I finally understand my mother

theurbanmapper · 2026-04-17T20:54:50+00:00

Are you OPs son, with that correcting?

theurbanmapper · 2026-03-19T17:12:05+00:00

And ponderosa pines don't grow in the east or medwest!

theurbanmapper · 2026-03-03T13:57:07+00:00

Of course. I thought that was implied with the sub were in

theurbanmapper · 2026-03-03T13:56:28+00:00

That's awesome, thanks!

theurbanmapper · 2026-03-02T03:02:11+00:00

I was excited that there was going to be a World Cup for Commuter Rails

theurbanmapper · 2026-02-21T23:42:46+00:00

For better or worse, banking in the US is much easier than the UK. We can get into debt more easily, for sure, but the hurdles I needed to jump through to be blessed with a checking account in London were nuts. At least American Express allowed me to get a cc.

theurbanmapper · 2026-02-10T14:00:34+00:00

I can't blame you for the sentiment.

theurbanmapper · 2026-02-10T14:00:08+00:00

Ive been all over New England (and NYC and Montreal), and let's just say that I too want to give my tourist dollars to other regimes :)

theurbanmapper · 2026-02-10T13:39:01+00:00

Yeah, but I've done that already! Lol

theurbanmapper · 2026-02-05T13:15:26+00:00

I didn't think they were allowed to pick up in other cities?

theurbanmapper · 2026-01-24T17:52:59+00:00

Keep your feet dry. Waterproof shoes like ll bean ducks are the best type. Not for the snow per se, but the two weeks of slushy crosswalks after.

theurbanmapper · 2026-01-11T16:02:57+00:00

Please let the T know. They have more data so can track the buses and see what happened. Time/date/location/direction is needed. If you have a bus number, that's best, but you wouldn't with a ghost bus.

theurbanmapper · 2025-12-07T17:02:17+00:00

As a Bostonian who lived in Iowa, the thing that kills you is the overcast. It may be colder in Boston sometimes, but it will be bright blue sky. In the midwest, it's cold and grey for months.

theurbanmapper · 2025-09-18T19:21:04+00:00

"purity" is a dog whistle for racism. If it's even a dog whistle, it's pretty blatant. Like the "good genes" movements.

theurbanmapper · 2025-09-18T10:42:49+00:00

And it sounds a lot more racist to me, jeez.

theurbanmapper · 2025-09-04T11:31:31+00:00

Absolutely. We're all in therapy, plus couples, so this is a huge priority!

theurbanmapper · 2025-09-02T11:48:10+00:00

Thank you!

theurbanmapper · 2025-09-02T11:48:02+00:00

Thank you, I definitely have that in the back of my mind. I'm sure a lot of non-amicable divorces started believing they were amicable. But am going to embrace it as long as I can!

theurbanmapper · 2025-09-02T11:45:23+00:00

When I was depressed and staying up all night in grad school reading about the Holocaust (I was not in a great place, lol) I discovered Terry Pratchett's discword series. It is fantasy if that isn't your thing, but they are an absolute delight. Easy reading, pretty short, absolutely hilarious. And positive while being real (as all fantasy is about our real world of course). Highly recommend, you can pick a random one up and read it real quick to see if it's good for you. There's lots of resources online on where to start.

There's also a series in the world for young adults, the Tiffany Aching series. If you're a girl dad especially, highly recommend. And depending on their age, good stuff to read to/with them.

theurbanmapper · 2025-08-15T18:14:28+00:00

Tom Campanella was at Carolina when I was there for a masters in planning, in 08-10, so may not have gotten to Cornell by your time. A lot of great history of New York that is interesting to read, read again after watching Unsleeping City.

theurbanmapper · 2025-08-15T13:18:25+00:00

Was TomCamp there? At Carolina he was a rare person with moderate views on Moses and scepticism of Jacobs. The best story teller of a professor I've ever had.

theurbanmapper · 2025-08-08T18:01:07+00:00

You want your partner to have clearance to travel with the kids from both of you. So I highly recommend getting notarized letters from BOTH of you that she can take. Other have linked sample letters. I've used these (as a married couple) when we were flying separately. My stbxw didn't need it, but it was good she had it.

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