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A mansion hidden directly under the Bay Bridge

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Re: A mansion hidden directly under the Bay Bridge

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Post by ptudan »

r00fus wrote: post #17
iLoveOncall wrote: post #15

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Yeah Airbnb has become so outrageously expensive and is so much less convenient than a hotel that it's almost never worth it anymore, it's crazy.

It's sad because AirBnB has also similarly shrunk the "suite" class of room that we as a 5 person family need. So we're forced into using AirBnB/VRBO because hotels only offer 2+2 (and most rental sites don't let you even look for 5 person rooms). Ugh.

Just search for 4. You're almost never going to get in trouble for sleeping 2 adults and 3 kids in a hotel room for 4.

Re: A mansion hidden directly under the Bay Bridge

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Post by extr »

dmd wrote: post #33
iLoveOncall wrote: post #15

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Yeah Airbnb has become so outrageously expensive and is so much less convenient than a hotel that it's almost never worth it anymore, it's crazy.

I have the exact opposite experience -- as someone who always wants two adjoining rooms (for kids). Doing that in a hotel tends to cost as much as 3 times what an Airbnb would cost, and the airbnb is more comfortable. You just need to actually read reviews.

Yeah what I've found with Airbnb is these days you need to optimize way harder for host quality/reviews and less for your actual preference in terms of location, price, furnishings. If the place has a 4.95, you will get what you pay for. 4.5-4.8 = there many be some hiccups. < 4.5 you might as well go to Vegas and put the money on black.

Re: A mansion hidden directly under the Bay Bridge

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Post by KronisLV »

manquer wrote: post #38
onychomys wrote: post #10

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Brave blocks ads natively in their mobile browser, you should give them a shot.

Many sites are using adblocker blockers (including this one) don’t know about Brave but μblock origin fails for this site on Firefox mobile on iOS

> don’t know about Brave but μblock origin fails for this site on Firefox mobile on iOS

uBlock Origin with Firefox on the desktop seems to work for me, though there probably are a few differences between mobile and desktop.

Re: A mansion hidden directly under the Bay Bridge

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Post by culopatin »

dmd wrote: post #33
iLoveOncall wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah Airbnb has become so outrageously expensive and is so much less convenient than a hotel that it's almost never worth it anymore, it's crazy.

I have the exact opposite experience -- as someone who always wants two adjoining rooms (for kids). Doing that in a hotel tends to cost as much as 3 times what an Airbnb would cost, and the airbnb is more comfortable. You just need to actually read reviews.

Well you have a very particular scenario, but in most cases, having to clean up everything, take the trash out, doing dishes, cleaning grill, taking linens out, collecting towels and starting the washer while still getting kicked out at 10? And paying hundreds for cleaning on top of that? You can’t enjoy the last day and you’re paying for it.

Re: A mansion hidden directly under the Bay Bridge

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Post by avree »

startupsfail wrote: post #25
paxys wrote: post #24

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It takes a decade and many billions of dollars to dig a single tunnel in most cities in this country. So best of luck with your plan..

I understand that the price of a tunnel is somewhat comparable to the bridge.

"A frequently cited rule-of-thumb in transportation engineering is that tunnel construction costs two to three times as much as bridges, and that simple rule of thumb explains why there are so many more bridges than tunnels in operation today."

What gives you your understanding? Mine is from multiple sources at the top of Google for the query "price of tunnel versus price of bridge"

Re: A mansion hidden directly under the Bay Bridge

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Post by pyuser583 »

CPLX wrote: post #32
jfoutz wrote: post #9

also, interesting they had to design it not to cast a shadow on that house """ But the decision to build an architectural icon didn't end problems - it started new ones. The most bizarre was with the U.S. Navy. In 1998, it refused to let Caltrans onto Yerba Buena Island to finish its engineering work. The Navy's issue was whether the Bridge would overshadow the one-time home of Admiral Chester Nimitz, a hero of World…

San Francisco is the only place I know with this bizarre obsession that things shouldn’t be allowed to cast shadows on other things, as a general rule. It’s just strange. https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/SF-supervisors-...

That’s definitely a thing in other cities.

Re: A mansion hidden directly under the Bay Bridge

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Post by lobochrome »

eastbound wrote: post #16
startupsfail wrote: post #12

Cars really should be put underground. Electric cars going in tunnels, not gasoline cars spewing the exhaust from the top of the bridge. … The mansion’s bright white siding is turning dull and black from car exhaust. …

It puts the fun into “In 2000 we’ll have flying cars” when the whole XXth century was spent building highways and ramps that were higher and higher into the air, and the whole XXIth will be spent trying to put them underground. The real futurist landscape is a city like Lyon in France, or Amsterdam, where cars are put away and we walk or bike to work.

Hem-hem Tokyo Hem-hem
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