Seriously, three words.

Nothing special. I came in looking for a car — I forgot which — and the lot only had the fully kitted versions and pushed me on a hard sell. I just left.

For Miami, this seems much more realistic.

This has to be based on a mathematical model. No one in Florida can own a home on just $30,000 alone. Hell, they can't even come up with the down payment for a house.

The worst excuse a parent can hear?

So, yeah, sounds like your town that it the exception that proves the rule.

You have one very lucky town.

The weathering and the head in the corner is great. Though I don't know if the cameras of the day were very conducive to the side selfie.

For close-quarters combat, a knife is faster.

Well, we can all stop pretending this series is going to be anything less than an Octology? Octo-ology?

I can confirm this at least once. Miami-Dade county is usually a mess, but Broward's county (Fort Lauderdale) services are usually more responsive.

Some days it's like "meh," why bother to move. Sure you could get more pay, but more than likely, you'll just end up paying more taxes for it in the long run.

How expensive is that hospital? Is your "town" a town or a metro? If most retirees, who live on a limited income, can't afford the health care, that puts it in the "poor" category.

Oblig:

One interesting bit of deviation. In the anime, most of the urban areas look like fairly clean late 18/early 19th Century European. Here the streets have more of a post apoc look even on a good day.

From that angle, it looks like mad racing with a unicycle.

From the few times that I've had to deal with it, it's a revolving door. Valve either blames the game company or your hardware. They may see themselves as just a delivery service, but there needs more integration or benchmarks that puts some more accountability some where.

And that's why it felt like 6 am when my cell phone alarm said 7 ... am.

When you attribute your source, like Fahey did, it's called journalism. Reddit is the new AP/UPI wire.

Wings of a War/Glory, it's great to see someone playing it. Every one has been playing it's flashier cousin, X-wing.