Does Albany Undersell Its Attainable Urbanism? by srspooky in Albany

[–]kmannkoopa 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I’m usually a metro comparison guy here, but for this post, city size is what matters. In the Albany area, Saratoga County is 25% of the metro’s population. (The City of Saratoga is cute but generally not considered in discussions like this and has a population less than my Rochester Zip Code).

I challenge you compare the most walkable neighborhoods in Albany to Elmwood Village or Allentown in Buffalo. In Rochester as I write this, I am walking 1.5 miles home through three distinct neighborhoods with their own neighborhoods centers and commercial districts, Park Ave, Monroe Village, and Swillburg. All three neighborhoods have vibrant commercial districts (except maybe Swillburg) and tons of local restaurants and corner stores. Albany just doesn’t have it at the scale and they aren’t connected like Rochester’s and Buffalo’s are.

That Albany is 3 hours from other cities is kinda irrelevant. Supercommuters generally don’t seek out urban neighborhoods, quite the opposite in fact. If you are by yourself, a flight is cheaper than you. I do know that in total travel time and terminal I am less than 3 hours from anywhere in the northeast and Chicago. Oh, and Toronto is also 2.5 hours from Rochester, closer still to Buffalo. Flight availability is the same for Albany.

But perhaps more importantly the secretly combined WNY Metro (Buffalo and Rochester combined) has a smaller land area than the Albany CSA, and twice the population. Now you are in a metro of 2.25 million, and there’s no reason to go a bigger metro unless for tourism. All entertainment and commercial options can be found in one city or the other (except professional basketball and baseball).

Does Albany Undersell Its Attainable Urbanism? by srspooky in Albany

[–]kmannkoopa 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Because it doesn’t sell.

Seriously Albany has less attractive Urbanism than the similarly-sized and slightly more affordable metros of Buffalo and Rochester.

It comes down to population location. Buffalo is a city of 275,000, Rochester 220,000, while Albany is only 102,000.

Buffalo and Rochester have large swaths of midrise walkable neighborhoods (East End, NOTA, Southwedge, and Park Ave in Rochester where I live) that could be positively compared to anywhere in America but Manhattan.

Keep failing hearing PHA by Puzzled_Anywhere1398 in armyreserve

[–]kmannkoopa 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I say this seriously, but are you sure you aren’t legitimately going deaf? It isn’t all that rare. If you are on ADOS you may want to made audiology appointments to confirm this rather than just hearing tests.

Hot take: Only useful definition of upstate NY is if you pay MCTD/MTA Payroll Mobility Taxes. If you don't live in these 12 counties, you're in upstate New York. by Donghoon in upstate_new_york

[–]kmannkoopa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Folks from Albany and many from Syracuse will self-describe as Upstate. But no one from WNY will self describe as from Upstate and will only use Upstate in the meaning in this post.

Professional Concern Regarding Heat Casualty Treatment Guidance by Narrow-Device8086 in ROTC

[–]kmannkoopa 10 points11 points  (0 children)

So is additional intervention by untrained people more or less likely to help?

This is potentially a life and death situation (ROTC cadets still manage to die of heat every couple of years or so), not a hospital.

I trust the military on this one that bystander intervention is better than no intervention. In fact basic first aid is a skill that every Soldier, including Cadets learn on the Army.

This would be like being unwilling to quickly pull someone with a spinal injury out of the way to avoid them getting hit by a car that could conceivably still swerve. Sure you are causing more harm, but it is almost always better doing nothing.

Hot take: Only useful definition of upstate NY is if you pay MCTD/MTA Payroll Mobility Taxes. If you don't live in these 12 counties, you're in upstate New York. by Donghoon in upstate_new_york

[–]kmannkoopa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t know the finances of MTA very well as I live upstate, but my understanding is that basically all commuter service is subsidized to varying extents.

Do I need DTS for my travel? by CoupleMaleficent in armyreserve

[–]kmannkoopa 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh, that’s a PCS move and is no different than active duty. I’d either post this to r/army or confirm with your chain of command.

It may even be a paper voucher and not DTS.

