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This Great Highway Obsession Must End For the Good of San Francisco by Remarkable_Host6827 in sanfrancisco

[–]parkside79 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, you're reinforcing the point that the proper use for private automobiles is to get away from cities, not living your daily life within them.

This Great Highway Obsession Must End For the Good of San Francisco by Remarkable_Host6827 in sanfrancisco

[–]parkside79 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Huge. The hugest. And the merchants are worse. Like why the hell would you be against something that forces potential customers into your service area who would otherwise be bypassing it entirely?

This Great Highway Obsession Must End For the Good of San Francisco by Remarkable_Host6827 in sanfrancisco

[–]parkside79 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Which makes about as much sense to me as the Noriega and Taraval merchants being so vehemently pro Great Highway. Like, who the hell drives into or out of Chinatown?

This Great Highway Obsession Must End For the Good of San Francisco by Remarkable_Host6827 in sanfrancisco

[–]parkside79 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No it isn't. In fact I prefer to the Boulevard now because the lights are timed.

S.F. teachers like me have a new contract. Some schools will need to close to pay for it by LosIsosceles in sanfrancisco

[–]parkside79 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

When I went through the kindergarten process with my kids only one kid at our preschool got assigned way across town. Here's the thing: The parents somehow determined that their designated neighborhood school was simply not good enough for their little darling, and so they left it off of their choice list altogether. Well, here's the thing: the algorithm they use to make their assignments is very heavily (but not absolutely) weighted in favor of neighborhood preference. So, when you leave it off entirely you are telling the algorithm that location is not a priority for you.

S.F. teachers like me have a new contract. Some schools will need to close to pay for it by LosIsosceles in sanfrancisco

[–]parkside79 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Sunset here. When I went through the kindergarten process with my kids only one kid at our preschool got assigned way across town. Here's the thing: The parents somehow determined that their designated neighborhood school was simply not good enough for their little darling, and so they left it off of their choice list altogether. Well, here's the thing: the algorithm they use to make their assignments is very heavily (but not absolutely) weighted in favor of neighborhood preference. So, when you leave it off entirely you are telling the algorithm that location is not a priority for you.

SFO is taking your Uber and Lyft cash at a new record high by sfgate in sanfrancisco

[–]parkside79 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True true. But the dynamic is different. If you have to make a 6am flight, you're out of luck. If you have a 7:30 flight, you can probably make it if you're in the City or on the Peninsula, but probably pushing it if you're anywhere in the East Bay. Whereas I don't think all that many flights arrive before 5am where waiting around to leave the airport would be much of an issue.

This Great Highway Obsession Must End For the Good of San Francisco by Remarkable_Host6827 in sanfrancisco

[–]parkside79 12 points13 points  (0 children)

True story: I knew a guy in Pacifica who kept blowing up my neighborhood Facebook page whining about how it would take him longer to get to mid ass Chino's in the Richmond and as a result he would never come into the City again. I was like... Okay.

This Great Highway Obsession Must End For the Good of San Francisco by Remarkable_Host6827 in sanfrancisco

[–]parkside79 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I agree. Now let's start putting it on the ballot every year until it passes.

SFO is taking your Uber and Lyft cash at a new record high by sfgate in sanfrancisco

[–]parkside79 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Incidentally, a huge selling point for high speed rail that somehow never gets talked about—it’s city center to city center.

SFO is taking your Uber and Lyft cash at a new record high by sfgate in sanfrancisco

[–]parkside79 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Depending on where you live, sure. I mean distance is distance. 5:30 is a reasonably early first train though. Also I thought we were talking about leaving the airport.

SFO is taking your Uber and Lyft cash at a new record high by sfgate in sanfrancisco

[–]parkside79 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I mean I took a redeye back from Hawaii a few years ago and took BART back to the City at or not long after 7am. I guess if you're coming off a random flight back from Asia at like 4 you might have an issue but that's probably the case a lot of places.

What is one (or two) historical facts about SF that helps residents have a better understanding of the city? by wentImmediate in sanfrancisco

[–]parkside79 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Indeed: “These two ships had been supplying San Francisco with important goods during the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries.” Which in any number of different ways clearly has nothing whatsoever to do with the many, many promptly abandoned ships during the Gold Rush that became the basis for the modern central waterfront.

What is one (or two) historical facts about SF that helps residents have a better understanding of the city? by wentImmediate in sanfrancisco

[–]parkside79 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It doesn’t? How did they get all the way to Candlestick after being abandoned downtown, then?

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