See my post above. NIMBYs and the short sighted elected officials beholden to them are precisely the reason I have no faith that the city will add sufficient housing to return the market to a healthier state. My point was that NIMBYs who obstruct development based on preservationist attitudes seem to think that the…

I really don’t have much faith that cities will do what little they can to prevent displacement and rapid gentrification (especially SF). For better or worse, you can’t ban new people from moving to cities (Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act/ Privileges and Immunities Clause), so they will compete with current…

Portland was gentrified like 5 years ago. SF is now a bizarre post-gentrification country club that is somehow still covered in shit.

“I suppose that this is just the way of things: people come, and then they leave; and thus the cycles of lives and cities are ever in flux.”

I always found the arrangement interesting; sounds pretty ideal from a woman’s perspective. I think things often start with the idea that husband will get some, but let’s be honest, a man isn’t going to do as well as a woman in terms of getting laid casually. Personally, I think I’d find myself respecting my…

You guys have a sort-of cuckold arrangement?

I think it’s great that you’re raising your kid to be so thoughtful. No disrespect, but do people really need to “make sure emotional... needs are being met” in the context of a random hookup? In the few random encounter’s I’ve had, I really don’t care too much about how a guy “feels” about it (beyond consent, etc.)…

Even in romantic relationships? I mean, a higher number doesn’t necessarily bother me, but if it’s like 200-1000, I might be a little weired-out.

I feel like this is the norm. In general, it seems like women’s numbers are usually higher, often by orders of magnitude than their male partners.

That was rhetorical you fucking asshole.

It’s an inherently hard line of work to unionize, as there is no barrier for entry into the workforce. Kind of like how fast food workers haven’t had much luck in the US; there are simply too many people who could undercut union members.

I feel this. From a policy standpoint, I think decriminalization is the right move. From a purely ideological perspective, prostitution is the literal commodification of women’s sexuality, which we’re supposed to be fighting against, right? The whole “it’s not objectification if a woman controls it/profits from it”…

Prohibition works in very few contexts.

DAFUQ?