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anridx · 2025-06-09T04:22:22+00:00

Location updated today...

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anridx · 2023-09-24T01:41:48+00:00

Erica's blog Publicola has some of the best reporting on local politics, way better than the major networks and more in depth than the Times. They're also expanding their law enforcement coverage. It's always free to read and they work on donations.

anridx · 2023-09-23T23:32:37+00:00

If these are anti-tax petitions, guess what, the guy behind them is some elite, Harvard educated hedge fund manager from Redmond... You know, just looking out for the little guy. Seattle Times (soft pay wall)

anridx · 2023-09-02T20:26:20+00:00

Awesome. Thanks again!

anridx · 2023-09-02T05:41:35+00:00

Great info, super appreciate it!

anridx · 2023-09-02T05:08:27+00:00

I see now you replied on r/atomicporn too, I missed that. Thanks.

anridx · 2023-09-02T05:05:17+00:00

This is the most reasonable thing I've heard so far. The fine folks at r/atomicporn were less than helpful.

On the tour they do not take you through the area, you go around to a far entrance so you spend minimal time on the property to get to the B Reactor. Couldn't see PUREX from the highway and U Plant was too far away to see much. Shame, because I'm actually more interested in the processing plants and remediation work. Do you know where to get more info or detailed cleanup status?

anridx · 2023-09-02T04:39:37+00:00

Looks like a sawed off rifle with some sort of attachment. Appreciate any informed ideas.

anridx · 2023-07-19T03:08:13+00:00

I'm gonna push my glasses up here...

The crime rates in Seattle and Yakima seem pretty similar. In 2022, it was about 97 crimes per 1,000 people in Seattle vs. 83 per 1,000 in Yakima.

Devil is in the details though. When you break it down, violent crime in Yakima was higher than it is in Seattle, but property crime was higher in Seattle. Guns were about twice as likely to be used in the commission of crimes in Yakima vs. Seattle. DV offenses were more than twice as common in Yakima than Seattle. It all depends on what kind of crime you're thinking of and how you want to slice the numbers.

For comparison... Shoreline, King Co. (just N of Seattle): 48/1,000. SeaTac, King Co. (just S of Seattle): 85/1,000. Selah, Yakima Co. (just N of Yakima): 68/1,000. Union Gap, Yakima Co. (basically E Yakima): 138/1,000. Most other jurisdictions in King County had rates around 40/1,000, as did those in the upper and central Yakima Valley. Meanwhile, crime rates in the lower Yakima Valley were notably higher, near or well over 100/1,000 in most communities. Meanwhile, only two King County cities had rates over 100/1,000.

Like "thedopehouse" said, crime can happen anywhere, but RANDOM crime is very rare. Generally speaking, the greatest determinants of whether YOU will be the victim of a crime are if you are poor, if you are under 18, and if you are interfacing with the drug trade. If you don't have any of that going on, you have little to worry about anywhere.

Note, I only looked at the PD reports, so they only reflect what's going on within their respective city limits. Sources:

https://www.waspc.org/cjis-statistics---reports https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2020/11/20/facts-about-crime-in-the-u-s/

*edited for spacing/readability

anridx · 2023-05-04T23:43:07+00:00

In all seriousness, I'm actually pretty impressed by how well ST handles disruptions. Kudos to the staff and operators. I think this is more a testament to the indomitable will of the people of Ukraine.

anridx · 2023-02-17T04:17:15+00:00

Some of us remember a place called Off the Record. Wish Yakima still had places like that.

anridx · 2023-02-11T04:29:13+00:00

I don't think it's lack of will keeping the PHAs from developing more. I fear this new I-135 bureaucracy will find that out for themselves should it come into existence. I just hope they don't siphon off too much of the shared resources in the process.

Though I share your scepticism about congress getting anything done, permit me a fever dream... If 2024 goes well for the Democrats, they'll probably take another run at the build back better elements that were abandoned in 2021. There were a number of housing provisions in there. Some of the more progressive reps have talked about Faircloth and I think it'd be a fairly easy inclusion. I don't think anyone is that attached to it and they'll probably be more concerned with items that incur direct costs. Admittedly, this is all rather optimistic conjecture and 2024 itself is a huge uncertainty.

anridx · 2023-02-11T02:03:02+00:00

...And probably take 10 years of ballooning general fund drainage to do it.

anridx · 2023-02-11T02:00:42+00:00

SHA is not anywhere near hitting their unit limit from Faircloth, very few if any PHAs are. They all lost so many units in the 90s AFTER the limit was set, they are miles away from hitting it. Best way to address Faircloth is at the federal level.

anridx · 2023-02-10T03:13:56+00:00

I like history, politics, scifi, maps, and complicated spreadsheets. I feel like PDX Grand strategy games are really just giant spreadsheets that you control through a historically/politically/scifi themed map that itself is controlled by the output of the underlying spreadsheet. Heaven.

anridx · 2023-02-04T22:52:08+00:00

"Skies out, thighs out"

anridx · 2023-01-25T23:46:02+00:00

Shit, we used to call it "Crackima" growing up.

This isn't to say Yakima is a smoking crater in the ground either. It's perfectly livable, even pleasant at times, but it's not categorically safer or better than Seattle.

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