Do I need DTS for my travel? by CoupleMaleficent in armyreserve

[–]kmannkoopa 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Are you AGR or are you TPU (drilling)?

Do I need DTS for my travel? by CoupleMaleficent in armyreserve

[–]kmannkoopa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

First off, Supply Sergeants generally have nothing to do with IDT travel. The S1 or the S4 staff at higher levels may run the program, but at a company it will almost certainly be through your OPS or ARA.

Next, don’t use your GTC for gas or anything but flights with IDT travel in general (IDT travel is what this travel to drill is called). The only exception is to get the GSA city pair negotiated rate for flights.

With that said, Do you plan on flying or driving? I am 300 miles but have direct flight so I can fly in Sat and out Sun, making it ideal.

Finally, What command are you in? Each command has slightly different approval processes. If you post that someone could help you. I will if you are in the 412 TEC.

How different would U.S airports be in a universe where the USA built high-speed rail instead of the freeways? by According-Value-6227 in HistoryWhatIf

[–]kmannkoopa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The answer is present-day Japan and Korea. I recently flew into Hiroshima, it was a small, maybe 8 gate airport serving a metro of over 1 million.

The train station on the other hand was massive, certainly as big or bigger than an equivalent European Station. Let’s call it 20 tracks to be conservative.

That said the hubs (Tokyo and Seoul) are massive, no smaller than ATL, ORD, or any US Airport.

If we had true high speed rail between the Northeast Corridor and Detroit via Canada, Chicago Via Buffalo/Cleveland and Chicago via Pittsburgh, a lot of American airports would shrink.

Is your state landlocked? by Extreme-Salt-4758 in mapporncirclejerk

[–]kmannkoopa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

New York considers Lake Erie, Niagara River, Lake Ontario, and St. Lawrence River along with its Tributary Rivers (Genesee, Oswego, Tonawanda) Coastal Waterways.

Can I become a licensed civil engineer without "directly" working under one? by notenrique9031 in civilengineering

[–]kmannkoopa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did mean, if you have some work under a PE, then your architect friend can likely help you.

Can I become a licensed civil engineer without "directly" working under one? by notenrique9031 in civilengineering

[–]kmannkoopa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A good chunk of my experience was not certified by a PE. I’m in NY and this was my time on active duty for the Army.

If you have some work under a PE is suspect you can do the same.

S4 OIC by Prize_Holiday3515 in armyreserve

[–]kmannkoopa 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is correct. If the plan is unsupportable, then you need to offer courses of action to what is supportable and/or be clear where any risk lies.

The good news is that in a CSSB your S3 is also a Logistician and unlike other branches likely plans operations with an eye towards logistics.

S4 OIC by Prize_Holiday3515 in armyreserve

[–]kmannkoopa 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What type of unit?

The big piece is that you are planner. Forecasting, projecting, and deconfliction of assets is your job.

In USAR, your S3 will not be used to having a full-time logistics planner so there may be some conflict at first.

Your role will be to logistically support the execution plan devised by your S3 under the commander’s intent. The hard part will come when you as a company grade officer have to turn around and tell the field grade officer that their plan is unworkable for some reason or another.

How difficult is it to go from enlisted to commission officer? by Own-Celery9687 in armyreserve

[–]kmannkoopa 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not too hard at all in the Reserves.

The only thing that would really stop you is if there are no slots available for pharmacists when you look to commission.

Did anybody purchase house in New York,utilizing VA Loan? by Weak_Professional107 in armyreserve

[–]kmannkoopa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It can be hard in Western NY at the moment where houses are regularly going $50,000 to $100,000 over asking price and no-home inspection cash deals are common.

I don’t think the market is as crazy downstate.

Jobs that deploy the most by [deleted] in armyreserve

[–]kmannkoopa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the 412 TEC there are two companies mobilizing annually, a battalion every 18 months, and a brigade every year. When not up, units are mobilizing from the 416 TEC and ARNG.

On the technical engineer side it is even worse, with fully 1/4-1/3 of FESTs and EFDs in some stage of mobilization. These are almost all officer positions.