Better yet, DON'T resign, unionize and make sure the company gets nothing done if they're doing something unethical. Active obstruction is better than passive non-association.
You'd be wrong, though... you can easily buy a 2-bedroom apartment on that kind of income or even a house in parts of Queens. Jamaica, Briarwood, etc, etc.
Carpool/bus = still dependent on a vehicle, and not getting the exercise/independence that they'd get from making their own way to/from school. The opportunity and flexibility created by a public transit system are great -- many HS kids actually can get to things like after-school research jobs at universities, tech firms, or hospitals without a car.
Similar parks? I'll raise you South Mountain Reservation in NJ, within the 20-mile radius of which you speak. Also, Palisades Park goes up the Hudson directly across from NYC along the NY/NJ state line. A little further up north is Bear Mountain Park...
Same as with tobacco smoke, you have remedies in civil court and landlord-tenant court. Or with the co-op/condo board if you happen to own your apartment. It can even be legal and still be a nuisance under civil law.
I liked NYC in the 90s before Rudy fucked it up, to be honest. Cheaper cost of living, clubs open late, you could walk from one train car to another if someone was being an ass without risking having an NYPD swine give you a fine.
Not needing a car is a HUGE increase in independence for YOUR KIDS, who can't drive, though. They can walk themselves to school after age 10 or so, take public transit to/from high school and after-school events.
Fair point about limitations of public transit in the US: also one of the reasons why I'd probably want to live somewhere outside the US if not in NYC.
As far as parkland, if you're talking about a 10-15 miles radius of NYC, we probably do have 16,000 acres of parkland. NYC isn't only Manhattan, and parks aren't only Central Park...
You complain about DeBlasio, but he did one good thing: rein in the power of the NYPD somewhat. Accepting the consent decree on ending stop and frisk was a good first step. Scaling back marijuana enforcement and quality-of-life enforcement were good second steps. Bloomberg and Giuliani were authoritarian pieces of shit -- it's really a shame that Rudy wasn't in his emergency HQ in WTC when 9/11 hit.
The subway exists and covers extensive parts of the city. Which is more that can be said for most American sprawled-out excuses for cities.
But yes, NYC would be a better place without upstate hayseeds from Albany controlling its purse strings. NY state should really be split in two, with anything below Poughkeepsie and east of the Hudson being its own state.
NYC is planning to close the Riker's Island prison. Close it, sell it to Amazon, make it HQ2. It already has housing pre-built and a fence to keep the techbros from wandering into the water. What's not to like?
You get a lot for your taxes in NYC though. Functional public transit system, at least compared to other US cities. You can live without a car, or at least with one car per family. Cheap to free public university education for your kids. Surprisingly good public schools for a large US city (yes, there are exceptions that are awful, but remember that NYC is more populated than many US states). Access to cultural venues that's often heavily discounted for local residents.
VRE isn't even close to being over capacity. The freight railroads are just being obstructionist. They should be given a choice (a) take money to allow more commuter/passenger trains or (b) have their tracks taken via eminent domain.
NYC has its advantages... (a) culture, theater, etc (b) public university is cheap, like cheaper than the UC system and great. Many of the CUNY schools have affiliations with research institutions, so it's easy for undergrads to do research (c) you can walk or take public transit most places. Your kids can be independent, not dependent on a car or having someone to pick them up (d) a lot of really interesting people -- diversity is a good thing.
If you had proof you weren't in Iowa, you should have filed a complaint with your state's department of bank regulation if your bank didn't fix the issue.
Their nudging everyone to use iClown vs local storage and/or local backup. Apple are as bad as Google, MS, or Amazon in their cloudpushing scumbaggery.
My hardware, should be my fucking choice, asshole. Also, authorized service isn't always an option -- in certain countries (St. Lucia, for example) the nearest Apple authorized service center is literally a flight or boat ride away to another country.
And your idea is paternalistic crap designed for the lowest common denominator. We shouldn't allow installation of software not "blessed" by Apple, M$, or Scroogle either, because it "might" create an attack surface. Shove everyone into a walled garden, no room for imagination or deviation from what Big Papa Corp wants for their users. Yes!
What about tower location records? The phone may be wiped, but it was still on the network (presumably) when during the time the attempted murder happened.
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"Bullying" isn't "refusing to follow unethical orders blindly" or "asking for reasonable pay." The first is a human duty, the second is a human need,
Better yet, DON'T resign, unionize and make sure the company gets nothing done if they're doing something unethical. Active obstruction is better than passive non-association.
You'd be wrong, though ... you can easily buy a 2-bedroom apartment on that kind of income or even a house in parts of Queens. Jamaica, Briarwood, etc, etc.
