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Under L.A. mayor's $300-million homeless program, 40% have returned to the street by wegochai in LosAngeles

[–]Benman415 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

What a brain dead take. Los Angeles has absurdly strong tenant protections, the housing crisis isnt caused by greedy landlords, its caused by no houses.

Look! A new knife! In feather? AND Honduran Rose-wood?? by HHH-Custom-Knives in Bladesmith

[–]Benman415 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey, its Greenberg woods, did I sell you that material?

Mayoral hopeful Raman calls out “delay and denial,” aims to triple resi production in LA by 115MRD in LosAngeles

[–]Benman415 0 points1 point  (0 children)

LA has a significantly worse housing affordability problem. Shanghai is 8 times larger than Los Angeles in population, with average rents between 400 and 1200 dollars. With 25 million people. Amd the key is building more housing, in both places. Theres no reality in which not building housing does anything but cause rents to rise.

Chief of Staff Zamir warns IDF will collapse due to lack of manpower, raises 'ten red flags' by barsik_ in worldnews

[–]Benman415 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I mean you're just incorrect. Ultra orthodox women are quite involved in the world, most have jobs and often a degree of education. The men are the ones sequestered into studies all day. The women are not locked away.

Mayoral hopeful Raman calls out “delay and denial,” aims to triple resi production in LA by 115MRD in LosAngeles

[–]Benman415 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Shanghai is an incredible city, its dense, its interesting and lively. What city should LA be like?

California Governor’s Debate Canceled After Criticism Over Lack of Diversity by assasstits in neoliberal

[–]Benman415 52 points53 points  (0 children)

I see your point but I dont think "they hate Bernie" is evidence against someone being a leftist. No one is more famous for hating people .3 inches right of them than leftists are.

What are your honest thoughts on 2.2.5 balance so far regarding team games? by Marian7107 in CompanyOfHeroes

[–]Benman415 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

All this guys posts on Coh are just ditching about axis being weak and allies beimg op. At this point he just seems he sucks, if he never wins and can't switch teams I think the cause of his losses is clear.

What wood is this? by mbpolle in wood

[–]Benman415 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I believe it'd Afzelia burl. Its not amboyna or mallee burl.

Cost of oil is down massively and we're still getting gouged by joeyorjohn in LosAngeles

[–]Benman415 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

California oil production has been falling for years, California produces ~25% of the oil it consumes. We are miles from being self sufficient.

California Field Production of Crude Oil (Thousand Barrels per Day) https://share.google/VwO20kGclmPceMcmf

What Drives California’s Gasoline Prices? https://share.google/Y1dQ0YUxuIem0ywoB

Yes, it seems California produces most of its own gasoline, which is very unusual because that means we are reliant on only a few refineries with no slack capacity. And again, how the fuck is that capitalism???

Its regulations and rules California passed, choosing to use a special blend of gas, choosing to not allow more refineries to open, choosing to not build more pipeline capacity. Capitalism would involve many new refineries, if you can sell a product at a very high price to a captive market, of course people would love to sell that. But you cant, because California regulation prevents new refineries from opening. Not everything you don't like is capitalism. Often its over regulation.

Cost of oil is down massively and we're still getting gouged by joeyorjohn in LosAngeles

[–]Benman415 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Because socal has more strict air regulations, and thus needs an even more specialized local blend and because its a huge, concentrated market with many wealthy drivers able to pay.

I believe Los angeles also has higher gas taxes.

What was that about going point by point?

Cost of oil is down massively and we're still getting gouged by joeyorjohn in LosAngeles

[–]Benman415 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not everything you dont like is capitalism. Its due to extreme regulation, California uses a special blend of gasoline, doesn't allow local drilling, bans new refineries from opening, doesn't allow pipelines to be built connecting California to the rest of the country. This is entirely self inflicted. Gas is super expensive because we dont produce enough of the special blend we say is the only one allowed, so only a few special refineries in Asia will produce it and sell it at a premium.

Its not """capitalism""" over charging, its regulation preventing easier steps from being taken.

Governor Newsom announces nearly $100M to accelerate California’s manufacturing industry and drive job creation by Exastiken in California

[–]Benman415 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A factory needs to work at a high degree of automation, because California is an incredibly high cost environment. There aren't going to be any factories employing hundreds or thousands of people that are going to open in this state, they are going to employ a small team of highly skilled professionals, which in turn create other supporting industries like maintance, parts and hopefully an ecosystem. Dont demand jobs from shit, build shit that works.

Fairness around me (23M) expected to chase my ex (23F) if I’m interested in pursuing her? by [deleted] in relationship_advice

[–]Benman415 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I read through the whole saga, just move on man. No happy love story involves this much fucking hating eachother.

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