But how else will the unhoused people who use the bus system as their shelter be able to catch up on their podcasts? /s

Sure, whatever the mechanism, just remove the local veto.

It isn’t though, because in representative democracy, there’s not a perfect reflection of community wishes and how the representative acts. I doubt local people prefer zero affordable housing units to 300.

There’s also a big gulf between Robert Moses running roughshod over everything and this level on NIMBYism. The fact is, as a society, we need things (whether sanitation, affordable housing, etc.) and they need to go somewhere. People often don’t want them nearby, but if everyone gets their wish, the society doesn’t get anything. This isn’t about an individual development, per se, but the idea that a single council member can stop much needed development in this instance or others, the whole city be damned.

Sure, and that’s why they have representation and hearings. But we are in a borough/city/state/country together. At some point, we need to think collectively to solve collective problems, and this soft veto just completely messes that up in too many instances.

I mean, you could just remove the veto and have the whole council just vote on it. I don’t think we need to assign veto power to a regulatory agency.

We don’t want another Moses destroying neighborhoods, but we’ve clearly swung too far in the other direction. We need thousands of housing units and NIMBYism is making it that much harder to correct.

PANTLESS SANTACON!

Pickle ball is tennis for elderly people. As well as a bunch of younger doofuses who play it like total chumps. Like, just play a real sport, not a retirement home activity.

Yeah, your mileage may vary. I took a train on Thurs and it updated it ~20-25min before departure

Next time you should download the Amtrak app so that you can get the gate/track updates directly!

Yeah those are good ones!

The T-Mobile Tuesday deals are great—I’ve loved having mlb.tv for the past few years.

Gonna be honest, I’m amazed at the strides T-Mobile has taken in the last 15 years. I first got it because it was a heck of a lot cheaper than AT&T, but there were enough gaps in coverage in suburban NJ and parts of NYC that I kinda understood why I was paying less. Now, I have better coverage than my wife who is on Verizon in most places, and I get significantly better international perks (which we use frequently enough that it’s meaningful). Bravo, T-Mobile!