I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
surely not?
Drive-by!
I knew that I shouldn't have tried for that exclamation point!
You know what I want.
You know what I n-n-n-need.
DON'T LOOK at these cats!
GONE GONE GONE
bbl
.
You've torn your dress, and your face is a mess.
You know what I n-n-n-need.
sdf (Stu)
Do I have to come right, flat out and tell you everything?
How about communal private parking near the homes?
Gimme some money...
[together]
GIMME SOME MONEH!
GIMME SOME MONEH!
(Don't make me go back to work! Please!)
Some folks want ground level retail.
re: thread below
The Villagers like Bush. Because in their world competence and integrity are just not important.
I'd be perfectly happy with a terrace off my apartment and a nice neighborhood park.
Phuque, I guess I gotta. Otherwise no one direct-deposits moneh in my checking account.
Why is Atrios still yammering on about this shit? Would it stop if we moved to Manhattan?
but if everyone has that then you don't have the nice walkable urban neighborhood.
not sure i agree with that. chicago is a "city of neighborhoods" and while it'd be silly to walk from say Hyde Park to Rogers Park, one could do it, and go along the way passing housing and commerce and more housing and more commerce.
my point is that with some changes in zoning laws, we can achieve a balance of "some house, some yard, and near by shops and stuff you need, within reasonable walking distances."
As I mentioned below, I heard on TV that Rep. Nita Lowey took herself out of consideration for Hillary's Senate seat.
Otherwise no one direct-deposits moneh in my checking account.
V for Virginia, Your Ad Here |
Dear Mr. Soros,
As a frequent commenter on someone else's librul blog, it is gravely disappointing to me ...
I agree with you in principle, but you try being relentlessly stalked some time.
Just saying.
steve simels | Homepage | 12.06.08 - 11:28 am | #
Poor poor pitiful simels. The one here who is on the constant attack, with a few friends. Now he plays the victim!
Why, it's not his fault. What he does here. He only namesteals and has so many sock puppets because, get this, the poor old nice man is being stalked. Very republican of him, if you ask me.
Get real!
As I mentioned below, I heard on TV that Rep. Nita Lowey took herself out of consideration for Hillary's Senate seat.
plantsman | 12.06.08 - 11:37 am |
That's too bad ...
Why is Atrios still yammering on about this shit?
Because he knows it annoys you, NTodd.
Can there be any other reasonable explanation?
I think not.
near by shops and stuff you need, within reasonable walking distances."
chicago dyke, copyist | Homepage | 12.06.08 - 11:36 am | #
And where would one do rooftop lamprey grilling?
I'd be perfectly happy with a terrace off my apartment and a nice neighborhood park.
Brooklyn Girl,
but only if the parks have community gardening plots, and other stuff. i realized how much i need plants in my life, and how much better my urban years would've been with them, aftering moving to a place with a lawn. parks shouldn't just be flat spaces of grass with a bench or two.
ohhh.. we use to DREAM of living in a garage.
WE had to live in a box!
Obama wants us to discuss health and let him know what we think.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp...ml?
hpid=topnews
[reposted from downstairs]
And now -- STEVE's MOVIE REVIEWS©!!!
"Frost/Nixon"
A voodoo priest turns the great American poet Robert Frost into a zombie and he has a torrid affair with Sex and the City star Cynthia Nixon. Implausible low-budget horror, but a pretty cool reggae soundtrack. In Europe it's titled "Shtupping By Woods on a Snowy Evening."
cd,
yes - I'm specifically talking about dense urban neighborhoods. there are other less dense models with some degree of walkability.
oh, rootless. why did you have to go and spoil my appetite for this spicy seafood soup?
lamprey. /shudders/
Why is Tom Daschle wearing Margaret Carlson's glasses?
Obama wants us to discuss health and let him know what we think.
I'm for it.
As I mentioned below, I heard on TV that Rep. Nita Lowey took herself out of consideration for Hillary's Senate seat.
plantsman | 12.06.08 - 11:37 am |
That's too bad ...
