In Boston, the biggest thing they did to get people to take the subway to events is to run more trains.
Red Sox games are still a disaster where there are never enough trains, the station won’t let enough people in, the sidewalks are too narrow. It almost makes you try driving
Consider being an electrician: you’d be shocked
Maybe a better approach is to find out what seems attractive in that type of life. You may be able to find it still somewhat near what you’re used to. Massachusetts still has plenty of small towns, lower cost areas, and rural areas, as do the rest of New England. But you’ll still be near whatever friends and family, medical care, transportation, be able to go into Boston if you want, progressive politics, etc
Worst case scenario, the Adirondacks have plenty of cheap low priced places to live. It’s remote but not that remote nor that as jarring a change
I also took care of my own college costs, but I can see how cost growth has far exceeded the general inflation rate and federal aid has been shrinking, to put that out of reach.
Also I benefited from a significant scholarship from my Dad’s employer, and that kind of thing just doesn’t exist anymore. There aren’t any for my kids to reach for
Also genx and I’ll “plant that tree that I’ll never see the shade of”. After having kids, I’m much more interested in long term livability and quality of life issues than when I had a shorter term outlook.
I did hesitate with college though - my younger one got into an expensive private school but at my age and economic situation I just can’t see adding more debt. They’ll have to be satisfied with public universities or deal with their own debt
I’m in the same boat. I’m here because I want to discuss things related to transit, walkability, better quality of life, renewable energy and new technology: there’s so much we can do to improve people’s lives while also being easier on the planet and cost less.
I’m not frustrated by cars, but more that cars are the only goal. From my experiences the best we can hope for in most places is less need of personal cars. It even gives us a continuing goal: however car dependent we are now, how can we be less so?
This tends to come out in discussions, for example, on parking minimums. While I agree we need to waste less real estate on parking, home and park-n-rides are different. The reality is people in the US are not giving up their cars any time soon. Let them keep them at home while giving them better options. Let them drive to transit while we improve the transit network.
I mean yeah, I didn’t claim this action was morally or even strategically acceptable, just that it seems consistent with the way past administrations have used the same power.
This is exactly the use case for not allowing cops to actively help ICE. Not only are there jurisdictional issues, but now you’re discouraging people from calling help when they need it
Similar for drivers licenses. If you get into an accident, do you prefer the other driver to be licensed and insured, and take responsibility, or do you want them uninsured and hit and run?
And SNAP. Please tell me no state requires immigration status, forcing people to starve their kids
I saw online a cool idea for “pinwheel burgers” and wanted to make them for my kids.
Luckily I had sufficient backup but after anticipating a new variation of burger and a new variation of Cole slaw, we had dinner two hours late, plain burgers, no veggies
I hope that’s true, but there’s no real evidence in the news. While it’s amazing and inspirational how many people stood up to protest, that doesn’t imply any political conversions. In fact it could indicate further divisiveness
And that’s kind of a problem. As far as I see, this use of the war powers act is entirely consistent with previous uses. Trumps not wrong for once.
Maybe the part about not bothering to inform Congress because “they’ll see it in the news”.
Our outrage seems to be mainly that he chose poorly, or maybe even that we haven’t been conditioned to agree with it. Iran has been pursuing nuclear weapons for years(decades?) and I certainly agree the world becomes a more dangerous, unstable place as more countries obtain nuclear weapons. Sanctions haven’t been working, but you combine this with Israel’s assassinations and it should be effective at stopping their program.
Of course I don’t know that anyone tried negotiating from a point of respect for their sovereignty nor was this in response to hostilities against our Interests or any urgent threat (that we’re aware of). You can’t just bomb people you disagree with, but this really seems consistent with previous administrations and the only difference is the propaganda war to manipulate support
Yeah, but you need to take it a step further …… becoming a developed country far bigger and far faster than any country in history. While they still have a long way to go and ignoring their political system, their achievement is amazing
Yeah, I would think
But he also has a personal 747, all that meme coin, huge profit on sneakers, etc
And don’t forget the superPAC money covering legal and other personal expenses
He’s always been able to afford good enough lawyers to delay any proceedings for years, and he can’t have very many left. Given his open grift and straightforward bribes, monetizing the office, I image he’s finally the billionaire he always claimed to be, so he can afford it
Fantastic! But we need more granularity. What year within that 18-64 range is the crossover where odds turn into our favor! If I’m going to die early, at least I may finally get the advantage before I ho
The problem is the propaganda. Yes it’s obviously a tax break for the wealthy. However that may be fine according to the propaganda that “it’s to support small businesses, which are the job creators of our economy”. If I believed that, I might support this giveaway to the wealth, so it’s important to not just prove this is a break for the wealthy but that the purported benefit is just not there.
I guess this is somewhat analogous to “trickle down” economics in general where it may be worth it if the claimed benefits were there. However we have huge amounts of proof that’s it’s not the kind of trickling that we want on us
It seems like at least one city ….
While I don’t disagree in general, if we are focusing on lung cancer this is not the right list.
Cows and other ruminants are huge contributors to global warming with methane emissions but not so much lung cancer causing particulates
Where I live, a baseball game should end technically early enough, but
I actually have tickets for an upcoming 7pm game. I expect it to be done by around 11pm, but there’s no commuter train that late. The ballpark is on a tram line which doesn’t go anywhere I need to go, so I need too get to that transfer before it shuts down. In the ideal case it may take 45 minutes to get from the ballpark to a park and ride, but given the amount of time to get on a train, the shut down is uncomfortably close