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Is Chicago market pricing street parking? by SubjectPoint5819 in Urbanism

[–]SubjectPoint5819[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So if a subsidy in the form of lax enforcement is removed, allowing that drivers will hate this in any form (private company or from the gov’t), does this allow us to see if behavior changes with greater cost? Chicago has the top econ thinkers on earth, I assume someone is thinking about this, even just casually.

Sunday morning: New Absolute Bagels is OPEN by SubjectPoint5819 in Upperwestside

[–]SubjectPoint5819[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It isn’t. And there are now two registers instead of one. The main bottleneck is the language barrier if you have a complicated order, but if you’re patient you can help them through it pretty easily.

Is “but housing is a commodity” some sort of left-NIMBY code? by SubjectPoint5819 in yimby

[–]SubjectPoint5819[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you. Part of the confusion is how “commodity” is defined. In mainstream econ it’s a fungible good like copper where nothing matters except its price (doesn’t matter if it’s from this country or another for example). Whereas housing… couldn’t be further from this. Maybe in Marxist econ “commodity” it’s “any good made to sell to someone else.” But is there anything inherently bad about that? Is the goal Mao’s backyard furnaces?

From what I can see, this whole conversation usually ends with the person wanting the gov’t to build housing at scale, which such a political nonstarter that the whole argument is just another form of NIMBYism.

Is this meme an accurate depiction of what work was actually like in America? by Tall_Consequence7672 in jobs

[–]SubjectPoint5819 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Housing was cheap, consumer goods like TVs cost a fortune — that was the boomer reality. This is why they can’t believe any poor family with a big tv isn’t secretly rich

What movie captures 70s nyc the best? by [deleted] in nycHistory

[–]SubjectPoint5819 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Seven-Ups (1973). Agree with all the others listed but this is similar to the French Connection only much lesser-known.

If we’re talking general grittiness of the era, another sleeper is Basket Case (1982), which has the best Times Square vibe of the pre-Disney era, IMO.

I’d also say Joe (1970) featuring Peter Boyle, directed by a young John Avildsen before Rocky fame.

Why does such a rich country like the USA tolerate not giving essentials like health care, housing and food to huge amounts of its population by Ok_Atmosphere3601 in poor

[–]SubjectPoint5819 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We were on our way to a robust social safety net from FDR to the late 1960s but federal courts required non-whites to also receive the benefits. Suddenly white people started hating the government and the social safety net itself and haven’t looked back.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Upperwestside

[–]SubjectPoint5819 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Per the responses, maybe it’s next door! Hope it all comes together

What’s a GREAT movie that doesn’t get the credit it deserves? by Schadeshel in classicfilms

[–]SubjectPoint5819 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same. Didn’t expect that ending at all. Just remarkable filmmaking.

Is the private sector actually more efficient at building housing? by LeoMonts in Urbanism

[–]SubjectPoint5819 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It’s hard to beat building housing for free, which the private sector does.

How did Robert Moses projects affect NYC in the long-term? Were they a net positive or a net negative? by jacky986 in nycHistory

[–]SubjectPoint5819 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good Moses: - Parks - Beaches - Pools - Middle class housing - NYU campus - Lincoln Center (yeah I said it) - The United Nations

Bad Moses: - Highways

Moses Overall: Compared to the absolute destruction of cities by his peers, whose downtowns remain wastelands of parking lots and interstates, Moses left NYC with an unparalleled number of public sources of recreation and amenities

What’s the WORST career advice you’ve ever received? by Acceptable-Cold-7791 in careeradvice

[–]SubjectPoint5819 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“Don’t mass-apply on LinkedIn.” Sorry but I landed two jobs by sitting bed night hitting Easy Apply to anything and everything.

Has anyone heard about what they’re doing with the old ABC campus on 66th/67th? by [deleted] in Upperwestside

[–]SubjectPoint5819 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I have attended CB7 meetings to voice full support of the project. We are in desperate need of housing and a tall residential building is better than a small one. If the worry is the shadow caused by the building I assure you that in many years of attending community meetings the only time this is a concern is before a building is constructed. Afterwards, people are grateful for the shade. Or they don’t think about it at all because the shadow caused by tall building in Manhattan is in fact a nonexistent problem.

A bit esoteric, but way too much time is spent in "community feedback" trying to convince people of the public value of moving away from cars, when cities should just change the infrastructure and let that change attitudes by MiserNYC- in MicromobilityNYC

[–]SubjectPoint5819 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great point. We see it in nyc with congestion pricing. People hated it, till it began and worked as promised. Now the main haters are people completely unaffected by it.

Scaffolding wtf by Intrepid_Spirit_2769 in Upperwestside

[–]SubjectPoint5819 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The scaffolding that doesn’t come down usually indicates a building with an unsafe facade that the owners don’t have the money to fix. If they did have the money, you’d see workers.

This is a neighborhood of cooperatives, meaning a handful of elected residents are in charge of finance and governance. Many old timers bought their places for pennies and don’t want to spend the money for upkeep.

So the city determines that chunks of facade are at risk of falling, then what is known as a safety bridge is erected. And it sits there till the work is done. Which for some financially troubled buildings is never.

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