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Neither of those are ways that significant numbers of people get rich. Most people get rich either because their parents were rich and left them a ton of money and/or a business, or because their parents whipped their butts into extreme overachievement and were financially secure enough to send them to a top…

Harijuku (針宿, Thornlodge) sounds like a grim locale.

SF Bay Area is crawling with Cayennes but I’ve seen 2, maybe 3 Macans total since they became available.

$736 million in ticket sales (the highest grossing tour in history) says you’re mistaken.

Uh... long term capital gains at that level are taxed federally at a marginal rate of 20%, and CA state income tax (which offers no break for capital gains) is 12.3%. I’m happy for you that you’ve got 32 recommends at the time of this writing, but 32.3% (marginal) is a far, far cry from 10%.

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1) terrible, low-paying entry level jobs that are dead ends

Toyota Priuses, Priii? Did we ever settle that?

That’s ika geso to you, good sir or madam!

That’s just absurd. Even outside the auto industry S has been one of the most prominent letters in advertising and marketing for decades. F also doesn’t have any negative connotation in Japan primarily because, wait for it, they don’t use the Roman alphabet. The only letters that carry a negative connotation in…

Too bad about setup cost and vandalism risks, otherwise the sign could just be a screen with the current parking rule.

Ticket revenue brings in far less money in LA than is lost from lost productivity/shopping time due to traffic nightmares. Anything the city can do to improve traffic flow is going to be a net win for both drivers and the city.

When you buy a more expensive car in the same model lineup, you get various upgrades including but not limited to power. In this particular case, it seems like the 570S has similar if not identical amenities and still-insane speed, so for a buyer who's not racing competitively (or, let's be honest in this price class,…

Regarding the Sonata's fuel economy: did you test it or are you just going by EPA figures? Even after the correction, many of Hyundai's models are still grossly overrated. I get 23 in my Elantra (rated 28/38) and I don't even drive aggressively. I even managed 26 MPG recently on a 100% highway run across California on…

Also, I guess you have to be a smoker to know what the struggle of deciding between “good, rich flavor” and “mild, smooth taste” actually means.

I don't know about people who grew up in San Francisco proper, but growing up further afield in the Bay Area, the preferred moniker among almost everyone I knew was The City. SF was acceptable, San Fran was unheard of, and Frisco was downright derogatory.

The reason leasing is such a bad idea for most people is really apparent here. You determined that if you wanted to get out of the lease today, you'd be in a situation which

This doesn't surprise me, because these cities all have narrow streets, and awful congestion, and tons of cars. Whereas if you look at the best cities, you'll notice that it's all a bunch of rural areas with no traffic: Fort Collins, Colorado. Brownsville, Texas. Boise, Idaho. I mean, come on. If you lose control of…

Initially, I was a little scared when I saw the barrel in my way, but then I remembered something: I drive an SUV, and according to the ads, I can therefore roll over anything. Snow. Ice. Curbs. Small buildings. Aardvarks. People who write "would of." Libertarians. The late Bob Hope. Vegetable gardens. So I decided to…