I’ve thought about it a lot for years. I grew up in a very rural, southern area and to be honest I am sorta-kinda ok with it... so long as I can buy a huge chunk of land that isolates me from the neighbors, which is what my parents did.

Yup, that’s why commutes are so bad. I bought my house 5 years ago over here in the east bay for $450k. Now of course it would be like 800k. Anywhere near Palo Alto, Redwood City, SF or any of the other tech-heavy areas is ungodly expensive and so we commute. Its too bad that so much of the tech biz is squished into…

Yeah, me either. In fact I barely go to SF anymore at all. Now I go only 1 or 2 times a year... ridiculous given I can see the city from my freakin’ house!

Well, by Sierras I mean Auburn, Grass Valley and so on. Just the foothills really.

Yeah... lesson learned! We usually get up at 5:30-6:00 and go up that way and its smooth sailing. Either that or late at night. We won’t ever leave in the afternoon because that was AWFUL! We were backed up in Davis for an hour alone.

The traffic here is becoming a real nightmare. I live in the East Bay and commute to Palo Alto and yes, I work in tech ( boooo! ).

He looks just as batshit crazy as every other person in this admin. What is up with the possessed looking eyes?

Good. Buy them all. We will all be so very jealous....

1990's-era Mercedes and their then notorious quality control issues with a good 20+ years left to age? Yeah.... sounds like a grrreat idea....

I’ve got close to 100,000 miles on my Volt and our previous car, a 2002 Prius had 260,000 miles on it. Batteries in these tend to last just as long as the car itself.

Sorry to say that I do not agree with what you claim.

I’m not transgendered but trumps decision on banning transgendered people from service makes me more angry than I can recall in a long time.

Right back at you since you also failed to address anything I said.

You’re kidding me.... right? The GOP was from the very start well-funded by a vast array of well-monied umbrella organizations such as Americans for Prosperity, The Cato Institute and many others that carry water for the healthcare industry whom use them as financial funnels in which to influence congress and the…

Funny how my friend from the UK who lives here now, my former boss from New Zealand, and various other people I’ve known from other countries have never mentioned having to wait for their healthcare.

I call your bullshit. Obama did it because unlike our current dipshit excuse of a President he actually had a heart and soul and cared about people.

If you buy this.... you are an idiot.

Oh I see what you’re saying: Things were a lot better before the evil, nasty ole’ gubbermint got involved. Yes... back in good ole’ 1910 when anyone, and especially the poor and underprivileged were often not given any treatment whatsoever.

No they didn’t. Prices were accelerating at a clip that was unsustainable prior to the ACA. And I am so god damned tired of that old-ass, Reagan era bullshit about “Gubbermint bein’ da problem” when in turn 99.999% of the folks I have met who say that then in turn never bat an eye when it comes to the billions and…

The ACA is a piece of legislation that at the time was meant to be improved and streamlined. It is far from perfect. Perhaps if the GOP had spent their time coming up with better ideas instead of simply being outright against it every single step of the way we would be in far better shape.