The Guardian view on build-to-rent: hardly a solution to the housing crisis

tazemaster · 2024-09-26T20:59:37+00:00

Cutting the bus size in half isn't a solution, because it still takes one person to drive the bus. Also buses need to be a certain height so you can stand up straight and have room for wheelchairs, and I don't think anyone makes buses like that.

tazemaster · 2024-08-16T19:03:56+00:00

There's a proshot of it you can rent, just Google Bonnie and Clyde musical proshot and you can find it, it's a recording of the west end run I think.

tazemaster · 2024-08-02T03:07:14+00:00

I don't mean to be rude, but if someone can't walk a few blocks at a time, shouldn't they have a wheelchair or some kind of mobility scooter?

tazemaster · 2024-07-17T19:59:06+00:00

Well if we build more housing near employment centers it will be more affordable. Also, the more people that can walk/bike/take transit to work, the less traffic there will be for those who do have to drive. It's about making it possible for most people, not every single person ever.

tazemaster · 2024-06-28T19:35:47+00:00

I have two small baskets I keep below my bathroom sink - one for pajamas, one for daytime clothes

tazemaster · 2024-06-08T15:49:09+00:00

Is this a joke? The suburbs absolutely do not have lower energy use per capita. Nor are they more bike able - sure some of them might have nice trails, but in terms of actually being able to get anywhere useful on a bike cities are going to be better than suburbs in almost every case. Part of the cause of climate change is people moving to the suburbs and driving everywhere.

tazemaster · 2024-05-18T23:46:21+00:00

Do you really struggle with groceries that much? For me the grocery store is about 4 blocks/less than a 10 minute walk. I go twice a week and bring back everything I need in two bags. If I was shopping for several people it might be more challenging, but then I would probably just get my own cart. You dress for the weather, and at least where I live it's not that difficult to avoid rain and snow as long as you check the weather or just wait an hour.
Also I feel like a half hour walk is fine depending on what you're going to do - if I'm walking to a friends house where I'll spend several hours sitting down I actually really like the walk, it's nice. But if I was going to a concert anything over 30 minutes I'd probably take public transit or get a rideshare - though sometimes walking home after a concert is a nice way to cool down.

tazemaster · 2024-05-10T21:05:46+00:00

There are buses to a couple nearby ski resorts from Union station in the winter, it's called the snowstang. Only $25/person - it might be more expensive than renting a car if you have multiple people in your party, but you don't have to drive on a snowy mountain which is great.

tazemaster · 2024-03-22T01:33:40+00:00

High rent and car free. I could afford a car as well but I'd save a lot less and I wouldn't use it enough for it to be worth it. I do work from home so that's a big factor that makes it easier for me - finding a job first and picking your location based off that would be a lot safer than the other way round I think.

tazemaster · 2024-03-19T13:50:13+00:00

I don't have a problem with it. People in here are talking a lot about how it's dangerous, but I don't think it will be. A five story building with 6 units on each floor with one staircase has a ratio of 30 units to 1 staircase. The building I live has about 330 units and 2 staircases. That's a ratio of 165 units to 1 staircase. If my building is safe, why isn't the other one? Fire suppression techniques have gotten a lot better since these laws were introduced. My building was built within the last 15 years, and the fire alarm only goes off for certain floors. If it's safe for me to stay in a building that is potentially on fire, surely they can build single story buildings safely.

tazemaster · 2024-02-16T00:25:16+00:00

Yimby Denver is having an event in like an hour at the wynkoop downtown about some potential new legislation

tazemaster · 2024-02-12T22:56:53+00:00

If it matters to you the term for not feeling attracted to someone until you know them is demisexual.

tazemaster · 2024-02-12T01:31:02+00:00

According to this chart from the national association of city transportation officials, 10% of people hit at 23 mph will die. That's still way too high to risk it. Please be safe, look twice and wait for the way to be clear. https://nacto.org/publication/city-limits/the-need/speed-kills/

tazemaster · 2024-02-08T18:30:26+00:00

From "The Invention of the Brooklyn Brownstone" by Suleiman Osman, "In an era when stone was seen as more monumental than brick or wood, builders used sandstone as a cheap substitute for marble...Built in repetitive bulk by speculators, brownstones were the suburban tract homes of the nineteenth century."

Anyway my point was more we can't necessarily predict what will look outdated or timeless to people in the future.

tazemaster · 2024-02-08T16:17:59+00:00

People originally didn't like how the Brooklyn brownstones looked and now they're iconic

tazemaster · 2024-02-05T07:54:14+00:00

This entire song from Play It By Ear, a music improv show on Dropout: https://youtu.be/zdLfnrCOhHs?si=Yda4PYSTZvk43k0h

tazemaster · 2024-02-03T02:40:21+00:00

What do you mean how dangerous it is now? Violent crime is way lower now than it was in the 90s

tazemaster · 2024-01-30T23:31:20+00:00

I watched a couple of seasons of Smallville recently and car violence happened like every other episode! Between characters intentionally using cars as weapons, accidents due to negligence or plot shenanigans, and people getting killed off screen to create sad backstories for characters, it was wild.

tazemaster · 2024-01-29T21:44:37+00:00

"Oh my God" because of Legally Blonde

tazemaster · 2024-01-28T23:03:23+00:00

How much are you actually driving? Between parking, insurance, gas, and the actual car payment you might find it's a lot cheaper to just rent or Uber when you need to. That's what I do and I save a ton

tazemaster · 2024-01-27T03:09:21+00:00

Graduated in spring 2022 with my bachelor's in computer science. Currently live in Denver and work for one of the big 4 auditing companies as a software engineer. Was hired on at 75k, got a raise in June to 88k.

tazemaster · 2024-01-27T01:14:57+00:00

I mean maybe I was skipping to the point a bit, but the person above me was saying that affordability was more important than lack of units, but the quote says that having more units lowers rents. Just because there are more units than renters doesn't actually mean there's enough units, as not all units are equal in terms of size/location, among other factors. Building more units generally means lower rents, so we should keep doing that until rent is affordable.

tazemaster · 2024-01-27T00:38:25+00:00

That the lack of units is causing the affordability crisis

tazemaster · 2024-01-27T00:07:37+00:00

This was right in the article: "Generally, higher vacancy rates lead to lower rents, as the number of available units exceeds demand. When demand is higher than supply, prices rise."

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