This.

I get that living in the suburbs for a family in the US is still the desired standard. But I’d argue that that is largely due to manufactured demand. Meaning, the ideal to aspire to we’ve been sold the past 70 or so years is to crave for private space, space, space; while giving up on a sense of communal interaction…

Those green spaces can be had in cities as well. Ever spent some time in Warsaw, Kyiv, Zurich, Amsterdam, Barcelona, etc.?

The absence of these spaces in US cities is - as the author here points out - due to car-centric planning. And that does have a negative impact on our happiness, and is hugely inefficient (both in…

No, she missed out by a few points. The last rally of the year she didn’t score well, the rally that took place just days after her father passed.

There’s the chicken or egg question: was this demand manufactured (by many an interested party with something to sell) or was this a genuine desire of the people?

Michèle Mouton.

I believe there is, maybe not consciously, but once people get a good rhythm with using public transport for their 9-5s, their interest usually switches over in favor of trains/busses.

As for using e-scooters/e-bikes for the last mile issue, in Paris the availability of those on a large scale pretty much revamped how…

Nor the fact that we subsidize the fossil fuel industry in gigantic ways..

I think your point 4 could be solved within a few years, based on current infrastructure.

Make all the surface streets that are two lanes one lane, then use the second lane for buses running every 5 minutes.

On the highway, make two out of the 4 or 5 lanes bus-only and bicycle-only lanes. Put in those concrete barriers…

This.

I have a feeling you’re a troll.

If not, your view on what a man should be is extremely placative and outdated at best.

This coming from a man, btw.

I recently had my therapist say ‘treat others as you would like to be treated’ is outdated and shall be replaced by ‘treat others as they’d like to be treated’ is the new one.

I kinda like it.

Thank you. I read what at first seemed like a somewhat reasoned post, that then swapped out Tate for other far-right misogynists and went off the rails.

See my answer to staghound below.

Market volume for Marine Insurance companies grew. Record profits for most of them for 2021.

Them raising rates on you is not due to this boat sinking, it’s due to greed and an expectation of profit numbers that’s too high.

Alright, I’ll do the f.... homework for you.

Market volume of Marine Insurance companies is projected to grow from 2020 to 2026 from 27$ billion to 31$ billion. So, they’re doing mighty fine.

Multiple Marine Insurance companies also posted record profits for 2021.

So, what was your point?

Lol.

Good one.

That sentence you quoted didn’t strike me as sour or jealous at all. It is you who is reading way too much into this.

Also, this yacht has insurance.

That all could be done for a quarter of that 11 billion. But then who would present a constant threat to the people of Los Angeles?

LA County Sheriff’s Department budget is 3.5 billion dollars. Still plenty of money to send more than 6 sheriffs.
Unless they’re all busy in their gangs and cannot be bothered to do their jobs.

Much more cost-effective than using Highway Patrol for speed limit enforcement.