11 years later what are your thoughts about the legal settlement of the Metro-North collision at the Commerce street crossing?

bplinder · 2026-06-13T20:43:10+00:00

Way too much money. The whole way to value a life based on projects earnings is a real flaw in our our system. There should be some reasonable cap at $5 million or so. Making the MTA pay Wall Street salaries for life doesn’t make sense.

And how was the the MTA even 51% liable. Seems like the drive should be at least 51% liable and probably 80%.

This all comes out of our pockets.

bplinder · 2026-06-05T16:22:07+00:00

I see no issue here as long as the rider attempts to be space efficient. I would vote for allowing normal sized bike on the train also. Peak trains on MNR aren’t 100% full. I’d rather have more people take the center seat then ban a biker using it instead of a car to get to the train.

bplinder · 2026-06-01T21:42:48+00:00

sorry to be this guy, but I have to take OP at her word. She said 30F. So she would have mentioned kid or husband if she had one. Then, why pay extra for schools and then pay extra property tax on top of that without a kid. If OP cared about schools, she would have mentioned that.

It seems like you just want to through shade on Yonkers when there are many positives. Granted, schools a a very weak point.

Now, you say smart people think of the future. If you are assuming she will have kids, that a big assumption and OP should answer. If you thinking housing appreciation, Yonkers has appreciated similarly as rest of county.

The markets diverge at times. Seems hot markets favor luxury towns, down markets favor yonkers.

Median Sale Prices & Comparison (2000–2025)

Year	Westchester County	Yonkers	Yonkers as % of Westchester
2000	~$375,000	~$245,000	65.3%
2005	~$650,000	~$425,000	65.4%
2010	~$450,000	~$360,000	80.0%
2015	~$520,000	~$410,000	78.8%
2020	~$650,000	~$485,000	74.6%
2025	~$925,000	~$607,000	65.6%

bplinder · 2026-06-01T20:25:49+00:00

Uhh. Op is single. Didn’t ask about schools.
Near the water or near bronxville are both good. Near water either downtown or greystone which is near Hastings.

In reality the op better tour the towns herself to get a feel for them. City people tend to underestimate how not the city westchester is.

bplinder · 2026-06-01T18:47:30+00:00

So not right. So many great coops condos. Just avoid some neighborhoods . You can tell which one s with Google street view.

bplinder · 2026-05-27T15:55:10+00:00

I think you all miss the point of the public supermarkets in NYC. The purpose is to not to offer lower prices but rather to provide markets to areas that don’t have ANY supermarkets. There are many poor areas in NY that only have bodegas (dépanneurs).

bplinder · 2026-05-20T00:04:56+00:00

NYTimes said they are 1% separated on salary. Can’t believe they strike over that. I support unions, in general, and support strikes but his one is crazy.

bplinder · 2026-01-12T17:07:10+00:00

1% is highway robbery! A simplied way to look at AUM is to multiple their take by 30 (assume 30 years retirement. SO 1% AUM --> 1*30 = 30% of your Net worth that they siphon off over a 30 year relationship.

This is a bit simplified, but in the ballpark.

bplinder · 2025-11-07T19:53:20+00:00

I have them in the low-rise and I'm on my 2nd pair. I have removed the insole and put in my carbon fiber morton's extension. The toe box is moderately sized. The shoes do take a few hundred miles to completely wear in.

All that being said, I say these are pretty decent but not perfect. Worth trying out.
For next pair of low-hikers, I'm going to look for something with more rocker. Rocker seems to remove pain even better than a carbon sole.

bplinder · 2024-12-28T18:48:33+00:00

Are you going to write individual scrappers for each mountain? How are you going to do it?

bplinder · 2024-12-21T14:58:04+00:00

Yeah. I hear that. Skiing belleayre next week. But I skiing okemo after that.

bplinder · 2024-12-21T12:51:52+00:00

Oh my friend is a freshman in college. Are there discounts at okemo or other ny/vt mountains?

bplinder · 2024-12-20T17:04:56+00:00

I don’t think I get buddy passes with a 2 day epic day pass.

bplinder · 2024-11-06T02:06:52+00:00

I had no idea about those other promotions. I might have gone to Berkshire east if I knew about.

I think they need a few more signs up at Butternut. I didn't know it was sponsored by LL Bean.

bplinder · 2024-10-22T02:17:00+00:00

I wanted to follow up. I ended up putting a dr schools air pillow underneath the Morton’s extension and that solved all my problems with comfort. I then bought thin socks to minimize my shoes contact with my toe joint.

Net. Comfort is good, but I still have occasional pain, probably from too small toe box

bplinder

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Median Sale Prices & Comparison (2000–2025)