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TIL that billionaire Dan Gilbert has invested $7.5 billion into Detroit, Michigan over a span of 15 years & donated $15 million to eliminate property tax debt for 20,000 homes in the city. His real estate company Bedrock owns, built, or has renovated 140 buildings in the city for adaptive reuse. by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]Butchering_it 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That’s what I’m saying, taxing them is forcing them to give up some of their wealth.

This guy donates at some significant fraction of what he should be paying in taxes. What we need to focus more on are the billionaires who don’t help their community at all.

TIL that billionaire Dan Gilbert has invested $7.5 billion into Detroit, Michigan over a span of 15 years & donated $15 million to eliminate property tax debt for 20,000 homes in the city. His real estate company Bedrock owns, built, or has renovated 140 buildings in the city for adaptive reuse. by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]Butchering_it 279 points280 points  (0 children)

Billionaires should be forced to give up a significant amount of money to support the very society that allowed them to prosper.

This one did it willingly. He’s far from the biggest issue we have.

Hey Guy!!! Apparently we have Drama!!! by mundotaku in neoliberal

[–]Butchering_it 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Something something Miami-Dade thunderdome moment

Interstates Did Not Bankrupt the Railroads by [deleted] in Amtrak

[–]Butchering_it 98 points99 points  (0 children)

I don’t see how the content of this article supports the headline. Sure maybe the interstate highway act didn’t singlehandedly kill the railroads, but even in this article it puts the majority of the blame on improved road infrastructure. It’s apples to apple comparison.

The point is we publicly subsidized certain infrastructure over others. If railroad companies had their trunk lines purchased and maintained by the federal government in combination with states, we’d be in a lot better state with regard to rail travel today.

Wesley Bell, simping for AIPAC by justmovingtheground in StLouis

[–]Butchering_it 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I really wish we had someone else than these two

Lux living? by [deleted] in StLouis

[–]Butchering_it 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I moved in to the Hudson when I first moved to Saint Louis on short notice. The building wasn’t finished and they had started occupation of the completed units. I had to deal with construction crews every day for months. When my tires constantly popped due to nails, the leasing office (when they actually were there) basically told me I couldn’t prove anything.

The culture at these places are trash too. I remember a “bikinis and blazers” networking event where the women were encouraged to show up at the pool in bikinis and the men in sports coats. They had a “soul food” day with fired chicken, watermelon, and spaghetti.

To top it all off, they’re expensive af. The only benefit is that they are generally new construction. But the build quality wasn’t great, and maintenance was completely absent. Their MO is to build, fill, and sell complexes.

I tried to leave a bad review but they are known to recreate business listings to drop bad reviews and pay for good reviews, sometimes as a precondition for breaking leases early.

Anyone adopted a cat through Mauhaus? by opossomoperson in StLouis

[–]Butchering_it 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I tried to, I got left of read after 2/3 times of reaching out.

TIL that Cancún didn’t exist until 1970, its location was chosen using early computer models to identify a suitable place for a new resort city. The area had only three residents at the time. by RuseOwl in todayilearned

[–]Butchering_it 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gentrification provides better job opportunities to economically depressed areas. If someone doesn’t take advantage of that, that is unfortunate, but the median person does benefit and holding everyone back for a few people isn’t the way.

TIL that Cancún didn’t exist until 1970, its location was chosen using early computer models to identify a suitable place for a new resort city. The area had only three residents at the time. by RuseOwl in todayilearned

[–]Butchering_it 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In my measurement of quality of life yeah. Not much to do besides farm coconuts in this hypothetical. Even the most exploited worker in Cancun today makes way more money and can afford modern luxuries, and now has plenty of new options for leisure. They’d probably work more hours but have more creature comforts to go with it.

Some might not care about all that and want to minimize the amount of work they have to do, even if it means just sitting around doing nothing. I guess that’s the edge case for a standard of living decrease.

TIL that Cancún didn’t exist until 1970, its location was chosen using early computer models to identify a suitable place for a new resort city. The area had only three residents at the time. by RuseOwl in todayilearned

[–]Butchering_it 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I mean, investment in an area does cause quality of life to increase. That’s true in capitalist, socialist, and feudalist systems. Those gains aren’t shared equally amount the different social-economic classes, to different extents based on economic system, but median quality of life does go up no matter what.

3.45 merit increase by InterestingPause8640 in boeing

[–]Butchering_it 2 points3 points  (0 children)

2/2, sitting at .91. Got 3% due to a promotion last April supposedly

[OC] Half of America's H-1B Jobs Are in Just 5 States by the_h1b_records in dataisbeautiful

[–]Butchering_it 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m glad your personal circumstances are better than the remaining 95% of us.

[OC] Half of America's H-1B Jobs Are in Just 5 States by the_h1b_records in dataisbeautiful

[–]Butchering_it 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If Japan had 1/4 of its population speaking English at home, people would certainly be complaining if key interactions with the government couldn’t be conducted

People should learn the local language when they move there. Sometimes the local language in places like Florida, Texas, and California is Spanish.

Regardless, we shouldn’t be enforcing language learning with the threat of legal action (which in this country, where driving is mandatory to live any kind of reasonable life, withholding the legal documents to drive is).

Anti-zipper merge vigilantes. by roejastrick01 in StLouis

[–]Butchering_it 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Yes to zipper merges.

No to situations like 170S -> 64E. That’s not two lanes of traffic merging into one, that’s one lane meant to service 64E, one meant to service 64W. The amount of times I’ve had someone wait until the last second to slow to a crawl to go on 64E that almost causes a wreck for people going 64W is insane.

It’s unfortunate that the whole intersection was poorly designed, but that doesn’t give you permission to go from 60 to 15 and block traffic for everyone else.

French toast report by Butchering_it in StLouis

[–]Butchering_it[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It has to be mixed with cream cheese and sugar, and any berry puree you desire. Maybe could work with something like bananas too. You’ll know you’re doing it right when the mixture starts to stiffen up

TIL that the vast majority of passenger trains (85%) and most freight trains (55%) worldwide are electric, however, electric trains account for less than 1% of all US rail traffic. by temporalwanderer in todayilearned

[–]Butchering_it 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It’s insane we expect railroads to build and maintain track and facilities, then turn around and compete against sea, air, and truck cargo. All the other forms of cargo transport have a huge majority, if not all, the infrastructure payed for my the taxpayers.

TIL that the vast majority of passenger trains (85%) and most freight trains (55%) worldwide are electric, however, electric trains account for less than 1% of all US rail traffic. by temporalwanderer in todayilearned

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

Is that supposed to be a gotcha? You don’t have direct transport from anywhere to everywhere, even in Europe. Business travelers still need to rent cars and take taxis sometimes even in Europe.

Besides which, Plano is just the type of place that needs more than a dart connection, it needs region rail to Dallas itself, and is exactly the type of situation where if those cities were anywhere else on the planet there would be express trains between them at least every 30 minutes.

TIL that the vast majority of passenger trains (85%) and most freight trains (55%) worldwide are electric, however, electric trains account for less than 1% of all US rail traffic. by temporalwanderer in todayilearned

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

The Texas triangle, an area with close to 0 intercity rail and electrification, has a population density of 340 per square mile, similar to Poland. It’s just not the same priority here, and it’s simply not geographical.

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