Wrong. Our roads were built for horse and wagon and bicycle and streetcar. Cars came later.
Look, there are pictures of Seattle up till World War I showing throngs of cyclists and few, if any cars. Even our Public Market (which you know as Pike Place Market) was built for exactly that. Cars came much later.
350 lbs requires power assistance huh? I guess UPS has never seen a guy on a bike in India deliver a package the size of a school bus on his own power.
We have seven hills in Seattle. Some are fairly steep, so steep that bus lines don't go up them, and our old streetcars used to have cables to pull them up.
There are limits to what even strong UPS bike riders can do.
Who, shockingly, don't pay gas taxes, title taxes, parking fees, sales taxes on their vehicles, income taxes, and other amounts that they expect to go in part towards roads, public parking, and car infrastruture...
Actually, you don't need title for any vehicle under $500, you don't use gasoline, a lot of places charge for parking bikes (bike lockers, bike cages), everyone pays sales taxes, WE HAVE NO STATE COUNTY OR CITY INCOME TAX, and our property taxes (which renters pay too) are what pay for roads here. Bikes aren't allowed to ride on highways, which is where the state gas tax goes.
Nope, that was all the suburban drivers doing park and hide in Fremont so we set up a Residential Parking Zone to stop them from doing that. Most of us don't drive to work, actually, half the parking garages in our townhouses only have bikes and kayaks in our garages now. Only n00bZ drive, and old people.
There are mostly empty parking garage structures right next to the Fremont Bridge, every time I go past them they're almost empty. Day and night. Real Seattleites bike walk skateboard or take transit.
But I don't think we need to regulate bells on bikes. That'd just be to piss the Republicans off, give them something to whine about for a few hours, lol.
The major problem we have is all the wasted public space used for private car storage on our surface streets, which would be better repurposed to higher-capacity bike and transit usage.
I for one look forward to our new Amazon-controlled UPS bike overlords, provided they don't get massive subsides like the private car storage on surface streets get.
If I tell you a chunk of compressed carbon that I artificially limit the supply of is worth more than another type of compressed carbon that is geologically more rare and pretty, is it "worth" more? Or did I rip you off by making you pay me $2,500,000 for something that costs $2?
Same goes for yachts. Mine got dinged up and has a slight scratch, so I gave it to the CEO for $3, along with this run down villa in Spain that I say is now worth $2.
So, cash is only worth something if you accept it's valuation. Let's say I promise to pay you in Bitcoin, and it becomes worth as much as tulip bulbs next year. Who won?
CEOs only care about fossil fuel kickbacks. Money is just a convenient way of measuring yachts, vacation houses, and all expense paid trips to corporate retreats.
It's more likely older Americans that are impacting this. We've all decided we want to live in vibrant urban centers with university and colleges and arts, and we are getting rid of all of our possessions so there is less need for moving trucks. In fact, many older Americans I know own 2-3 places, in different states/climates, and they move back and forth. When they're out of town, their kids (mostly millenials) use their places, for the most part, and there's not much need to buy new stuff.
Look, this whole artificial, carbon-intensive concept of moving a lot is based on having lots of stuff. If you don't have lots of stuff, you just load up a few things and take the enjoyable train ride to the other place, either to go skiing for the winter, or to enjoy the summer beach scene. No need for movers, everything is remotely run so you just turn it on low maintenance mode and order the grocery delivery for the new place the day you arrive.
All the millenials I know have moved quite far. My roommate moved to SF from Seattle where she works in Network Security, my colleagues moved from Seattle to NYC, W Virginia, and South Korea after their postdocs.
Look, it's not hard to fool any biometric methods for detecting lies. They all are just measuring how you react to lying. If you believe (even incorrectly) that the lie is not a lie, or not important, they fail to detect it.
They're looking for response. Kind of like the reverse of the Blade Runner detection, which looked for abnormal non-reaction to things that create reactions, and reaction to theings that don't create reactions.
This will only catch people who want to get high, and poor people. Wealthy people will be coached in how to avoid detection.
Last time I checked, the US Constitution says it's Congress, specifically starting in the US House of Representatives, that makes laws.
Presidents who don't control the House have very very very little power.
They're Weak.
Sad.
Maybe he should try getting an actual trade deal with China, because the Chinese translation of the "deal" says he has no deal, so he's just being Weak. Again.
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The parking garages are empty. Not the streets.
Wrong. Our roads were built for horse and wagon and bicycle and streetcar. Cars came later.
Look, there are pictures of Seattle up till World War I showing throngs of cyclists and few, if any cars. Even our Public Market (which you know as Pike Place Market) was built for exactly that. Cars came much later.
Six. Denny Hill was taken down because it was in the way.
It still lives in our hearts
350 lbs requires power assistance huh? I guess UPS has never seen a guy on a bike in India deliver a package the size of a school bus on his own power.
We have seven hills in Seattle. Some are fairly steep, so steep that bus lines don't go up them, and our old streetcars used to have cables to pull them up.
