The market’s doing exactly what it’s supposed to do. An excess of people are saying “I want to live in this block and this block only, what will it cost me?” Landlords are more than happy to raise rent to whatever the market bears. If they can get people to live in a dorm on that spot because people aren’t willing to…

I’ve lived in the burbs and commuted in 30-45 minutes each way into a major city for most of my adult life. Jobs are largely place based, but most of the people we are discussing in this article are part of a mobility society where they can move. They are choosing to pack in like sardines because they couldn’t lower…

I have a friend who lives in Hong Kong. He just paid $1.3M USD for a 560sq. ft. 2 bed 1 bath apartment.  New York/ San Francisco have nothing on that.

Part of this is a bias against the burbs. No where in HamNo’s screed did he mention why you must live in a city. It’s like cities are walled off like Mega-City One and those of us in the burbs are wasteland mutants that should be shot on sight.

I bought some five spice the other day because I couldn’t get my stir frys to taste right without it. I’m going to try it in my coffee and bourbon (separately).

I’d love to see someone like Jacksonville or Carolina try and push a new stadium or we’ll move threat and the city just point to LA and ask how it went.

In our house, the saying was “Don’t argue with a toddler.  One of you loses and one of you looks like a toddler.”

Store bought red velvet - inferior.

The issue is the Constitution specifically calls for the President to be native born. It was an issue for McCain because he was born on a US military base in Panama, which is technically US territory making him native born. I think there was even a court case regarding it, but I’m too lazy to google it (but not too…

Whataboutism gives a clue to its meaning in its name. It is not merely the changing of a subject (“What about the economy?”) to deflect away from an earlier subject as a political strategy; it’s essentially a reversal of accusation, arguing that an opponent is guilty of an offense just as egregious or worse than…

I feel stupider for having read this.

Dokoupil pressed: “There are people who look at the incidents of the 90s and they say a President of the United States cannot have a consensual relationship with an intern, the power imbalance is too great—”

She used a classic whataboutism defense. “Yes, my husband is a dirtbag but Trump is even dirtier so we shouldn’t talk about Bill.” Sorry, that doesn’t make it better. She also deflected a very real question about the accusers. I remember her destroying those women in interviews at the time. She wasn’t even…

I’m allergic to bi-valves. Anything with clams, muscles, or scallops will induce vomiting within minutes. Shrimp, prawn, or crawfish are OK. It’s oddly specific, but it’s what I live with.

I’m usually the token conservative over on Splinter. As a former soldier, I can tell you while I don’t agree with protesting during the anthem, Kapernick and other players absolutely have the right to do it and that’s what I fought for. While my service was years ago, my daughter is currently in the Air Force and the…

It’s right next to Brady’s email to Kraft demanding Garapollo get traded. There’s never an explicit demand from the diva the up and comer get bumped, but read between the lines and it’s plain as day.

That’s awful, +1 you bastard.

Eli screwed the team (and MacAdoo) last year when he refused to be benched. MacAdoo is no great shakes as a coach, but he was right to see what else he had available.  Eli’s never been stellar, but his inability to get it done over the past three years have really hampered the Giants ability to grow.  I say all this…

My wife is a principal and she is one of the kindest, bighearted people you will ever see with children. Until you try and mess with those same children; then she becomes very assertive about where you need to remove your head from. She’s consistently raised scores for the kids in her school and parents love her,…

Detroit born and raised. Spent time on both coasts and in the south as an adult, so I’m more partial to the midwest than elswhere I’ve lived. The “coastal elite” thinking is generally all flyover is the same and we know about everything. Not trying to troll, just a poorly constructed example. I passed through St.…