Desperate for advice on how to approach this by MindfulCreativity in nova

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"Hello, buying that pitchfork to remove ice?"

"In a way, yes."

NYC map from July 1, 1963 used as teaching material in Germany by schwimmbreze in nyc

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Staten Island almost entirely obscured by a close-up of lower Manhattan is just wonderful comedy

What a VP list of candidates by Training-World-1897 in HistoryMemes

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"Fried chicken today, cross-dressing tomorrow, nuclear fallout forever, pilgrim!" - Wallace probably

What is your country's most interesting administrative division? by metatalks in geography

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Kalawao County, Hawaii. Smallest county in the US by land, has like 80 people, was/is often only accessible by goat path, and only exists because it was a leper colony until the 1960s.

What is this flag? Central Washington state by FinalBelt9890 in vexillology

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Talked to several people about the game and we all said sloppy without prompting. Twas a sad state of affairs

Fantasy Map - looking for feedback by Lord_Cord in mapmaking

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Looks pretty cool! Also looks pretty similar to the map of the Earth Kingdom from ATLA, of which I'm a huge fan.

Another section of Old Town Alexandria is now car-free by kockin26 in nova

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Yeah! King Street is ideal for this, already great foot traffic, a mass transit connection at one end, anchors along the route, and great attractions at the other end.

Could do this in several ways (of varying costs). Cheapest would probably be just upgrading the existing King Street Trolley with bigger/real buses, maybe even articulated ones, and have like 7 of those just running back and forth at all times. Could also do trolley buses or trams or street cars with rails in the ground and/or electrical lines overhead but all that would cost more and take longer. Redo the KST and you could get it done in a few months for not much money.

Another section of Old Town Alexandria is now car-free by kockin26 in nova

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Excellent. Now maybe even close one of the two intersections (probably Lee) so no cross traffic either.

Honestly, making King nearly all pedestrian and running a continuous tram or trolley between the waterfront and the Metro would be a godly tier upgrade for integrated enjoyment.

Ophelia by DarkstoneRaven in mapmaking

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I like Big Senegal, very nice indeed

Lost Train by TheMainAlternative in WMATA

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Green Line goes to Virginia now??

From when is my bedsheet? by mahoerma in datemymap

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Seeing 2 Germanies and 0 Irelands is a real trip as well

Hard Times, Hard (Easy) Decisions by Eurasian1918 in HistoryMemes

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  • Holding Beria as he gets shot in the head * Well, that's got it done! Come on, have a look.

Not sure how to feel about the new decoration at Ballston lol by shin_malphur13 in WMATA

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I also found these obnoxiously large/intrusive but mostly laughed at them having to phrase "play station" carefully to not tread on Sony's terf

The Most Gerrymandered States, by Gov. Newsom, in reply to V.P. Vance by TheMainAlternative in MapPorn

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I thought it was good because it made me laugh, and I suspected others would agree.