Brooklyn Girl, shady dame | Homepage | 12.06.08 - 11:38 am | #
Indeed.
I still say RFK Jr. would be awesome.
Caroline would be ridiculous, however; I really hope that's not even a serious option.
Here's what Obama should do about health.
He should invite all the executives of the health insurance companies and HMOs to a conference, then leave the room for a moment, and then, ala Goldfinger seal the room with all those guys in it and then flood it.
Atrios -- be very afraid
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. This weekend I'm attending the Army-Navy game in Philadelphia, and I'm looking forward to a great day of college football. But more importantly, I'm looking forward to spending time with the brave men and women of the United States military.
but only if the parks have community gardening plots, and other stuff. i realized how much i need plants in my life, and how much better my urban years would've been with them, aftering moving to a place with a lawn. parks shouldn't just be flat spaces of grass with a bench or two.
chicago dyke, copyist
People have terrace gardens here, and there are some community gardens, too. And, being an older city, the parks have mature trees. I'm also two blocks from the East River, where they are building the Brooklyn Bridge Park.
The bottom line is that, with decent urban planning, cities can provide a good quality of life for a lot of people.
Dumbya's hard-on for the military is unseemly considering how many of them he's sent to hell-holes to be killed and maimed and emotionally shattered.
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. This weekend I'm attending the
Army-Navy game in Philadelphia, and I'm looking forward to a great day
of college football. But more importantly, I'm looking forward to
spending time with the brave men and women of the United States
military.
Wow, he's deploying the football teams to Afghanistan?
I grew up in Jackson Heights,a outer-borough neighborhood in New York City. Many of the row houses there, built in the 1930s, located the garages in the rear, accessed by a common driveway running down the back of the houses. The disadvantage is that the back yards were smaller, but it made the streetscape much more pleasant.
What I see now is that people are paving over their small front gardens in order to make an additional parking place - a truly ugly trend that I wish the city would ban, but that is probably impossible politically.
As a longtime lurker who rarely posts, I wanted to share what I hope actually happens.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R...h?
v=RV7Dffi36Vs
See why I rarely contribute? I don't know what I'm doing when it comes to sharing. How do you make it blue?
Bringing back streetcars to this area would be the coolest thing St.Louis/U.City could do. We'll see.
Dumbya's hardon for the military is unseemly also because he's a FUCKING DESERTER from it.
WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama today pledged to launch the
biggest public works program since the construction of the interstate highway system in the 1950s as part of his plan to create millions of new jobs and stem an economic tailspin that is growing worse by the day.
Boy-howdy, I'm sure looking forward to my new job changing lightbulbs in public buildings and working on the road.
"Shtupping By Woods on a Snowy Evening."
steve simels | Homepage | 12.06.08 - 11:39 am
Oy.
yes - I'm specifically talking about dense urban neighborhoods
ah, so The Mandatory Manhattan Conspiracy rears its ugly head at last. /cues gypsy music/
...but seriously, i will say that there's "dense" and then there's dense. i prefer cities like chicago and DC to new york or boston specifically because they seem to me to do a better job of "at least a little bit of yard for everyone." even my apartment deep in the south side hood had a fairly big common back yard.
See why I rarely contribute? I don't know what I'm doing when it comes to sharing. How do you make it blue?
It's plenty blue, don't worry about it 
Ok so it is blue!
"Shtupping By Woods on a Snowy Evening."
steve simels | Homepage | 12.06.08 - 11:39 am
Oy.
Brooklyn Girl, shady dame
(both of you)
Why do I get the feeling that somebodys Ph.D disertation in economics was related to transit and walkable neighborhoods?
mimi was right long ago. simels can dish it out but he can't take it. Not from anyone.
simels, everyone here outside your little tight group knows you guys are fucking up this blog. I will offer the deal you any the little group threw on the floor.
