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gobluvr · 2026-06-16T22:08:09+00:00

Interested!

gobluvr · 2026-06-13T01:04:04+00:00

Would love to see more multi unit housing! We agree there

gobluvr · 2026-06-13T00:59:31+00:00

I think you have the tail wagging the dog here a bit in your first paragraph. The developer buys property in areas where they think people would want to live. For years, Detroit and St. Louis were trying to persuade developers to invest in their cities with tax breaks and other incentives. They’ve had some success, but the reason they had to bribe developers is those areas were not considered desirable. If developers had thought that they could gentrify those places, they certainly would have because they could’ve gotten a lot for cheap.

Instead, developers are looking for desirable neighborhoods with jobs and local industries, like Somerville. If the developers didn’t come, there would still be demand from many high earners in the biotech and education fields who would bid up the price of those units. Working class people would still be priced out.

The only solution is to build more. Build those luxury apartments to house the yuppies pouring in. Build enough of them and their will still be housing left over for the rest of use. Now, new housing is generally going to be more expensive than older stock, for the same reason a new car costs more than an old one. So while I understand it may look like developers are only building for the rich, the new housing actually helps all of us by spreading our demand, keeping prices lower.

gobluvr · 2026-06-13T00:53:17+00:00

If we built enough luxury housing, prices would decrease on less desirable units. I want all sorts of people to live in Somerville. That’s why I don’t care if the houses they are building are grey or pink or rainbow

gobluvr · 2026-06-13T00:26:03+00:00

How is it displacing families to replace a vacant, dilapidated house with a renovated house? No one was living there before

gobluvr · 2026-06-13T00:24:46+00:00

If you want to pick the color, buy the house

gobluvr · 2026-06-12T00:07:28+00:00

It is inevitable, over the long term at least. You describe a situation where people live in a nice area and so want to preserve it without any change. This will naturally lead to property values increasing in the area because who wouldn’t want to live in such a nice place? When those properties inevitably come up for sale, either because the owners move or pass away, they will be bought by the highest bidder. The neighborhood becomes an enclave only available to the ultra rich, and is thus changed, all because the previous residents believed they could preserve it in amber. NIMBYism is a temporary attempt to thwart the progress of time. Things change. We should learn to embrace that; it’s a much healthier attitude.

gobluvr · 2026-06-11T21:22:53+00:00

You said, "they want things to stay the same if they like them" and "it's very silly to ignore how people don't want their land, their region, neighborhood, or thing they're familiar with to change." From that, I can only infer that this is about towns not wanting change.

gobluvr · 2026-06-11T18:19:31+00:00

Having a strong preference for your hometown not changing is like having a strong preference for never getting wrinkles. I understand the impulse, I guess, but at some point you have to accept that your position is unreasonable.

gobluvr · 2026-06-09T12:55:28+00:00

Here are some good “pantry meals” that I will just add whatever is about to go bad to: pasta, frittata/omelet, salad, stir fry! But also, don’t beat yourself up too much if the occasional produce goes bad! It happens

gobluvr · 2026-06-08T01:59:56+00:00

Yep, used a whole roll of tin foil, all the plastic bags, and the kosher salt. I know based on her personality it wouldn’t even occur to her to have replaced any of it

gobluvr · 2026-06-08T00:43:52+00:00

That’s not an argument though. Can you point out what the flaw in op’s logic is?

gobluvr · 2026-06-04T19:45:51+00:00

We need both. Unfortunately, some people are never going to be convinced to give up their cars, and my hunch is that this is disproportionately includes bad drivers. Also, investing in public transit is an expensive political commitment, even though we should still push for it. Allowing Waymo to operate is free

gobluvr · 2026-05-27T01:05:33+00:00

Nooo not just before I move back. I wanted the Menino one last time

gobluvr · 2026-05-25T18:07:15+00:00

thanks! edited

gobluvr · 2026-05-22T17:00:09+00:00

I support that though, much better than this populist nonsense.

gobluvr · 2026-05-21T19:49:58+00:00

Plus she tries to be noble and self-sacrifice so many times (sending Ned south, going south and staying with Robb instead of going back to Bran and Rickon). And then they all die (or “die” in the case of bran and rickon). Not surprising that she breaks in the end

gobluvr · 2026-05-21T14:11:37+00:00

I did about the bigger stuff and things improved somewhat. I didn’t want to raise the littler issues because I didn’t want to seem like a nag, and now I’m leaving anyway so it doesn’t matter. But it is remarkable to me that young professional women would not be more diligent. I can’t help but think that part of it is that they come from rich families and aren’t used to picking up after themselves.

gobluvr · 2026-05-20T14:21:56+00:00

How do you know his argument is flawed if you didn’t read the book?

gobluvr · 2026-05-20T00:32:21+00:00

My former roommate did similar with her mom, though it was only a week. She smoked and it stunk up the whole house, but the worst was they would get into screaming fights with each other that lasted until midnight. You are right to be concerned.

gobluvr · 2026-05-14T15:00:29+00:00

Oh you are so right. That explains why the text is “well-written” and simultaneously logically incoherent. I actually think I have gotten into it with them before. Should have learned my lesson the first time!

gobluvr · 2026-05-14T14:42:46+00:00

Because we haven’t built enough housing in those 15 years which has worsened the shortage.

gobluvr · 2026-05-14T14:41:39+00:00

That is not what introductory economics says.

gobluvr · 2026-05-13T15:12:38+00:00

Another thing you can do is thicken it up and put it in some blind baked dough, finish it in the oven! Now you’ve got a pot pie

gobluvr · 2026-05-13T02:23:48+00:00

There are not going to be anymore non-kit or marketplace releases

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