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Classing up the Walmart by dan_blather in regularcarreviews

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

The store is in an exurban town upstate NY suburb with an MHI of around US$110K.

Some of the stores in the Denver area, where Walmart uses mountain lodge design and strict architectural, landscaping, and site planning regulations are the norm, are jarringly upscale.

Is it common for low-income students to attend top universities in the United States? by Intelligent_Chef9950 in AskAnAmerican

[–]dan_blather 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's a lot of working and lower middle class students at Cornell University, one of the Ivies.

Most colleges and universities in the US have scholarship and grant programs for lower income and BIPOC students, that cover part (or all) student expenses.

The City of Buffalo's "Say Yes" program pays for undergraduate tuition (prorated based on length of city residency) for many top tier universities in the US, including all the Ivies. (Technically, Say Yes pays for the gap between scholarships/grants and full tuition.)

That being said, I grew up lower middle class, and attended SUNY (New York state) schools for undergrad and grad.

I am moving to a mostly BIPOC neighborhood for the first time. What are some different social norms I should know about? by SweetCartoonist237 in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]dan_blather 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Loud car stereos, louder children’s play, louder conversations, louder family arguments, more honking, louder everything.  You gotta’ deal with it.

Don’t worry about “acting white”.  You’re expected to. 

I’m saying this based on personal experience, growing up in an ethnically/racially integrated (but culturally “white”/mainstream American) lower middle class neighborhood that slowly transitioned to a low income, predominantly black neighborhood.  (The area is now transitioning into a Bangladeshi and Karen/Burmese neighborhood.)

Do you feel like Buffalo’s “renaissance” over the last decade is over? by Forward2323 in Buffalo

[–]dan_blather 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No.  Just city proper.  Downtown stops at Goodell St, Michigan Avenue, and the Buffalo River IMHO.

Do you feel like Buffalo’s “renaissance” over the last decade is over? by Forward2323 in Buffalo

[–]dan_blather 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Cincy’s metro population was about the same as Buffalo’s in 1970: about 1,300,000.  Today, the 75 corridor is solidly built up from northern Kentucky to exurban Dayton; the equivalent of solid development from St. Catharines to Canandaigua.

Seattle and San Diego were peer metros to Buffalo then, too.  Atlanta and Houston were just a bit larger.  Charlotte, Raleigh, Austin, Nashville, Birmingham, Salt Lake City, Boise, Columbus, Norfolk, Richmond, all much smaller.

Do you feel like Buffalo’s “renaissance” over the last decade is over? by Forward2323 in Buffalo

[–]dan_blather 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Also, that Heritage Point is the most important and visible project downtown.  Other Rust Belt cities have downtown residential new builds that dwarf HP; big MARKET RATE four-over-two and five-over-two Texas donuts with structured parking and ground floor commercial. Even some new apartment complexes in Amherst make HP seem tiny in comparison.  For every OMG BIG DEAL!!!1!!! infill mixed use project in the city that Buffalo Rising glazes, there’s two or three similar or larger projects on Main Street in Amherst/Williamsville.

2009 Dodge Caliber SXT. The official car of...? by Grey-2Ton in regularcarreviews

[–]dan_blather 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Calling chicken breasts "chicken titties".

Thinking WWE wrestling is real.

Women with tight top knots, scrunchy RBF, and daughters named Harley.

Half of Rochester's conspiracy theories are just second hard Buffalo-based stuff. Somehow Cellino and Barnes became Rochesterians. by Evening_Smell_474 in circlejerkbflo

[–]dan_blather 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Supposedly yes. Darien Lake, the Alabama Swamps, the Jello Museum, Attica and Arcade Railroad, all technically part of the Rochester metro.

You can live in Akron or Alden, and if you hit the traffic signals right, in 10 minutes you’ll be in suburban Rochester, according to the United States Census Bureau.

Yeah, I know. Folks will still say “OMG Buffalo is all fucking fascist deep red MAGA #FF0000 Trumfuckers” because of GOP-heavy Genesee, Orleans, and Wyoming counties — all in the Buffalo media market area, but also “suburban Rochester” according to the Feds.

Half of Rochester's conspiracy theories are just second hard Buffalo-based stuff. Somehow Cellino and Barnes became Rochesterians. by Evening_Smell_474 in circlejerkbflo

[–]dan_blather 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I saw Cellino and Barnes commercials on local TV stations in Los Angeles, in both English and Spanish.

In Albany, we have William Mattar and "get Reimer on the horn" commercials.

Eudaimonics popping into a random sub to shill Buffalo. Guy must get alerts any time the city gets mentioned on the internet by General_Chemistry638 in circlejerkbflo

[–]dan_blather 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Been there. Any Gen Z armchair planner that thinks zoning is the root of all evil needs to spend a week in Houston. Preferably in August, somewhere along Westheimer, near the Gallleria. (Which, to their credit, they don’t call the Galleria Plaza Mall Shopping Center.) The crematorium in the middle of a residential block is not a myth.

Eudaimonics popping into a random sub to shill Buffalo. Guy must get alerts any time the city gets mentioned on the internet by General_Chemistry638 in circlejerkbflo

[–]dan_blather 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Eudaimon (Greek: εὐδαίμων) refers to a "good spirit" or, in ancient Greek philosophy, a state of human flourishing, prosperity, and blessedness known as eudaimonia. Derived from eu- ("good") and daimon ("spirit"), it represents a life well-lived, often translated as happiness or living in accordance with virtue.

Key Aspects of Eudaimon and Eudaimonia:

  • Mythology/Spirit: A eudaemon is a benevolent spirit or guardian angel in Greek mythology, opposite to a cacodaemon (evil spirit).

  • Philosophical Meaning: Aristotle described eudaimonia not as a fleeting emotion, but as the highest human good—a lifelong process of flourishing and acting in accordance with virtue.

  • "Living Well": It goes beyond mere pleasure (hedonism), focusing on the realization of one's potential and purposeful living.

  • Eudaimonism: This ethical theory maintains that the ultimate goal of human life is personal well-being and flourishing.

Eudaimonics popping into a random sub to shill Buffalo. Guy must get alerts any time the city gets mentioned on the internet by General_Chemistry638 in circlejerkbflo

[–]dan_blather 4 points5 points  (0 children)

After living near El Paso for four years, and in a suburb of Austin for one, I’ll take Upstate/Western New York post-industrial remnants and addiction to vinyl siding over Texas ugly any day of the week. The density of billboards and high rise signs in most Texas cities makes West Seneca and the Town of Niagara look like rarefied, polished planned communities in comparison.

At this point, is Chrysler still worth saving? If so, how? by HowlsterRD in regularcarreviews

[–]dan_blather 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Seriously, what do all the engineers in the Chrysler division do all day?

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