered

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Post by kuschku »

Mountain_Skies wrote: post #117
journalctl wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Tokyo seems to do just fine with innumerable tiny alleys that can only accommodate humans or the occasional bicycle. It’s all about balance.

Tokyo, and Japan in general, has a high degree of social trust and cohesion. That makes possible many niceties that are difficult to exist in places with lower amounts of social trust.

So get started with fixing your society?
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