There are limits to what even strong UPS bike riders can do.
Who, shockingly, don't pay gas taxes, title taxes, parking fees, sales taxes on their vehicles, income taxes, and other amounts that they expect to go in part towards roads, public parking, and car infrastruture...
Actually, you don't need title for any vehicle under $500, you don't use gasoline, a lot of places charge for parking bikes (bike lockers, bike cages), everyone pays sales taxes, WE HAVE NO STATE COUNTY OR CITY INCOME TAX, and our property taxes (which renters pay too) are what pay for roads here. Bikes aren't allowed to ride on highways, which is where the state gas tax goes.
Try again, comrade.
Nope, that was all the suburban drivers doing park and hide in Fremont so we set up a Residential Parking Zone to stop them from doing that. Most of us don't drive to work, actually, half the parking garages in our townhouses only have bikes and kayaks in our garages now. Only n00bZ drive, and old people.
There are mostly empty parking garage structures right next to the Fremont Bridge, every time I go past them they're almost empty. Day and night. Real Seattleites bike walk skateboard or take transit.
But I don't think we need to regulate bells on bikes. That'd just be to piss the Republicans off, give them something to whine about for a few hours, lol.
Ooh, that sounds fun! Let's do that.
The major problem we have is all the wasted public space used for private car storage on our surface streets, which would be better repurposed to higher-capacity bike and transit usage.
I for one look forward to our new Amazon-controlled UPS bike overlords, provided they don't get massive subsides like the private car storage on surface streets get.
If I tell you a chunk of compressed carbon that I artificially limit the supply of is worth more than another type of compressed carbon that is geologically more rare and pretty, is it "worth" more? Or did I rip you off by making you pay me $2,500,000 for something that costs $2?
Same goes for yachts. Mine got dinged up and has a slight scratch, so I gave it to the CEO for $3, along with this run down villa in Spain that I say is now worth $2.
So, cash is only worth something if you accept it's valuation. Let's say I promise to pay you in Bitcoin, and it becomes worth as much as tulip bulbs next year. Who won?
CEOs only care about fossil fuel kickbacks. Money is just a convenient way of measuring yachts, vacation houses, and all expense paid trips to corporate retreats.
We already correlated your location with your burner phone. And then ran facial recognition to confirm it was you.
You can submit stories that interest you. It's not that hard.
Otherwise, jail time.
It's more likely older Americans that are impacting this. We've all decided we want to live in vibrant urban centers with university and colleges and arts, and we are getting rid of all of our possessions so there is less need for moving trucks. In fact, many older Americans I know own 2-3 places, in different states/climates, and they move back and forth. When they're out of town, their kids (mostly millenials) use their places, for the most part, and there's not much need to buy new stuff.
Look, this whole artificial, carbon-intensive concept of moving a lot is based on having lots of stuff. If you don't have lots of stuff, you just load up a few things and take the enjoyable train ride to the other place, either to go skiing for the winter, or to enjoy the summer beach scene. No need for movers, everything is remotely run so you just turn it on low maintenance mode and order the grocery delivery for the new place the day you arrive.
All the millenials I know have moved quite far. My roommate moved to SF from Seattle where she works in Network Security, my colleagues moved from Seattle to NYC, W Virginia, and South Korea after their postdocs.
All millenials. All moved.
It's my house and I'll move when I'm dead.
And that goes for my 254 fake FB accounts too!
Oh, you mean you actually have FB on your tracked cellphone with Android?
Ok, you're just pulling my leg there, no way anyone would be dumb enough to do that.
Look, it's not hard to fool any biometric methods for detecting lies. They all are just measuring how you react to lying. If you believe (even incorrectly) that the lie is not a lie, or not important, they fail to detect it.
They're looking for response. Kind of like the reverse of the Blade Runner detection, which looked for abnormal non-reaction to things that create reactions, and reaction to theings that don't create reactions.
This will only catch people who want to get high, and poor people. Wealthy people will be coached in how to avoid detection.
Last time I checked, the US Constitution says it's Congress, specifically starting in the US House of Representatives, that makes laws.
Presidents who don't control the House have very very very little power.
They're Weak.
Sad.
Maybe he should try getting an actual trade deal with China, because the Chinese translation of the "deal" says he has no deal, so he's just being Weak. Again.
Take that and stuff it in your Denial pipe.
The Computer is your Friend, citizen.
Or for that matter go for free in Norway, Scotland, or Germany, amongst other countries.
Free. As in Free.
You can easily go to an English language four year degree granting school in places like Canada or China for a heck of a lot less than that.
Just saying.
Big Brother is captioning you, and testing it's accent translation software for the military industrial complex.
(mind you, I saw the original military intel specs where they planned to do this, so I'm not that surprised, even if you are)
Yeah, didn't think so.
The average person in my city is a millionaire. Probably because we have about 14 billionaires here.
Doesn't mean the median person (half above, half below) is a millionaire. They're just poor working slobs making $46,000 a year.
(caveat: technically I'm a millionaire, but that's on paper)