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It's a terrible idea just because of the pounds of flesh Amazon will extract from taxpayers who will get no benefit. Nevermind the actual bullshit everyone will endure thanks to another however many tens of people trying to buy houses that don't exist
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Coldwar timewarp posted:Doesn’t having an HQ there make a lot of sense? Tons of defense companies do it for the same reason. It's more that dropping an additional 50k workers and their families in the area is going to have hilarious results for the housing market and the healthcare, transportation, and education infrastructure of the surrounding counties.
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psydude posted:It's more that dropping an additional 50k workers and their families in the area is going to have hilarious results for the housing market and the healthcare, transportation, and education infrastructure of the surrounding counties. NoVa is gonna start to resemble Mega City One from Judge Dredd.
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Nov 3, 2018 18:40
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CRUSTY MINGE posted:Part of an amazon fulfillment center collapsed during a storm last night, killing two employees. Turns out my uncle lost the roof of his house too
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Nov 3, 2018 18:45
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BigDave posted:NoVa is gonna start to resemble Mega City One from Judge Dredd. With even worse urban planning. I guess it's also important to mention that the reason it's a huge issue is that the DC area is already effectively at full employment, especially for tech jobs. Even if some contractors in Raptors with Gadsden license plates make the move to Amazon, there's still going to be a net demand.
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Nov 3, 2018 18:49
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At what point does the infrastructure for an area just out and out collapse and become unusable for anyone that can't afford a private helicopter to get to work and back, and private in-home tutors for their children? We're about to loving find out!
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Nov 3, 2018 18:58
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Tbh better than loving Toronto we can't afford higher housing prices or more traffic loving 401 is the busiest highway in North America already.
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MA-Horus posted:Tbh better than loving Toronto we can't afford higher housing prices or more traffic Hey I'm not trying to get into a traffic pissing match here, but to go ~25 miles in DC rush hour can typically take 1.5-2 hours. psydude fucked around with this message at 19:32 on Nov 3, 2018 |
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Nov 3, 2018 19:26
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I will always fondly remember trying to get home to ALEXANDRIA from DC when a truck crashed on a bridge I didn’t even have to take and turned my 10 mile hour commute into 4 hours of hell.
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psydude posted:Hey I'm not trying to get into a traffic pissing match here, but to go ~25 miles in DC rush hour can typically take 1.5-2 hours. That's 5-10 miles in Boston.
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That Works posted:That's 5-10 miles in Boston. Oh I'm not even talking about DC itself. I'm talking about the commuting area around it. e: I guess the moral of the story is that spending on infrastructure in major US metropolitan areas is so bad that what SHOULD be an economic gain in terms of tax base ends up becoming a burden. psydude fucked around with this message at 20:07 on Nov 3, 2018 |
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Nov 3, 2018 20:02
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American transportation infrastructure is dogshit from top to bottom like pretty much everywhere I've ever been. Is there any place it's not god awful?
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Milo and POTUS posted:American transportation infrastructure is dogshit from top to bottom like pretty much everywhere I've ever been. Is there any place it's not god awful? NYC? They've been complaining about the metro recently, but it's roughly on par with your average European city in terms of service and access.
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Milo and POTUS posted:American transportation infrastructure is dogshit from top to bottom like pretty much everywhere I've ever been. Is there any place it's not god awful? There are a few stretches of I-81 that are quite pleasant to drive on.
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Nov 3, 2018 20:10
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psydude posted:Hey I'm not trying to get into a traffic pissing match here, but to go ~25 miles in DC rush hour can typically take 1.5-2 hours. The 401 stretches from Windsor to Quebec City and when it crosses through Toronto expands from 4 to 16 lanes because its the main corridor for all US-Canadian shipping on the East Coast so the scale is entirely different here. But it's not even that bad to drive on outside of rush hour!
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This reminds me of when those truckers threatened to shut down the DC beltway by driving really slow and everyone around here collectively shrugged because that's the natural state of the DC beltway
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People complain about Seattle commutes a lot but personally I don't think it's nearly as bad as back home in Tampa. The infrastructure in Tampa isn't anywhere close to being able to support the amount of growth they've had over the past 20-30 years.
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Eej posted:The 401 stretches from Windsor to Quebec City and when it crosses through Toronto expands from 4 to 16 lanes because its the main corridor for all US-Canadian shipping on the East Coast so the scale is entirely different here. Only tangentially related, but I recently drove to NB for work after flying in to Bangor and it was the only time in traveling for work to over 25 different countries that I've ever been stopped and interrogated by immigration. They were very concerned that I was an illegal immigrant taking a job from a Canadian citizen or something. The irony wasn't lost on me. To be fair this has never happened at the airport in Canada, just the border crossing in the middle of nowhere.
