The future is dense, walkable cities.

[AlexBailey]

I honestly don't care about California at all. I've been there and feel no need to ever return. In fact if there was a national call for people to bring chain saws to cut California loose and push it out to sea I'd be on the way. (Just so you don't think I'm serious about the chain saw comment it is a reference to a Bugs Bunny cartoon.)

And yet if CA was cut loose, the numbers listed in the Forbes article shows that the rest of the US would be less well off.

California as a state is the greatest economic engine of the country. We as a state support others. It’s up to you if you want to cut off your nose to spite your face.

 

[TrailerHitch]

And yet if CA was cut loose, the numbers listed in the Forbes article shows that the rest of the US would be less well off.

California as a state is the greatest economic engine of the country. We as a state support others. It’s up to you if you want to cut off your nose to spite your face.

We could live without you. But let's take all the military bases and other federal jobs from California and see how long you last.

Greatest economic engine? Is that because of the sales surge in sidewalk pooper scoopers?

 

[IrezumiKiss]

We could live without you.

Where specifically is the "we" in this statement?

 

[TrailerHitch]

Where specifically is the "we" in this statement?

The rest of the United States. Is that clear enough for your simpleton brain?

 

[AlexBailey]

The rest of the United States. Is that clear enough for your simpleton brain?

Do you simply not get math?

CA and democratic states contribute more to the economy than republican states. There are many examples of this.

Nine of the ten states that award the most patents are Democratic states. We have the brains, the money, and the ability. On average blue states are engines, Red states on average are a load.

 

[TrailerHitch]

Do you simply not get math?

CA and democratic states contribute more to the economy than republican states.

Nine of the ten states that award the most patents are Democratic states. We have the brains, the money, and the ability. Red states on average are a load.

Sure sure, that's why Tennessee's economy is exploding it's growing so fast. How many REAL new jobs did you add last year? Tennessee added 450,000. How's that state income tax working for you? We don't have one and yet we have a state budget surplus. Over $7 a gallon gasoline? No thanks, we bounce between just under $3 and up to $3.40 a gallon. Inflated real estate values? California leads in that department for damn sure. The average house here is far less than a half a million dollars. How about you give up all the military bases and the accompanying money and see where you stand economically, oh and add defense contractors to that too.

 

[AlexBailey]

Sure sure, that's why Tennessee's economy is exploding it's growing so fast. How many REAL new jobs did you add last year? Tennessee added 450,000. How's that state income tax working for you? We don't have one and yet we have a state budget surplus. Over $7 a gallon gasoline? No thanks, we bounce between just under $3 and up to $3.40 a gallon. Inflated real estate values? California leads in that department for damn sure. The average house here is far less than a half a million dollars. How about you give up all the military bases and the accompanying money and see where you stand economically, oh and add defense contractors to that too.

Military spending only accounts for 4.7 percent of CA’s GDP. Still kicking ass without it.

https://militarycouncil.ca.gov/wp-c...81/2022/10/2022_California_Statewide_MEIS.pdf

California has a big problem with real estate prices because too many people want to invest here.

 

[AlexBailey]

That's as clear a red flag as any investor will ever get. That bubble pop will be messy.

The bubbles may pop but then the price will go back up again. It’s happened before it will happen again. Corporate interests will just ride it out.

 

[Paul_Chance]

Just think though, if we could cut California off...and row it out in the ocean a bit, we'd double the beach front property! Win-win!

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

Actually, Houston is exactly as you describe LA: a group of nearby communities that ran together over time. There is still extensive rail infrastructure, but like in LA, the growth is actually toward the exurbs, for example the fasted-growing area in America, the Spring-Woodlands complex.

I'm sorry for having bad-mouthed Houston. They're moving forward to make the city more walkable.

 

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[JoePepsiCo]

Are they protected bike lanes or just paint? Unless there are physical barriers to prevent drivers from swerving into them, they’re dangerous and should be avoided.

There's not much danger of being run down here. It's not like we are inundated with traffic, but inside the city limits, along with their lanes, the sidewalks and very wide, very new and modern and very bike friendly with ramps in the curbing.

 

[JoePepsiCo]

I'm sorry for having bad-mouthed Houston. They're moving forward to make the city more walkable.

I lived in Houston. It deserves to be badmouthed for a lot of reasons...

 

[lovecraft68]

Just happened to spot this while browsing.

Think the OP-and others-are being overly optimistic.

There is no future, this world has ten years left before we either nuke it to oblivion or mother nature says, "Yeah, I'm done with you roaches" and wipes us out.

 

[MajorRewrite]

There is no future, this world has ten years left before we either nuke it to oblivion or mother nature says, "Yeah, I'm done with you roaches" and wipes us out.

Doomsayers have been around forever. It’s funny how their prognostications of doom never quite work out.

 

[MajorRewrite]

The mean streets of New York.

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[MajorRewrite]

Bike lanes added to city streets reduced traffic crashes 55%

NYPD crash stats on Cozine and Wortman disprove Banks's claims: The number of traffic crashes in the first four months of 2024 dropped by over 55 percent compared to the first four months of last year, according to city data compiled by Crashmapper. The two streets saw 36 crashes from January to April of 2023 — and just 16 over the same four-month period this year.

 

[MajorRewrite]

New Urbanism and Its Influences in the Cincinnati Region

The Queen City boasts impressive examples of New Urbanism infill on a neighborhood scale built over the last two decades, in addition to historic urban fabric that has been revitalized.

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

New Urbanism and Its Influences in the Cincinnati Region

I thought Charlotte was The Queen City.

 

[MajorRewrite]

Designing streets for autonomous kids.

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[dmallord]

Waiting for a doctor's appointment, I read an article about caregivers for dementia patients in Reader's Digest.

The article I read highlighted an innovative approach to support caregivers. In some locations, these unsung heroes are being recognized as stressed out, and unique spaces resembling coffee shops are being set up for them. These places serve as a gathering spot, offering a much-needed break from their daily stresses—a mental respite for them.

So, city planners might want to consider an oasis of that type in your cities—just food for thought.

 

[MajorRewrite]

New York is a dystopian hell-hole.

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[sandybrooke]

So again, when will you refund the money that city folk paid for your roads?

Ok, as I read the banter between sqtspiderman and trailer what ever I just needed to comment that road construction costs come from the tax paid at the pump. I know farm equipment uses alot of fuel but is non taxed if dyed. BUT, farmers own many more vehicles that do pay taxed fuel, more than most CITY folk.
So fuck you he pays for the roads too.

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

Ok, as I read the banter between sqtspiderman and trailer what ever I just needed to comment that road construction costs come from the tax paid at the pump. I know farm equipment uses alot of fuel but is non taxed if dyed. BUT, farmers own many more vehicles that do pay taxed fuel, more than most CITY folk.
So fuck you he pays for the roads too.

Road construction does not solely come from taxes at the pump because the taxes are nowhere near high enough.
Rural people more greatly benefit because there’s no way they could pay for all the roads they use.

 

[Rightguide]

Here's what Los Angeles looks like, go ahead and take a walk through all of that dense crap:

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