Strangelet Wave posted:

man keep your phone in your pocket, watch the light turn green, and you’re the fukkin’ kwizatz haderach compared to everyone else on the gd road

Vim Fuego posted:

How it all started: I work in a large tech company in Silicon Valley so luckily my worksite provides food, gym and a shower. The biggest drawback was my commute and gas. I remember my first month spending $500 on gas alone on top of over 40 hours of commuting for that month. So I decided to take my money and the time I could have spent sleeping back. A year later here I am. I thank car camping for enabling me to save on resources and for being that first step of developing a minimalist mindset.



I park near my worksite from Sunday evening to Thursday followed by going home Fridays and typically fill up 2-3 times a month. Some weekends I won’t even go home but rather spend that time exploring places within distance due to saving on fuel/wear and tear. I’ve also gotten to a point where I know where I will park that night. Residential areas, in-door parking lots and with a little common sense, down the street from my work site. I know this is only temporary but I am truly appreciative for these lessons.



The biggest thing is just making it work for you. If you don’t have the same luxury as I do, dedicate some planning to ensure things like the laundromat, gym, and food situation is within close proximity. (To save the most money and make things convenient) Reset your interior and keep things sectioned off. Also prepare for each season weather-wise as well as a solution for mosquitos/bugs slipping through your cracked windows. (I learned the hard way one time) As for me, I will continue doing this for as long as I can. Feel free to ask any questions!

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:

Brookline is a loving nightmare because the main drag through the neighborhood’s business district is a four lane road where people do 35+ routinely. It’s a walkable street where you absolutely should feel fine with letting your kids do their thing but the city widened the road and now everyone drives like a maniac there

Also Brookline is absolutely not well off

AreWeDrunkYet posted:

All hail the bollard, the only guaranteed way to stop a car.

Sphyre posted:

Weka posted:

Internet tells me $67k median household income

Weka posted:

I didn't say that idiot. I said they should not allow their child to endanger themselves. Do you think it's all good for 8 year olds to cycle around the area at dusk?
Slightly below median income in a rich country is well off.

www.cbsnews.com posted:

BROOKLINE (CBS) -- Single and looking for love?

One magazine says there's no better place to be than Brookline, Massachusetts -– if you can afford it.

The town has been ranked No. 1 by Money magazine in a list of best places to be rich and single.

Forty-four percent of those living in Brookline are unattached, and they're likely making good money, too. About one in five households earns more than $200,000 a year, compared to less than 5 percent across the country, Money reports.

Brookline is also one of the most well-educated communities, with more than half of residents holding a master's or professional degree, and 77 percent working in management, science or creative fields, according to Money.

The magazine cited Coolidge Corner as a hot spot for singles.

"When you put all these things together, it makes Brookline No. 1 on Money's list of best places to be rich and single," the magazine said.

It's a much more coveted list than the one Brookline landed on a few months ago when a real estate website dubbed it No. 3 among "snobbiest" small cities in America.

Weka posted:

I didn't say that idiot. I said they should not allow their child to endanger themselves. Do you think it's all good for 8 year olds to cycle around the area at dusk?
Slightly below median income in a rich country is well off.

Sphyre posted:

Fitzy Fitz posted:

I don't understand why he still maintains a home that he barely visits.

Weka posted:

Do you think it's all good for 8 year olds to cycle around the area at dusk?

mawarannahr posted:

ngl it sounds low key tony fr
Brookline Named Best Place To Be Rich And Single

Gunshow Poophole posted:

40 hours a month commuting is like 40 minutes each way five days a week?

That's basically average?? lol

lobster shirt posted:

no the average is less than 30 minutes one way

Pepe Silvia Browne posted:

40 minutes each way would still only be about 30 hours a week anyway

Second Hand Meat Mouth posted:

I don't think that's correct

Precambrian Video Games posted:

... how are you supposed to make your car payments only working 5 days a week?

Second Hand Meat Mouth posted:

https://twitter.com/komakuga/status/1762105746643112441

mawarannahr posted:

ngl it sounds low key tony fr
Brookline Named Best Place To Be Rich And Single

Second Hand Meat Mouth posted:

lolling at the comments in this op thread

https://twitter.com/means_over/status/1762569017813074210

Sphyre posted:

Rochallor posted:

If you want to help the working class, allowing them to take pictures of people parked illegally and giving them a cut of the ticket sounds like a great idea.

Xaris posted:

do people use park-and-rides anymore?

Jonny 290 posted:

there's one a block from my house that i can use free if i 'ride transit', and since they don't check passes any more, if it's gonna hail i park my miata in there for the day, buy a $3 one way pass at the rail side, then walk home. that way i have as much proof as i can get that i rode the train that day

e: theres 880 spots and its never more than 3-5% full. i sleep fine at nite

HashtagGirlboss posted:

Some real “I’m glad the alligator ate that toddler” vibes itt rn

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:

......yes? Do you think children should be kept under lock and key after 4 PM, idiot?

Wrong Brookline

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:

......yes? Do you think children should be kept under lock and key after 4 PM, idiot?

Wrong Brookline

Weka posted:

So what is to stop them getting run over again, given everything that gets discussed in this thread? I just think 8 is a little young to be cycling around unsupervised.