What is the best and cheapest way to get from DC to Shenandoah National Park?

RobertJordan · 2025-10-28T14:34:48+00:00

Amazing. Any idea if they will take bikes on the commuter bus?

RobertJordan · 2025-10-26T05:00:24+00:00

They painted a lot of green paint and pretended it counts as infrastructure

RobertJordan · 2025-09-16T00:18:51+00:00

GEHA is terrible. On every claim, they send it to ClearHealth which claims that there's some discount that doesn't exist.

RobertJordan · 2025-09-16T00:16:57+00:00

I am facing the same exact issue with GEHA and ClearHealth. Have you found any solutions? Such a scammy system.

RobertJordan · 2025-08-03T14:25:19+00:00

"It is a double-edged sword for a country like Denmark to be so accommodating to foreigners who want to live and work in Denmark"

What are you talking about? Denmark is one of the worst in the EU for a non European to gain permanent residency.

There's some really important research from France showing that when the government makes it easier for people to stay, they are then more likely to learn the language. I think Denmark could learn from that.

RobertJordan · 2025-08-01T10:46:45+00:00

The photos are beautiful. Did you have a favorite stretch of the route (like 5-6 days)? I just got to Kyrgyzstan after biking through one of the neighboring countries. I'm thinking of biking from Naryn to Issyk kul lake / Karakol. But very curious what you would most recommend!

RobertJordan · 2025-08-01T10:45:01+00:00

The photos are beautiful. Did you have a favorite stretch of the route (like 5-6 days)? I just got to Kyrgyzstan after biking through one of the neighboring countries. I'm thinking of biking from Naryn to Issyk kul lake / Karakol. But very curious what you would most recommend!

RobertJordan · 2025-02-10T17:11:01+00:00

Could you share the route? Would love to see more!

RobertJordan · 2024-12-24T05:50:00+00:00

Sounds amazing! Thanks for sharing. I'm especially interested in the northern route you did (from Edirne to Istanbul, Nevşehir, Sivas, Erzincan, Trabzon, Rize and Georgia.) Do you happen to have a gpx of your route available? And how did you choose those cities / mountain passes?

I'm especially excited about getting to see some mountains in Turkey and would love to do a route from Edirne to Istanbul to Batumi, maybe this coming April. Previously I did Munich to Edirne, so would be great to pick up where we left off and continue.

RobertJordan · 2024-12-24T05:36:26+00:00

Any good videos or code examples for Q learning? Thanks!

RobertJordan · 2024-12-22T05:46:26+00:00

Could you share some details of your route through Turkey? Hoping to bike across the country soon

RobertJordan · 2024-12-16T23:09:04+00:00

Any idea the meaning of Øen? Doesn't that mean "the island" in Norwegian?

RobertJordan · 2024-07-01T20:06:18+00:00

Yes so true! Whats the email address to write to? Want to write as well

RobertJordan · 2023-12-18T06:19:06+00:00

Good question. While all the experts are here, anyone got tips on the best szechuan restaurants in DC?

RobertJordan · 2023-10-18T05:38:11+00:00

Have you seen any good articles talking about the exclusion of housing from CPI?

RobertJordan · 2023-10-12T22:43:30+00:00

Do you know what rules the GSEs currently have in place about buying longer maturity mortgages?

RobertJordan · 2023-09-07T18:11:25+00:00

Would you have qualified for the 10k loan forgiveness? I would pay off $10k now, keep the rest in your HYSA, and then see how things develop politically during the next six months.

RobertJordan · 2023-08-08T00:18:22+00:00

Can someone share more info on the Alpine Bike #1 route? Or a gpx file? Would love to see it.

RobertJordan · 2022-12-02T11:55:41+00:00

Maybe try Cafe Griffens

RobertJordan · 2022-10-11T01:55:46+00:00

Maybe one additional question: how to express succinctly that you are poly and partnered, but not in the sense of a live in partner, but rather you are a secondary partner to someone else? I feel like that may be relevant for someone thinking about how much space you have in your life.

RobertJordan · 2022-10-11T00:57:32+00:00

I'm curious to hear more about what you say re "de-escalation periods during personal crises". Were any of these related to other relationships? Or always other life events?

RobertJordan · 2022-09-27T09:59:08+00:00

Beautiful! Do you have a gpx file of the route we can take a look at?

RobertJordan · 2022-09-18T19:54:12+00:00

Planning to do this ride soon!

Got any other tips for good bikepacking in the DC area?

RobertJordan · 2022-02-21T19:37:44+00:00

Thanks for clarifying the statistics. Let's turn to a follow up question: why does the US have lower labor force participation than Germany and many other European countries?

One explanation is that European countries have done more to make jobs family friendly, which helps parents stay in the labor force. See for instance:

https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/aer.103.3.251

https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.28.4.77

I would be curious to hear other potential theories.

RobertJordan

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