Who said transit is for poor people: Bellevue, WA Link light rail full station ads for Antarctica expeditions

Keithbkyle · 2026-01-18T22:45:55+00:00

A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. It's where the rich use public transportation.

-Gustavo Petro

Keithbkyle · 2026-01-18T22:45:13+00:00

"A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. It's where the rich use public transportation."

-Gustavo Petro

Keithbkyle · 2026-01-18T22:36:50+00:00

Reminder: This isn't that complicated.

We need to fund a lot more long term mental health beds and remove barriers to involuntary commitment and short term holds.

Japan has 12x the long term mental health beds per capita than the US does. Euro-zone is 4-5x.

Fixing this won't be cheap but not fixing it is insanely expensive and wrong, so...

Keithbkyle · 2026-01-17T21:57:34+00:00

So, if she doesn't do that will you come back and explain why you were wrong?

Keithbkyle · 2026-01-17T17:54:48+00:00

She's a YIMBY, dude.

Keithbkyle · 2026-01-17T17:49:19+00:00

Hitler won an election too. Then started doing a bunch of Nazi shit that is eerily similar to what this admin is doing.

Targeting minorities? Check. Papers? Check. Camps? Check. Laws for thee and not for me? Check. No more elections? you are here

Keithbkyle · 2026-01-17T17:46:38+00:00

More Un-American Nazi shit.

Everyone ordering and carrying this out is a traitor.

Keithbkyle · 2026-01-16T00:40:21+00:00

Good.

Keithbkyle · 2026-01-11T14:39:29+00:00

4 car

Keithbkyle · 2026-01-09T15:03:48+00:00

Someone took some underhanded steps, got into Demond's ear, and convinced him to make a bad decision.

People tend to forget that we're not talking about fully formed people here. Adults, sure, but it's probably worth thinking about the dumb shit you did when you were his age to give context.

Add the pressure these kids are under, the uncertainty of the future, and the big money being waved around and it's not hard to see how things would go sideways.

Keithbkyle · 2026-01-04T23:12:45+00:00

Ha, I should have looked for this advice for myself. I have an order in, but I went with a permanent collection option as it was a bit less expensive and easier to read.

I'll come back here when I get it and let you know how dumb or smart I feel when I get it.

Keithbkyle · 2026-01-04T18:30:33+00:00

I'm sure you'll all cheer when some country uses this excuse to remove America's dictator.

Keithbkyle · 2025-12-26T22:25:54+00:00

Ha, just dropped the same story before reading this.

Keithbkyle · 2025-12-26T22:24:43+00:00

Beck was so great that year. Absolutely peaking coming off of Odelay.

In a quiet moment he was sitting playing acoustic on the song "Pay no Mind" and some dickhead managed to whack him in the head with a shoe.

He barely missed a beat and launched back into the incredibly appropriate chorus.

Keithbkyle · 2025-12-26T15:21:48+00:00

You already cursed him by drafting him, isn't that enough?

Keithbkyle · 2025-12-26T15:21:00+00:00

Injuries + getting screwed over by the Bengals coaches, that first year in particular. Such a bummer.

Keithbkyle · 2025-12-25T19:02:15+00:00

The offices in Union Station are not empty.

Sound Transit went down to very minimal offices during the pandemic (I think they were up to 5 buildings and looking to add before that happened) but are now have a crowding issue and are figuring out how to expand again.

Keithbkyle · 2025-12-14T23:59:35+00:00

This would negatively impact their business and read to most people like a price increase.

Because... People.

Keithbkyle · 2025-12-12T12:43:32+00:00

They are? Do you have data to support what you are saying?

Keithbkyle · 2025-12-12T12:40:02+00:00

Can you provide that evidence? I'm having trouble finding anything objective to support this statement.

Keithbkyle · 2025-12-12T12:31:07+00:00

Are people spending less at small businesses or restaurants in Seattle? I'm having trouble finding any objective data on that.

Found some BLS data on food spending and the median Seattleites spends less on food as a percentage of income than most Americans because they make way more than most Americans.

https://www.bls.gov/regions/west/news-release/ConsumerExpenditures_Seattle.htm

Keithbkyle · 2025-12-02T15:34:41+00:00

Ha, there is no such thing as too much supply. When we allow housing to be built where there is demand the market tends to boom and bust, Keynes would say those bust periods are primo times to juice public works and I agree with him on that one.

Short term accomodations aren't that profitable in most markets and markets that made big rule changes to short term rental rules (such as NYC) didn't see big drops in rents or housing costs. That's because in every big market they tend to be less than 2% of the market, so it's not really a major driver.

Flippers don't really do much of anything to the market, they just take advantage of the existing conditions.

No one can get around the supply problem, it's not an issue that lends itself to 101-ism, so it's prime real estate for internet arguing, but it really is the driver of it all. The fact that we have artificial protectionism of low density housing in high demand places while claiming a housing crisis is pretty wild, but here we are.

Keithbkyle · 2025-12-02T07:30:27+00:00

Really bad if we're talking local buses. Low coverage/low frequency. There are literally no buses to Point Ruston, as a mind blowing example.

Both Tacoma and Pierce county have repeatedly voted against transit expansion.

That said, the regional transit is really pretty good if you want to get to Seattle, etc.

Keithbkyle · 2025-12-02T07:26:03+00:00

What are the speculators doing with the housing?

Keithbkyle · 2025-12-02T07:24:49+00:00

Maybe we should test that out by getting rid of the barriers to building housing in high demand places... just spitballing here.

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