So are we going to extend the subway up to Scarsdale? No? Well then, why don't we concentrate on the vast swaths of the outer boroughs that are built essentially at suburban density?

You're saying that a city with a waste management system consisting of piles of plastic trash bags on the sidewalk has a rat problem?

My own particular unfavorite is when anyone who is not a born-and-bred native proposes something to actually make things better, they're told to go back to Iowa or some bullshit.

I don't know what else you expect in a city that hasn't figured.out a trash disposal system beyond "pile it up on the sidewalk" and thinks that removing public trash cans is the solution to litter.

If only cyclists would stop rolling through stop signs...

That would involve trying to track it down.

In any event, it's entirely the same story, which is that the NYPD has virtually zero interest in investigating these types of crimes.

I can also guarantee you that nobody is going to do any time at all for this.

That's assuming they have valid plates and can be tracked down.

Yeah, that's what I meant. This person will probably not even lose their license.

No, it's clearly the fault of those cyclists rolling through stop signs (not motorists rolling through stop signs though-- they are perfect angels who can do no wrong).

You're kidding, right?

Right? If we aren't reporting it, it's not happening 🫣

>Issue is much more about commuting.

It's also about that, and also about contemporary offices being just plain miserable places to work.

>It’s a fringe segment that gives a shit about being around unmasked people. Not at all mainstream.

Nah, that's completely false. At least half the people I see in public indoor spaces are wearing masks.

People want to be around people when they are socializing. When people are at work, they want to work.

If people wanted to be wheezed on by hundreds of unmasked strangers every day, then their employers wouldn't be putting so much effort into strong-arming them back into the office.

I mean, I think the vast majority of people would prefer not to be sick all the time. Especially in a country where they are lucky to get a handful of sick days.

People tolerated being crammed cheek-by-jowl into noisy, miserable open offices because they were told it was necessary and it couldn't be any other way. Once they saw with their own eyes this was not the case, I think they started to feel very differently about the trade-offs they were told to make.

>New Yorkers Are Sick of Being Sick.

Really? Too bad! Back to the boiler room! Chop chop!

Aby Rosen's new Maybach isn't gonna pay for itself...

To be fair he is probably talking about the 2% of streets that are still recognizable as streets and probably mistook the others for a public dump.

It's an understandable mistake, considering that wherever he lives they probably have a modern trash collection system instead of piling it all up on the sidewalk like NYC does.