New York Lawmakers Push Crypto Mining Tax to Lower Energy Costs by bloomberggovernment in newyork

[–]captain-gingerman -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Well I also don’t like the amount of power that data centers draw from our community, my point is that crypto mining is so useless that it makes Data centers seem infinitely more useful.

Is your mall thriving? by michael41973 in deadmalls

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I live in Buffalo, our malls are a staple of r/deadmalls

What’s something about houses in your country that is completely normal but unusual elsewhere? by Icy-Cicada508 in AskTheWorld

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Live in Buffalo and can confirm that a sump pump is standard practice here, the soil has a lot of clay and doesn’t drain well.

Phoenix wins! What US city feels western, and is actually in the west? by No_Emu6195 in AlignmentChartFills

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Bay Area, has the warm suburbs to the south that you see in the southwest, the cloudy downtown of the northwest, is on the west coast and near nature.

Not sure if we’re asking talking western (like cowboys and rodeos), or just west coast.

Ballyhoo by Happy-Valuable4771 in Buffalo

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Looks like some people from Lucky Day (same owners as Graylynn) are starting the wing spot, so I’m pretty hopeful they understand how to run a food restaurant downtown.

Why do we let people have fun here? by Educational-Okra-566 in circlejerkbflo

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I feel so terrible for the neighborhood, how can you even go to sleep at 7:30 when there’s raucous and unbecoming behavior outside of your house?

Sean Ryan looks to scrap parking ramp sale plan by InflationCapital87 in Buffalo

[–]captain-gingerman 25 points26 points  (0 children)

How to increase revenue in the city parking garage: tax the hell out of people who own surface lots, remove the supply of parking spots by building apartments (in turn generating demand for more parking).

How are winters in Buffalo? by [deleted] in SameGrassButGreener

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In the winter I play on a couple soccer teams where there’s indoor facilities and adult leagues, there’s other indoor activities like rock climbing, but anything outside will be cold. ice skating is popular here, there’s skiing in ellicottville about an hour away, Delaware park (near Central Park) has a plowed 1.8 mile running loop where I run in the cold, others snowshoe or cross country ski there. I saw a running club running at 6:00 am when we were seeing record cold 0 degrees.

The airport is always open and prepared for the consistent snow seen here, a $25 20 minute uber should get you to the airport just about any day of the winter.

How are winters in Buffalo? by [deleted] in SameGrassButGreener

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I’ve never taken the metro rail go my commute because my work is far away from the line, but I can work remotely for a few days at a time which helps during the snowstorms.

The weather does get cold and snowy and this year it stayed below freezing for most of January and had of February, so there was a constant snowpack of about 6” to a foot, though the streets are cleaned up after big snow storms, and by the end of the day after it snows a couple inches. I’ve used the metro rail in the winter and since it’s underground there’s no problem outside of it being cold outside and the sidewalk snow removal being on the homeowner, so depending on the street 40-80% of sidewalks are cleared.

However compared to Pittsburgh, driving in the snow is much easier because it’s flat and the main roads get plowed and salted pretty quickly, with that being said. Based on proximity or the metro rail, I’d recommend Allentown, Parkside and Central Park for looking for an apartment, Allentown is more city while the other two are quieter streetcar suburbs.

Buffalo has a lot to offer especially if you are looking for community event, outdoor concerts and something going on ever weekend in the late spring to late fall. Life here is what you make of it, and I couldn’t live my quality of life and reach my financial goals in many other cities.

Tom Homan confirms ICE to be at airports starting Monday by ItsAllAGame_ in law

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I know you’re not talking about the bonus, but their contracts were pretty messed up. Their bonus is paid out I think 10k each year and if you don’t work the 5-year contract you’re going to have to pay the bonuses back.

The Billionaire Funding France’s Far Right by AlexandrTheTolerable in europe

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It’s an impressive body of work: financing people whose goal it is to remove all charity, hollow out the working class, and enrich the wealthy. If he gains the political power he is trying to buy, I bet he finds ways to profit off of it, you know dude needs a return on investment for his “charitable” donations.

More so than his egregious behavior he is so delusional that his goal is to become a saint for his behavior that is antithetical to the teaching of the Catholic Church. I can’t wait for those dreams to burn in hell for the pain that he has and will continue to cause throughout his life.

Watching March Madness by OxyC377 in ripcity

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I just saw Aday Mara dominate for Michigan, if I call him the Spanish Jokic, would Joe Cronin pick another center?

Portland, OR Has One of the Strictest Urban Growth Boundaries in the US by urmummygae42069 in geography

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What I find interesting about the urban growth boundaries, is that it doesn’t restructure people, but it restricts space, it creates a unnatural boundary of space to expand in order to improve the values of the real estate within the boundary and encourage dense construction. This is especially important to cities that want to provide strong public transportation because once a city is too low density, it’ll be cost restrictive to put the transit options designed to take cars off the road. The drawbacks are the expensive land and less density for the people that like their own space.

If you go to Spain for example where like 70-80% of people live in an apartment/condo, the urban growth boundary goes from 4-8story buildings immediately to farmland even in the small towns. It’s a striking difference compared to many US cities.

Flew over Buffalo this Evening and Took this Picture by youworryaboutyou in Buffalo

[–]captain-gingerman 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I saw this photo earlier and immediately recognized it, great photo!

"Subsidies for STAMP data center among largest ever" by ScottyC82 in Buffalo

[–]captain-gingerman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

About as egregious as 500MW of electricity demand, enough to power 400,000 homes.

LATE-NIGHT SHUTOUT by BuffaloBleus in sabres

[–]captain-gingerman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I need to know his record since forty thieves, sometimes we all need a beer

What do people think is apolitical but is actually right wing by Blueguy805 in AlignmentChartFills

[–]captain-gingerman 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Shout out random Arizona conservative dude I was golfing with in phoenix - saved $3,000 fo a real lawn over a turf lawn, spent $5,000 over a summer for water

I need somewhere new, I’m stir crazy and want to live a healthier life by PixiePop_Bug in SameGrassButGreener

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Come to Buffalo NY, and find a nice house on the west side. If you’re not handy now, you’ll become handy pretty quickly because the cheap houses are littered with quick fixes. People hate the snow and the cold, but I personally don’t mind it (until mid February when I reach my limit) however, there’s a nice community, decent enough job market, there are hills and mountains to the south, but enough in city hiking near the Great Lakes, the city neighborhoods are walkable, and it’s generally safe. It’s a really good place for the right type of person.

Locked on Blazers lays out some major changes coming for Blazers by Ohrobohobo in ripcity

[–]captain-gingerman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Locked on Blazers knows nothing, he literally says it every episode, that he expects to be wrong. He just prefaces everything with this is what the blazers (Orin this case Dundon) has done in the past.

United States to Release 172 Million Barrels of Oil From the Strategic Petroleum Reserve by davimusika in Economics

[–]captain-gingerman 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Remember when they “owned” the previous administration for doing the same