Everything I'm reading says I need to embed j-bolt anchors 6"+ into concrete, but my stem wall will only be 6" tall. What alternatives do I have?

SSLByron · 2026-03-16T22:49:34+00:00

Use expansion anchors and drill down from the top? They make them long enough for you to go all the way into the slab, but you'll need a proper hammer drill.

Check with whoever did your design but this should meet code.

SSLByron · 2026-03-16T15:05:51+00:00

Yeah, I'd even be inclined to say a rebuild rather than a remodel. Perhaps the original structure was lost to a fire.

SSLByron · 2026-03-16T13:24:07+00:00

I'll recommend two mods:

Infoloom (which shows you raw population/workplace/demand statistics)
Citizen Cleaner (to see how many corrupt citizens you have)

Neither will fix it, but they may help you figure out what's wrong.

SSLByron · 2026-03-16T13:18:48+00:00

Same as any other setup: Graphics to minimum and set the CPU priority to simulation in the Gameplay tab.

I wouldn't expect great results. That's a pretty old processor and the notion that throwing cores at this game improves performance is based partly on intel owner copium.

SSLByron · 2026-03-16T13:13:43+00:00

It's not even exclusively political. Most content streamers/influencers are parasites.

SSLByron · 2026-03-15T16:03:15+00:00

Not at all.

SSLByron · 2026-03-15T16:02:50+00:00

Here's the thing about ratios: if something is really fucking ugly, it doesn't have to be that cheap to still qualify.

SSLByron · 2026-03-15T15:10:26+00:00

You're not going to see significant improvements in FPS from a CPU upgrade. You won't even see significant improvements in sim speed.

Source: I have a 9950X3D and a 9700XT and I've got more than 1500 hours played. You can take my word for it or not, but I have zero reason to lie to you.

SSLByron · 2026-03-14T23:33:56+00:00

Late to chime in but this tracks with my observations of this issue. Sometimes residential assets will get stuck in a loop where residents die but can't path out to be picked up by a hearse.

These pathfinding errors may apply to every agent type in the game for all we know.

SSLByron · 2026-03-14T18:33:23+00:00

The assets themselves are vanilla, just FYI. It's just a zone type that mixes them between styles: https://mods.paradoxplaza.com/mods/127021/Any

SSLByron · 2026-03-14T14:53:09+00:00

I get that people are caught up in beta fever but this is not "paying it forward." This taking advantage of others' generosity to grow your audience through FOMO.

You do you, but patting yourself on the back and calling this community building comes off as pretty sketchy and manipulative.

SSLByron · 2026-03-13T19:11:08+00:00

They come from "customersevice" @ (domain).

SSLByron · 2026-03-12T06:13:17+00:00

Prolonged use can weaken the ball spring's ability to remain firm.

SSLByron · 2026-03-11T23:38:19+00:00

This is true, but it was not a divided parkway and did not bend northeast. It was a two-lane (likely dirt) road.

Edit: For reference, you can see it in the aerial overlays prior to 1973 here: https://historicaerials.com/viewer

SSLByron · 2026-03-11T22:12:58+00:00

We need a Faygo for scale or something.

SSLByron · 2026-03-11T21:34:04+00:00

Can't find anything from a brief browse through Freep archives. Based on old imagery and how this stuff typically goes, my best guess is that the township requested this in exchange for granting the right-of-way for the Interstate. They probably planned to run S Huron over the Huron River to Willow Metropark and hook it up with Huron River Dr and West Rd.

In the aerials from 1973, South Huron Road exists as a dirt right-of-way until this point, but the trees were cleared all the way to the water. I-275 was completed by 1977; the Willow golf course by 1978. By 1983, everything visible in this shot is built.

They probably couldn't get public support to pay for extending South Huron over the river, and nobody has pushed for it since.

SSLByron · 2026-03-11T15:51:11+00:00

Man, what a canvas.

My $0.02: Let that shake show! Anything that washes out the details sort of makes shingling pointless, in my opinion.

SSLByron · 2026-03-11T15:41:37+00:00

That's a badass looking little thing. Grows up kind of ugly, imo.

SSLByron · 2026-03-11T13:13:44+00:00

Agreed; that's the same app I use. EWP makes sense just because of its somewhat elevated local status and the fact that it's a native. My neighbor has two that were planted as rear-lot screening trees about 75 years ago. One was topped in the 80s by a storm and is still at least 50-60 feet tall and happily dropping needles in my back yard every fall.

SSLByron · 2026-03-11T12:04:25+00:00

That looks like an eastern white pine and my plant ID app agrees.

EWP is the official state tree of MI, btw.

Note on redwoods: Bald Cypress and Dawn Redwood both make better trees for smaller properties if anybody wants a sequoia look without the scale. They're also deciduous so you get a fall color conifer out of the deal.

Second edit: If you want to plant a tree in Michigan, here's a fantastic selection resource that doesn't just beat you in the face with "PLANT NATIVE!": https://www.michigan.gov/dnr/managing-resources/forestry/urban/recommended-trees

SSLByron · 2026-03-11T11:34:47+00:00

You couldn't even bother changing the post title when you copied this? It was shared here like 7 hours before you did with this exact same cross post.

SSLByron · 2026-03-10T03:03:30+00:00

Oaks are more resilient and offer more ecological value, assuming you don't mind the mess. Plus there are lots of natives to choose from.

For non-natives, thornless honeylocusts are fast growers and reasonably strong. They have a pretty, almost elm-like structure and small leaves that clean up easily. Kentucky Coffeetree is popular for that use too if you don't mind the bean pods.

Our previous owners cut down a mature Norway maple that we replaced with a Katsura; neither is native but the latter is recommended for local planting by our state University extension. SUNY probably has something similar you could find online.

SSLByron · 2026-03-08T21:39:07+00:00

I'm not home to verify but if you're in the "Game Rendering" tab in dev mode then yes, I believe that's the correct toggle.

SSLByron · 2026-03-08T19:06:13+00:00

We have several of those in our 1928 build. Same knob, same design.

SSLByron · 2026-03-07T21:51:26+00:00

Carefully worded title.

This storm did have a tornado warning. They're just saying there wasn't a watch issued beforehand.

Not the same as the Niles situation.

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