Ignore me. Make no more sock puppet trolls like lubyanka and pud. Give up your name stealing and all of your sock puppets. See what happens.
In other words, be a man simels.
It was very clear a short time ago but suddenly it's getting foggy.
It was very clear a short time ago but suddenly it's getting foggy.
plantsman | 12.06.08 - 11:46 am | #
It really is too early in the day to drink.
Boy-howdy, I'm sure looking forward to my new job changing lightbulbs in public buildings and working on the road.
GWPDA
wuz just conversing with one who shares your skepticism, GW. wuz told, "the problem is likely that they don't really know what else to do." wuz given some hope that they are working on it and will listen to some of us who Doan Wan to work on roadz.
Ho Ho Ho | 12.06.08 - 11:46 am
Butler, you really do have comprehension problems when it comes to four simple words:
Go the fuck away.
Ah, rainstorm moving in this evening, low temperatures should rise.
Boy-howdy, I'm sure looking forward to my new job changing lightbulbs in public buildings and working on the road.
GWPDA yclept Damaged Historian
*Someone* is going to have to keep track of this stuff! You know -- for history.
I'm thinking all these workers are going to need some clinical social-working, what with all the upheaval and suchlike.
Philly has a few good development projects in process, but no money.
http://www.philaplanning.org/
wuz told, "the problem is likely that they don't really know what else
to do." wuz given some hope that they are working on it and will listen
to some of us who Doan Wan to work on roadz.
Maybe we can have the WPA back too - I'll bet there's a place for an historian in that.
Ahhhh..hot coffee and a piece of sweet potato pie.
Butler, you really do have comprehension problems when it comes to four simple words:
Go the fuck away.
Apprentice to Darth Holden | 12.06.08 - 11:48 am | #
And a member of the tight little group of fuckups rears his little head.
Sock puppet or not. You decide.
It really is too early in the day to drink.
Shared Humanity
/puts down winecup/
fine, you poopy head. but it's not like this client seems to be interested in working today. today was supposed to be "the day of little to no blogging" and what am i doing? feh.
The DC rowhouses in the image posted by Atrios were probably built ca. 1880s before the appearance of the automobile.
In Philly starting about 1910 rowhouses (porch houses were most popular) had a common driveway for cars in the center of the block accessible from 4 sidewalk cuts. Three storey houses had a garage built in the back at ground level. Two storey house had a seperate garage instead of backyard.
The result retained 'onstreet' parking, no garage doors on the sidewalk and a fully pedestrian friendly appearance. A commercial street was usually located within walking distance. It worked very well
When households evolved to 3 and 4 cars per household the whole thing got cluttered.
.
Maybe we can have the WPA back too - I'll bet there's a place for an historian in that.
Seriously.
...but seriously, i will say that there's "dense" and then there's dense. i prefer cities like chicago and DC to new york or boston specifically because they seem to me to do a better job of "at least a little bit of yard for everyone." even my apartment deep in the south side hood had a fairly big common back yard.
chicago dyke, copyist
I totally agree with you about Manhattan ... it has become intolerable. But it doesn't follow the model that Atrios is talking about, except for a few historic neighborhoods like the west Village.
The rest of New York City, however, is nothing like Manhattan.
Is this the client that wouldn't call you back?
Incidentally, Mr. and Mrs. SFShiba are keeping Ayumi with them - Miss Yellow Collar.
Boy-howdy, I'm sure looking forward to my new job changing lightbulbs in public buildings and working on the road.
GWPDA yclept Damaged Historian | 12.06.08 - 11:44 am | #
Good for you.
If God doesn't smite Georgetown TX he owes a written apology to Sodom and Gomorrah.
Just saying.
i agree that about one car per household can exist happily with a walkable urban neighborhood. once you go much above that it starts to break down.
Ignore me.
Excuse me, sir: By any chance are your eyeballs bleeding?
Just idle curiosity.
Clarendon is not a bad mix for the more car-centric.
Sock puppet or not. You decide.