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Nov 3, 2018 20:40
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There was a shooting yesterday in Tallahassee at a yoga studio, two women dead. Uneventful in the curren- oh gently caress, Incels again. https://twitter.com/davidmackau/status/1058803529681375233
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facialimpediment posted:There was a shooting yesterday in Tallahassee at a yoga studio, two women dead. Uneventful in the curren- oh gently caress, Incels again. Does anyone have that picture of the contemplative kid in cargo shorts wearing a fedora and sandals? Because this story merits that.
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psydude posted:Only tangentially related, but I recently drove to NB for work after flying in to Bangor and it was the only time in traveling for work to over 25 different countries that I've ever been stopped and interrogated by immigration. They were very concerned that I was an illegal immigrant taking a job from a Canadian citizen or something. The irony wasn't lost on me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyO1ILQAGsU
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My girlfriend goes to that yoga class but wasn’t there last night, thankfully. poo poo is crazy.
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quote:Another of Beierle’s 2014 videos was titled “The Rebirth of my Misogynism,” and featured him listing the names of women — from eighth grade until his time in the Army — who he said caused his “rebirth.” (Tallahassee police confirmed he had prior military service, but a Pentagon spokesperson couldn’t immediately identify the specifics of his service). Guess what guys quote:In a punk song he made called “Don’t Shame,” Beierle sang of walking into a girl’s locker room and going on “rear end-grabbing rampage of underage girls.” (The Tallahassee Democrat newspaper reported he had been arrested in 2012 and 2016 for grabbing women’s buttocks without their consent. Prosecutors eventually dropped charges in both cases.) Who could have seen this coming
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As soon as I saw that poo poo on the news last night straight away the choice of target just screamed incel. Well, that, and apparently there was a dude who ran at him, got pistol whipped for his trouble, but that was enough for him to completely bitch out and take the eternal nightcap.
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Nov 3, 2018 20:54
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psydude posted:Does anyone have that picture of the contemplative kid in cargo shorts wearing a fedora and sandals? Because this story merits that. I got you fam 
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Syrian Lannister posted:I got you fam I really don't like this Hercule Poirot reboot.
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I don’t know what makes it worse, the red tire or the unbuttoned shirt exposing the belly button
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Mustang posted:People complain about Seattle commutes a lot but personally I don't think it's nearly as bad as back home in Tampa. I went and visited family there, and they where all "Man the traffic is super super bad here! You'll want to stay off the roads during rush hour.", as an Atlanta native I was surprised I got to where I wanted to go in thirty minutes.
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Syrian Lannister posted:I don’t know what makes it worse, the red tire or the unbuttoned shirt exposing the belly button I'm the shorts that you tie instead of button
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Syrian Lannister posted:I got you fam Euphoric.
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There’s just so loving much to love in this photo.
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And in not at all surprised news https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/micheal-cohen-says-trump-made-racist-remarks-conversations-n930596 quote:Michael Cohen says Trump made racist remarks in conversations
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Syrian Lannister posted:I got you fam i am so loving glad someone saved this
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Just noticed his belly button peeking out there.
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facialimpediment posted:There was a shooting yesterday in Tallahassee at a yoga studio, two women dead. Uneventful in the curren- oh gently caress, Incels again. You know what would stop Place three or four armed Veterans in every
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Armed veterans everywhere.
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psydude posted:It's more that dropping an additional 50k workers and their families in the area is going to have hilarious results for the housing market and the healthcare, transportation, and education infrastructure of the surrounding counties. Lol, the horror of unaffordable property! You can always pocket 200k of equity and go to Pennsylvania or something. That said, glad it’s not here, for the same reasons you are upset.
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Coldwar timewarp posted:Lol, the horror of unaffordable property! You can always pocket 200k of equity and go to Pennsylvania or something. That said, glad it’s not here, for the same reasons you are upset. Yeah houses are real cheap in places where the median income is below $20k 
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Coldwar timewarp posted:Lol, the horror of unaffordable property! You can always pocket 200k of equity and go to Pennsylvania or something. That said, glad it’s not here, for the same reasons you are upset. 
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Coldwar timewarp posted:Lol, the horror of unaffordable property! You can always pocket 200k of equity and go to Pennsylvania or something. That said, glad it’s not here, for the same reasons you are upset. Are you saying someone working in the DC area should buy a house in PA and commute or that they should quit their job and move to PA and also find a new job there? Because these are both stupid but for different reasons. I need to know which one you're saying so I can correctly make fun of you.
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