Amazon was never based in California.
Carpool/bus = still dependent on a vehicle, and not getting the exercise/independence that they'd get from making their own way to/from school. The opportunity and flexibility created by a public transit system are great -- many HS kids actually can get to things like after-school research jobs at universities, tech firms, or hospitals without a car.
Similar parks? I'll raise you South Mountain Reservation in NJ, within the 20-mile radius of which you speak. Also, Palisades Park goes up the Hudson directly across from NYC along the NY/NJ state line. A little further up north is Bear Mountain Park...
Even more confusingly, Long Island City is actually on the WESTERNMOST side of Queens, not towards what most people consider "Long Island."
Good luck siting a new heliport anywhere in NYC.
Same as with tobacco smoke, you have remedies in civil court and landlord-tenant court. Or with the co-op/condo board if you happen to own your apartment. It can even be legal and still be a nuisance under civil law.
I liked NYC in the 90s before Rudy fucked it up, to be honest. Cheaper cost of living, clubs open late, you could walk from one train car to another if someone was being an ass without risking having an NYPD swine give you a fine.
Not needing a car is a HUGE increase in independence for YOUR KIDS, who can't drive, though. They can walk themselves to school after age 10 or so, take public transit to/from high school and after-school events.
Fair point about limitations of public transit in the US: also one of the reasons why I'd probably want to live somewhere outside the US if not in NYC.
As far as parkland, if you're talking about a 10-15 miles radius of NYC, we probably do have 16,000 acres of parkland. NYC isn't only Manhattan, and parks aren't only Central Park...
You complain about DeBlasio, but he did one good thing: rein in the power of the NYPD somewhat. Accepting the consent decree on ending stop and frisk was a good first step. Scaling back marijuana enforcement and quality-of-life enforcement were good second steps. Bloomberg and Giuliani were authoritarian pieces of shit -- it's really a shame that Rudy wasn't in his emergency HQ in WTC when 9/11 hit.
The subway exists and covers extensive parts of the city. Which is more that can be said for most American sprawled-out excuses for cities.
But yes, NYC would be a better place without upstate hayseeds from Albany controlling its purse strings. NY state should really be split in two, with anything below Poughkeepsie and east of the Hudson being its own state.
The trains may be over capacity. The tracks are not.
NYC is planning to close the Riker's Island prison. Close it, sell it to Amazon, make it HQ2. It already has housing pre-built and a fence to keep the techbros from wandering into the water. What's not to like?
You get a lot for your taxes in NYC though. Functional public transit system, at least compared to other US cities. You can live without a car, or at least with one car per family. Cheap to free public university education for your kids. Surprisingly good public schools for a large US city (yes, there are exceptions that are awful, but remember that NYC is more populated than many US states). Access to cultural venues that's often heavily discounted for local residents.
VRE isn't even close to being over capacity. The freight railroads are just being obstructionist. They should be given a choice (a) take money to allow more commuter/passenger trains or (b) have their tracks taken via eminent domain.
NYC has its advantages...
(a) culture, theater, etc
(b) public university is cheap, like cheaper than the UC system and great. Many of the CUNY schools have affiliations with research institutions, so it's easy for undergrads to do research
(c) you can walk or take public transit most places. Your kids can be independent, not dependent on a car or having someone to pick them up
(d) a lot of really interesting people -- diversity is a good thing.
US didn't need to actually use nukes. In 1945/6, the US could have basically dictated terms to Stalin, but they chose not to.
Way to stick it to the Saudis and Iranians. Be on the forefront of making their primary product worthless while helping your own environment...
That's old tradition dating back to Apple II (hacker-friendly computer) days.
What kind of bad DRM could be bypassed by disconnecting a single pin?
If you had proof you weren't in Iowa, you should have filed a complaint with your state's department of bank regulation if your bank didn't fix the issue.
Their nudging everyone to use iClown vs local storage and/or local backup. Apple are as bad as Google, MS, or Amazon in their cloudpushing scumbaggery.
My hardware, should be my fucking choice, asshole. Also, authorized service isn't always an option -- in certain countries (St. Lucia, for example) the nearest Apple authorized service center is literally a flight or boat ride away to another country.
And your idea is paternalistic crap designed for the lowest common denominator. We shouldn't allow installation of software not "blessed" by Apple, M$, or Scroogle either, because it "might" create an attack surface. Shove everyone into a walled garden, no room for imagination or deviation from what Big Papa Corp wants for their users. Yes!
What about tower location records? The phone may be wiped, but it was still on the network (presumably) when during the time the attempted murder happened.