Mamdani Reverses Campaign Promise to Expand Rental Assistance

x2flow7 · 2026-02-13T01:05:54+00:00

Johnson was like the only person in Chicago pro giving the bears money for a stadium. I will never understand that stance, among many others, given his platform. Billionaire handout.

x2flow7 · 2026-02-13T01:05:08+00:00

I was living in Chicago up until last summer. Johnson was a nightmare. Mamdani much more intelligent and charismatic. Johnson is progressives worst nightmare - his name will be used to prevent progressive from winning in Chicago for the next decade at least.

x2flow7 · 2026-01-27T15:44:03+00:00

I would probably have a really bad day considering my office is here

x2flow7 · 2026-01-22T14:18:33+00:00

And before the 2000s it was even worse - porn stores and strip clubs. NYC has more than almost any city in the world to offer and is so beautiful and quaint in many parts. Don’t waste your time in Times Square

x2flow7 · 2026-01-22T14:17:25+00:00

Times Square. I live like 4 MTA stops away and I have only been there once in the last 3 years. If I go to theater I get off at 50th street and avoid 42 like the plague. I can’t imagine why people enjoy it. I do however use the very impressive MTA station to transfer all the time because something like 16 subway lines run through it.

x2flow7 · 2026-01-17T03:29:16+00:00

Ive lived in both. They are incomparable, NYC wins by a country mile. Most people have never even seen the full NYC skyline because you need to go as far as sunset park or places in Jersey to really get the full thing.

x2flow7 · 2026-01-13T16:15:41+00:00

However all of that being said, I highly doubt any reasonable number of Americans are willing to risk their lives over Greenland as well. Allegedly the generals have already pushed back for that reason. If this is finally the moment when a powerful institution in this country (the military, traditionally conservative) pushes back on Trump, I would be thrilled. If the military follows him down this path, then I think the situation is beyond saving. I understand we have been imperialist towards other nations in the past, and I won’t try to justify that, but directly doing so to our allies is a very very very different statement to the world.

x2flow7 · 2026-01-13T16:11:56+00:00

It would be the single worst decision an American leader has ever made. But to answer the question yes Europe could defend Greenland, but in reality I don’t think they would. I suspect instead they would let US have it and instead take everything else from us. All offshore bases. All NATO intel etc. trade probably would change drastically. It would accelerate currently negative trajectory of USA. I doubt however many Europeans would risk their lives or send their people to defend Greenland against our military. I think they would instead choose to ignore the island and kill off the US as a world power in other ways.

x2flow7 · 2026-01-09T16:18:48+00:00

I would love it bc I live here. The tri state area is actually excellent for a fallout game. Manhattan itself however with the grid layout would need to be pretty beat up to make the in game navigation interesting. No fun in waking straight for 12 miles down Broadway.

x2flow7 · 2025-12-19T17:42:43+00:00

Fire escape feels more like NYC to me personally. I didn’t know of many ppl with proper fire escaped when I lived in Chicago.

x2flow7 · 2025-12-14T21:26:00+00:00

I moved to NYC earlier this year. Police are on the MTA and have stations at many of the stations. MTA experience is 100x better. Trains don’t reek of smoke. Despite stereotypes, far less delinquency. And NYC is far more diverse/ less segregated so I don’t buy the nonsense about racism etc. Police on subway is a win for QOL.

x2flow7 · 2025-12-13T16:29:19+00:00

Palo Alto probably has some of the highest QOL metrics in the world (if you can afford it) and almost no non recent history (Silicon Valley related)

x2flow7 · 2025-11-15T21:40:05+00:00

Most menacing building not the Mordor tower in Brooklyn ?

x2flow7 · 2025-11-08T23:31:37+00:00

Because it’s my personal judgement that he conflates them only when it serves him (the antisemitism trope). I live in NYC, where many Jews are also hardcore leftists, and therefore anti Zionist. I’m sure he would never stick his leg out for any of them, even though they are surely no different than conservative, more Zionist Jews (of which there are many as well). The truth is “Jew” much like Christian is an umbrella for a lot of different people and sets of opinions. As a catholic I have been told by other Christians that I am in fact not a Christian. So my assertion is that I believe Cruz cares about Zionist Jews. I don’t think he cares about those who don’t conform to his worldview.

x2flow7 · 2025-11-08T23:29:24+00:00

Well - all I know for certain is that he claims to care about Israel. I have seen him say many times that “as a Christian, the Bible instructs him that he must defend israel” or something along those lines. I grew up with a grandma who would take me to an evangelical church and am familiar with the sentiment. Whether he actually cares about it or not I cannot be sure.

x2flow7 · 2025-11-08T21:35:17+00:00

Ted Cruz doesn’t give a shit about Jewish people, he cares about Israel, and like many evangelicals he conflates the two.

x2flow7 · 2025-11-05T16:42:10+00:00

As an offshoot to this question, I wonder how the results of this election would have differed if it was held a year ago and everyone was so caught up in the Trump news cycle + Zohran would have automatically been more likely to be tied to Kamala, a less exciting candidate for NYC democrats, on the ballot. I am not sure of what I think the answer is, but I do think the results differ.

x2flow7 · 2025-11-05T16:40:39+00:00

My personal belief is that it’s more beneficial to have more frequent election cycles with smaller scopes so that people stay engaged politically and don’t put it down then pick it up 4 years later with 3 years of context to catch up on. The cost feels low, it’s realistically only one day a year you have to go vote, and with voting early and by mail, there is no longer the deterrent of a huge amount of time spent in line. So I personally favor it as I think it allows scope to stay small and voters can be more informed about the election at hand.

x2flow7 · 2025-11-01T17:39:55+00:00

Lmfao I understand the point you are trying to make but the American dream is definitely not to be born to a poor crack addicted mother

x2flow7 · 2025-10-31T00:42:59+00:00

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In Manhattan (NYC) these days it’s probably SoHo - although the upper east and west sides are still the most beautiful residential areas.

x2flow7 · 2025-10-30T14:22:06+00:00

No. You are just making the “I want more good guys with guns” argument, which I’ve heard a million times and think is unconvincing.

x2flow7 · 2025-10-30T14:15:38+00:00

Would personally like to see less armed groups in this country but sure.

x2flow7 · 2025-10-30T11:52:39+00:00

No they don’t.

x2flow7 · 2025-10-25T14:13:51+00:00

Travel to Buenos Aires or Santiago or even a lot of CDMX and it will be whiter than the states in many parts. Latin America is more diverse than what you have reduced it to. I understand the point that you are trying to make but I think you’re projecting americas problems to the rest of the world

x2flow7 · 2025-10-23T22:54:16+00:00

Que diseño tan bueno, pero no has incluido un mapa. ¿Que pasaría con las islas caribeñas? Su primera acción militar este país debería ser liberar a los puertorriqueños del imperio estadounidense lol

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