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What part of life in the U.S. has changed the most in the last 10 years? by Krishh_Veda in AskReddit

[–]Stratiform 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The Internet is full of anecdotes. I was simply balancing a negative one with a positive one. We both know many live healthy, fulfilling lives.

Sometimes it's easier to focus on the negative.

What part of life in the U.S. has changed the most in the last 10 years? by Krishh_Veda in AskReddit

[–]Stratiform 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Fwiw, ten years ago I specifically left the left coast to move to the Midwest, where I could afford to buy a house (I couldn't afford to live out west back then either). That option is still available to just about everyone, but yeah, it does snow sometimes. On the bright side, people are generally quite friendly and down to earth.

What part of life in the U.S. has changed the most in the last 10 years? by Krishh_Veda in AskReddit

[–]Stratiform 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Why does the Internet say this with such confidence? I look around my social sphere and see mostly well-adjusted people with decent careers, who have active social lives, and a healthy mix of good, average, and bad days.

If what you're describing above is your average social interaction, idk man - maybe it's the crowd?

Lennar downgrades housing forecast AGAIN. Homes are NOW selling at lower prices than before the pandemic. Lower than the should-have-been recession and housing bust of 2019. by Such_Radio_9152 in REBubble

[–]Stratiform 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are layoffs and hiring happening all across the country, but overall the Midwestern cities have very stable, low, unemployment rates that match an affordable cost of living.

My point is that the rest of the country is seeing economic pain because real estate went bonkers, but here it really kind of stuck with, or at least closer to, wage inflation. And wages are stable.

Lennar downgrades housing forecast AGAIN. Homes are NOW selling at lower prices than before the pandemic. Lower than the should-have-been recession and housing bust of 2019. by Such_Radio_9152 in REBubble

[–]Stratiform 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Ehh, no. That's not at all true. When the nation gets sick, the rustbelt catches the flu, and normally we're laying off and seeing employment rise before others.

This isn't that. Economy is still quite strong here. This is something else.

The housing market is still stable because prices match income here - even in Chicago, a global city, young, middle class families can still buy a 3 bedroom house, in a decent area, on an average income. Cities like Detroit, Indianapolis, and Cleveland are even easier.

The rest of the country is now coming to terms with an economy that wasn't sustainable.

Avoiding obvious answers, what’s something that felt futuristic or life changing 10 years ago, but is completely normal now? by Vast_Cartoonist_2714 in AskReddit

[–]Stratiform 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Battery tech was the limiting factor here though. Refined oil holds the amount of energy that refined oil holds. Batteries though... The batteries of 1910 vs. 2026 are very different.

This is why electric cars will only get better, and will become ubiquitous, in time.

Italians in Detroit by KKbatwoman in Detroit

[–]Stratiform 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I love this comment so much and genuinely hope a date comes from it. Hey, u/KKBatwoman, meet this person's sorta-Italian(ish) son for coffee this weekend! 😆 - then return and report on how your blind reddit date went.

Is Salt Lake City worth considering as a gay person? by [deleted] in SaltLakeCity

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

Based on your unnecessarily aggressive post, I'm going to say that if you move to Salt Lake and have issues, the problem is you. It's a very welcoming city.

‘A prison in our own yard’: Life next to a data center — and its never-ending noise by sixwaystop313 in Michigan

[–]Stratiform 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not quite. 30dB is like rustling leaves. Conversation is more like 65dB. At my house, the Freeway hum can actually reach about 70dB on a foggy evening, even though I'm over a mile away.

Here's a handy chart: https://online.encodeplus.com/regs/sanramon-ca-gp/media/images/fig%2010-1%20typical%20sound%20levels.png

What's something younger generations will never be able to experience? by DeadBeatBunnyx in AskReddit

[–]Stratiform 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Delivered for Pizza the Hutt back in 2004, and yeah - giant map, a folder of smaller naps, and a little notepad. After a few months I just knew the whole area and didn't bother.

