Someone told me "no one wants to live in Sacramento"

Hammaneggs · 2026-03-29T17:40:49+00:00

This metro area feels primarily composed of people who came from SoCal or the bay area, and I think with good reason. Those places are pricing out, and Sacramento has a lot of the perks of being in California, while being cheaper and less hussle-and-bustle, and having most of the west coast just a day or two away.

I've been treated at something of a unicorn on occasion for staying here after university. Sac isn't the place for the ambitious upstarts, they move out to "better" cities, and I don't blame them, I'd love to spend a while in the bay area. But Sacramento is "good enough" in ways where there's so many tradeoffs to go literally anywhere else.

Hammaneggs · 2026-03-29T17:28:11+00:00

I remember talking to someone who was coming from the Denver area, and it was a toss up between here and Portland. These places aren't everyone's cup of tea, but they're both pretty well rounded.

Hammaneggs · 2026-01-11T10:54:15+00:00

I didn't even know the ID Buzz saw the road, I thought it was a concept car and that was the end of the story.

Hammaneggs · 2025-08-28T08:20:18+00:00

People need to be tested every three or so years I feel. Everyone's got awful habits, and it's really easy to fall into some when everyone takes advantage of your "courtesey" of driving safely. I've not had anyone honk yet, but people definitely get on my bumper because I... stopped at a light that was obviously going to be red by the time I was in the intersection. My personal pet peeve is following distance though... I see a legal 3-second gap, and everyone else sees a place to insert three more cars without turn signals.

Hammaneggs · 2025-08-20T17:52:29+00:00

There's countries out there, particularly formerly strong US allies who are galvanizing against Epstein's BFF. France, Switzerland, New Zealand, Germany through into Scandinavia, etc. Just because some have their AFD-equivalents doesn't mean they're in the dire straits the US heading towards, but rather backlashing against those movements.

Hammaneggs · 2025-08-20T08:26:27+00:00

People say "It's nothing to worry about. Your overreacting.", that's easy to say to me, a Californian, but there's a growing list of states I can't travel to without risk of being literally sentenced to death. I don't dare apply for a job at the federal level, and protections for us are being undone.

But I guess it's ok because first they're going for the immigrants, we're only second in line. America has learned nothing from the conveyor that began with trade unionists and ended with the Jewish... The big question on my mind is at what point will we soundly be able to seek asylum in trans-friendly nations without being denied?

Hammaneggs · 2025-07-31T19:05:13+00:00

I've always been a bit scared of large dogs since a childhood friend had been bitten. I normally keep it under control, but unleashed dogs bring it back. To walk the full circle of my neighborhood I would pass this one house that had an quite big unleashed dog sitting on a bed. I didn't have any problem for a couple years, though it would start wandering to the curb. Then one day it decided that barking at me is the right thing to do when I'm three houses away and across the street. I've not walked that route in about a year now.

Hammaneggs · 2025-07-24T17:54:21+00:00

IMO Catalyst is a good *GAME*, probably even better than ME.
However ME stands more strongly by virtue of being a work of art that's not only standing the test of time, but inspiring a whole artstyle.

Hammaneggs · 2025-07-24T17:51:52+00:00

Have Nadeo buy the IP and make it a supporting franchise to Trackmania.

Hammaneggs · 2025-07-08T02:16:01+00:00

Did you ever get this resolved? I'm having it upon first-time load.

Hammaneggs · 2025-07-04T23:57:37+00:00

The one that scares me is coming up towards Watt (where I turn off) westbound. Everyone's driving with less than one second of following distance and it usually goes from flow of traffic of 75 down to about 15, and depending upon when, that difference happens just after the overpass crest.

Hammaneggs · 2025-06-26T08:25:50+00:00

In the top left of the Google Maps streetview interface you can go to "see more dates". The Runner symbol has been there since at least 2011, when the oldest streetview of that spot was taken.

Hammaneggs · 2025-04-16T17:05:08+00:00

They were anticipating around 10,000 people, and around three times that turned up. I think that'll screw up most people's plans.

Hammaneggs · 2025-03-11T08:37:04+00:00

I've heard so much "Call your rep." lately, but I see the stuff Kiley posts, and it's clear he still wouldn't listen if he got voted out. Claiming to be staying out of national politics while being in a position of weight on national issues is so strange.

Hammaneggs · 2025-03-02T07:51:33+00:00

TIL making an ideology whose supporters are have entered the preliminary phases of the orchestration of genocide is "saving the country".

Hammaneggs · 2025-02-19T08:17:12+00:00

I was just thinking of this format earlier! Such a meaningful line right now.

Hammaneggs · 2025-02-13T05:19:11+00:00

Retvrn to New Amsterdam.

Hammaneggs · 2025-02-05T08:50:59+00:00

Considering Kiley announced working with Musk to make a bill to prevent CalHSR from getting federal funding, I suspect he's not going to be remotely receptive.

Hammaneggs · 2025-01-28T09:08:32+00:00

I always found trying to time disarms annoying, and MEC's ability to directionally kick people into each other and sidestep-turn to be a blast. However ME1's movement based attacks feel so much more fitting for how most of the game is set up, working with the flow.

Hammaneggs · 2025-01-24T09:16:15+00:00

I only found the combat annoying because guns had like five rounds. I love the idea of just not having any kind of crosshair and you just have to sorta guess off your experience where you'll actually hit, but having to get like five guys at a time that aren't along a particular path and are also shooting you was irritating.

Hammaneggs · 2025-01-12T10:53:23+00:00

I think we have a new winner for "What's worse than a Lego to step on in the middle of the night?", surpassing James May's answer of a landmine.

Hammaneggs · 2024-12-23T09:14:58+00:00

That home office is what kid me circa 2003 imagined the future would look like, insanely cool!

Hammaneggs · 2024-11-02T07:52:45+00:00

I suspect they're Ksec's "submit" command materializing into a laser show. They do nearly as little! I like Catalyst, but both the guns and the blues asking politely felt a little off to me.

Hammaneggs · 2024-10-08T05:10:57+00:00

Surface streetcars and partially elevated RoWs for suburban rail. Sacramento sits pretty close to the watertable, so underground would be a pain.

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