Really? I’m not seeing that anywhere in HamNo’s post. “As Romem himself has noted, one of the prime reasons that most development is sprawl is that we have designed it that way. We protect existing city areas with zoning laws that make it impossible to greatly increase their density.”

It depends on how affordable you want it to get. SF also needs Silicon Valley to pull its weight and build a lot more, so regionally the new number should be well into six figures.

No one is saying that: what we’re saying is stop forcing sprawl and overpriced housing on us. Give people a choice. How about we don’t pick and choose how you live? That way you can go with something rural, I can go with something urban, and we’re both happy. Deal?

I’d disagree on that: it’s a lot easier to build out water/sewage/electricity/telecom with less mileage of higher capacity lines. With sprawl fiber optic lines, for example, will rarely make economic sense, but with density there are enough customers to pay for them. A sewage system with 3x capacity is cheaper and…

You can totally have a single family home; the point is that it’s bullshit to pass a law that only allows for the existence of single family homes. Open up the zoning and people can choose for themselves what they want. The next step after recognizing that everyone has different preferences is to not force everyone…

Huh, I guess my dog looks up to Chuck Johnson.

I was legitimately shocked that this wasn’t under Feinberg’s byline.

Yeah, to distill down I’m old and not good at things so turn based strategy or RPG hits a good spot for me for playability. Something like Fallout is very appealing, but I’m garbage at FPS.

Thanks for the tips. Wanted to add that I haven’t had bad experiences in the past; it’s more that I underestimated folks’ helpfulness. I think X:Com is probably the next step. One of the nice perks of being away from gaming for so long is that there’s plenty of stuff that’s new to me out there.

Appending this to say how cool it is that despite my lame joke, a lot of people have made some really helpful suggestions. Thanks commentariat!

Yeah it was mostly joking. The main thing is that I can’t keep up with serious gaming. The only things I’ve played in the past few years are Civ 5 and a trip back to FF Tactics and IX, which I really enjoyed. I’m just sad to be so bad at FPS, since that’s really the highest quality category out there in terms of “pick…

Except that the average mortgage rate was about 10.6% back then, compared to the annual 6.5% rate of appreciation, and you eventually have to pay off that loan. The total interest is about $300k over the life of the mortgage.

Hello friends, I am also a video game idiot and was looking for suggestions for games that aren’t FPS. The last time I asked this question in the comments, the response was “getting hit by a car,” which I really didn’t enjoy, so I’m looking for a more user-friendly option.

Fun fact, the S&P 500 is +763% in the last 30 years. I actually wasn’t expecting it to beat SF, but there you have it.

Yes, but per Levine, that’s not a realistic problem. Stagnancy is reflected in positive alpha which pushes more actively managed money into the market.

Not to worry, this news will merely push NIMBYs to redouble their efforts to block new construction. They’re already succeeding at preventing affordable housing in Brooklyn Heights.

I remember being a GW freshman back in the day and sitting in stunned silence listening to a bro talk about how it’s important to be a tough dad, so his future kid would only get $10k for a car. The other bros were impressed with his restraint, but thought it way harsh and borderline impossible.

If a player wants to take a pay cut if they think that’s the best move for their career, why not let them? Also, to echo Olerud’s Helmet, free agency shows us that only very rarely do players take significant pay cuts, and almost never when they’re young.

Bryce Harper basically was a free agent. He had the ability to got to college if he didn’t like the Nats’ offer. That’s why they paid him so much. Also, the NBA has a salary cap, which takes care of that whole “financial juggernaut” issue.

The way to do that is through the salary cap. Each team has the same amount to spend and you can’t have 5 players making 25 million each. If a team were to overpay, they wouldn’t have the cap room to add great players later.