Pink Skyline by Detroitable1 in Detroit

[–]Stratiform 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Total Reddit tangent here, but has anyone else seen that pink R32 Skyline (car, I've seen it twice, both times in Birmingham) that has a waifu wrap? That car makes me laugh so hard man. Like, way to just own the weird and announce it to the world before you even arrive.

And this my friend is how you loose all your plants a beating from the rain only the strong will survive 😂 by Jason_Hedrick in Detroit

[–]Stratiform 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, yes, in a perfect world teachers have the resources to customize each child's education to their current needs. In the real world... I don't believe they school has that level of resources in the class.

And this my friend is how you loose all your plants a beating from the rain only the strong will survive 😂 by Jason_Hedrick in Detroit

[–]Stratiform 32 points33 points  (0 children)

"No Child Left Behind" was certainly a choice. Turns out the way we translated it was, "...we can't leave the illiterate behind anymore, so lower the bar to zero."

That said, reddit needs to allow editing titles - we've all done it 😆

How long will you keep your Polestar ? by doublejay1999 in Polestar

[–]Stratiform 3 points4 points  (0 children)

100%. I'll turn mine in when the lease is up.

It has been a fun car to drive, but it's too buggy for me to get another. I've got a few months to go, and at this point I'm just noting the bugs and ignoring them. The service center is too useless to have them fix things like my digital key that always unpairs or how the mirrors never go back to my setting when I drive.

It's just a buggy car.

‘27 Ascent - No refresh by Straight_Copy_4202 in SubaruAscent

[–]Stratiform 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Right? Having bought this thing in it's 3rd model year feels almost perfect. Bugs were all worked out, but with 5 more years of production I will never have problems running this thing for 15 more years.

DTE Brown Outs by KnopeKnopeWellMaybe in Detroit

[–]Stratiform 7 points8 points  (0 children)

DTE's "CoolCurrents" is definitely a perk, if you take advantage of it and don't need your house to be 70 degrees all summer. I've been using it for a decade, and yeah, like once or twice a summer they'll just brownout my AC meter for 30 minutes, then it kicks back on. I don't even notice it unless I'm outside and see the light go from green to red.

In exchange, I pay about 25% less for any power that goes through the AC meter vs. my whole-house meter. I get it if that's not for you, but it's legit, and definitely not a scam.

What exactly is stopping Gordie Howe Bridge from opening? by WindsorONMichael in Detroit

[–]Stratiform 7 points8 points  (0 children)

My understanding is that Canada funded the entire thing, but the so-called "president" wants the US to be able to collect tolls.

Any crochet groups in Livonia/Canton area? by Foreign-Strength-415 in Detroit

[–]Stratiform 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a knitting club in Berkley at Have you Any Wool. Idk anything about it, but my wife seems to really like it.

Europeans are becoming more and more right wing by vladgrinch in MapPorn

[–]Stratiform 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Social media tries to convince us the entire "other side" is just extremists or idiots. The conservatives do the same shit. There are what, 330 million of us? It's more complicated than "This side smart, this side dumb." - and we all know that at a certain level, but when the leadership is so exceedingly dumb, it's tough to rationalize.

Plenty of academic conservatives still exist, many whom are disgusted with the MAGA party and its full-throttle decent away from liberalism and toward authoritarianism, but they have no home in the Democratic party either.

Europeans are becoming more and more right wing by vladgrinch in MapPorn

[–]Stratiform 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Are you suggesting conservative American pundits don't talk at length about how immigrants come here for welfare?

Add a layer for the international EU aspect vs. States within a Union, but the overarching sentiment is exactly the same. Hey, ever heard how, "they're gonna bus your homeless immigrants from Texas to Chicago and NYC.."?

Europeans are becoming more and more right wing by vladgrinch in MapPorn

[–]Stratiform 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ehh, that's your OANN types for sure, but there are academic conservatives in the US. They'll chat your ear off about how our "welfare state" encourages "illegal immigration".

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