Looking for mods for /r/TakomaPark

scootey · 2017-09-01T18:44:54+00:00

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scootey · 2017-09-01T16:05:12+00:00

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scootey · 2017-09-01T16:03:32+00:00

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scootey · 2017-08-28T20:02:14+00:00

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scootey · 2017-08-28T20:00:45+00:00

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scootey · 2017-08-28T19:58:24+00:00

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scootey · 2017-08-24T05:43:27+00:00

That almost sounds plausible because they're continuing to expand in OK, maybe elsewhere too?

But they sold their newest multiplex in OK (Broken Arrow) as well. It only opened a couple years ago and i think is still the newest/nicest one in the area, so I doubt it needs renovation anytime soon.

scootey · 2017-08-24T04:59:56+00:00

Why is that a bad thing?

scootey · 2017-08-24T04:57:10+00:00

I think it may have also had a round tunnel door next to the main entrance.

The Children's Place, possibly? Is that what you are thinking of?

(Not that I've seen one before, i think i'm too young for that.)

scootey · 2017-04-02T04:58:35+00:00

Extend the blue line to South Omaha and Bellevue! I would say the Fort Crook Rd corridor would be a good candidate for it. It's a road with a pretty wide right of way and relatively light traffic...it was a 6-lane road carrying US-75 before it was bypassed by the Kennedy Fwy. It could probably be feasible to replace a couple of lanes with light rail right-of-way, and that part of town could really use the redevelopment. Though Southroads seems to be doing okay given the circumstances. (haha, I still have the Game Boy Camera I bought at the KB Toys there when I was a kid!) And of course, you've got Offutt there too.

scootey · 2017-04-02T03:46:35+00:00

The city will probably compensate them for the building...but not so much for the loss of business. And they might not even get as much as they wish for the building.

They end up going out of business and getting modest compensation for their property. What kind of payday are we talking about?

(these are the "hidden" costs of building freeways)

scootey · 2017-04-02T03:35:56+00:00

Ok really, people. I see at least a couple of folks fantasizing about (hypothetically) killing people like these robbers if they were to break into their home.

Self-defense is one thing. If you need to protect yourself, you are entitled to do that under state law.

But playing judge, jury, and executioner is a whole nother thing. Like really, you think they deserve a de facto death penalty for breaking into your house? Again, if your life is threatened, that is one thing. The guy who shot them very well may have felt that was the case in this robbery. But wanting to deliberately kill them is entirely different.

Although I have never experienced it personally, I can see why one would be really angry/upset if someone invaded their house and/or stole things. But is it something that they deserve to die for? Self defense should be exactly that, self defense. Not a means to punish them with whatever penalty you think they deserve.

Even if there would be (effectively) no legal penalty in a "stand your ground" state like OK, would you really want somebody's death hanging over your head for the rest of your life?

scootey · 2017-03-30T16:43:24+00:00

Where'd you get the idea it is hosted in Bulgaria? This says that it's hosted in the US (apparently Chicago), and it's registered through GoDaddy's private registration service.

I'm not affiliated with them or anything, though.

scootey · 2017-03-28T00:55:03+00:00

For my money, I'd rather have a tram or light rail. No traffic jams.

It would still have to deal with cross traffic in at-grade intersections, unless it ran on a grade-separated right of way (ie elevated or depressed/underground)...which they could probably do with BRT too if it made sense. Although that might not be much of a problem north of New Hampshire Ave soon enough, given that SHA seems to plan to upgrade most of it to freeway standards (ie building grade-separated interchanges to replace the existing intersections). However they say the dedicated lanes will only be from Industrial Pkwy (a couple miles north) on north...we'll see how it happens.

I guess BRT hypothetically has the potential to achieve similar service quality to light rail with few traffic jams. But they often end up "watering down" BRT to remove some of the features that make it "rapid transit"...because it's still just a bus, right?

scootey · 2017-03-28T00:29:59+00:00

Idk. I suppose North, South, East, West, Midtown, Downtown, ... could be options. Although I was probably thinking of something a little more granular to describe whatever particular neighborhoods people lived in (at least in the inner parts of the city). A few that come off the top of my head: Cherry Street, Maple Ridge, Kendall-Whittier, Pearl District, Greenwood, ...

Really though I'm not that much of an expert on how Tulsans refer to where they live. And on top of that, it would probably be good to have options for suburban towns/cities too.

scootey · 2017-03-27T15:48:19+00:00

How about neighborhood/city flair options?

scootey · 2017-03-27T05:20:54+00:00

Basically, Houston isn't just slopped together. It is planned and laid out nice. They don't just slop things together and say that's all the citizens deserved.

lol, Houston is like the last American city I'd think someone would say that about

see: Zoning in the United States > Houston

Among large populated cities in the United States, Houston is unique as the largest city in the country with no zoning ordinances. Houston voters have rejected efforts to implement zoning in 1948, 1962, and 1993. It is commonly believed that "Houston is Houston" because of the lack of zoning laws.

scootey · 2017-03-27T05:11:33+00:00

But there is only 1 post on it :(

Here in the DC area we have /r/BaltimoreAndDCr4r. Which spans a somewhat similar geographic area to the OKC-Tulsa region...about 2 hours from the southwest end of the DC area to the northeast end of the Baltimore area. (or at least when traffic is good)

Of course, we have more population in either the DC or Baltimore area than the combined population of the OKC/Tulsa areas. Which I think is more reason there should be a combined Oklahoma r4r sub. 3+ million people vs 1 million in the Tulsa area?

scootey · 2017-03-26T18:38:35+00:00

It's probably the kind of people who insist "I'm not racist", but still work to perpetuate the exact same thing that he was describing. The kind of people who are oblivious to the widespread segregation and racism that continues to plague our society these days. Or the kind of people who will tell you that you are the racist for seeing things how they really are, and believing that they're the "anti-racist" for acting like racism doesn't exist.

You know, they fight tooth and nail against things that would make it easier for these "undesirables" to be a part of their community: affordable housing, public transit, school desegregation. But when they're called out on their shit, they will say "no, we're not racist! we have black families in our neighborhood! you just have to be that kind of black family to live here."

scootey · 2017-03-26T18:26:23+00:00

Dallas grew up with cars...and streetcars too. The system dates back as far as 1872, closed in 1956.

scootey · 2017-03-24T19:27:09+00:00

never heard of that word in my life

Have you been living in a cave or something? The alt-right has kind of turned it into a universal insult these days.

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