Ho Ho Ho | 12.06.08 - 11:50 am
Not.
Now go back to mumbling to your little toy soldiers, please.
Incidentally, Mr. and Mrs. SFShiba are keeping Ayumi with them - Miss Yellow Collar.
ah, the little instigator
I totally agree with you about Manhattan ... it has become intolerable. But it doesn't follow the model that Atrios is talking about, except for a few historic neighborhoods like the west Village.
When I lived there, there was minor fight when stupid city "planners" in upper west side took a 15 year community garden and turned it into a upscale condo because "the land is too valuable for current use".
Go the fuck away.
Apprentice to Darth Holden | 12.06.08 - 11:48 am | #
You might as well try to reason with a germ.
yes, plants. i think she's out playing with her children and shopping. that's what she prefers to do with most of her time, you know how richees can be when it comes to "work."
The rest of New York City, however, is nothing like Manhattan.
Brooklyn Girl,
you have totally Busted me. i've not ever been to any of the rest of the city other than M. /hangs head in shame/
Diphenhydramine has kicked in. Nap time.
Later, 'bats
Peace
from the link:
"Alas, most of the time this is what developers are allowed to build:"
what the fuck is wrong with that?
jeebus, this whole topic gets so fucking tiresome.
cd, The Brooklyn Botanical Garden is spectacular.
Anyone want some Puppy Rottweiler kisses? I seem to have an overload.
That could interfere with napping.
i agree that about one car per household can exist happily with a walkable urban neighborhood. once you go much above that it starts to break down.
Atrios
Can it be a Hummer? Or a Chevrolet subdivision, or an urban assault vehicle?
Otherwise, no dice.
Sock puppet or not. You decide.
Ho Ho Ho | 12.06.08 - 11:50 am
Not.
Now go back to mumbling to your little toy soldiers, please.
Brooklyn Girl, shady dame | Homepage | 12.06.08 - 11:53 am | #
And another of the tight little group of fuckups rears her little head.
Is Brooklyn Girl commenting now or is simels? You decide.
Have friends who raised their two kids in Manhattan, upper nothwest side, not too far from Columbia University. They've been carless at times and have never owned more than one. They would never choose to live elsewhere.
you have totally Busted me. i've not ever been to any of the rest of the city other than M. /hangs head in shame/
chicago dyke, copyist |
Brooklyn is cool.
But then, I'm biased.
A man was walking his dog Buttle one day when the two happened onto a woman in her yard with her toy poodle.
Buttle flipped out, jumped the fence, and started humping the poodle. The poodle's owner started screaming for Buttle's owner to get the dog off her poodle.
The man walked up to the dog, lifted up its tail and jammed his thumb up the dog's ass. The dog immediately backed off the poodle and started whimpering.
The man said, "Yep. Old Buttle can dish it out, but he can't take it."
True fact: I live in Brownstone brooklyn--rows and rows of turn of the century brownstones, all without driveways and all less than a 10 minute walk from one of several subway lines. People are paying millions for these things, because of their density, proximity to transport and stores, and because they love them.
Got the appraisal of our house, and the appraiser noted in passing that it didn't conform with zoning requirements because it lacked parking! Yes, in New York City!
So, if anyone else wanted to create a neighborhood like mine, it couldn't be done. In spite of the fact that people are willing to pay $800-$1,200 a square foot to buy here.
Insanity.
Somehow, I don't think the $40,000.00 Volt is the car of the future.
i agree that about one car per household can exist happily with a walkable urban neighborhood. once you go much above that it starts to break down.
Atrios
I thought parking permits were issued one per household.
You might as well try to reason with a germ.
steve simels | Homepage | 12.06.08 - 11:54 am | #
What writing! What creativity! I can see why the little group of fuckups worship him so.
what people want
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v...h?
v=vqSfnH51KX8
i agree that about one car per household can exist happily with a walkable urban neighborhood. once you go much above that it starts to break down.
Atrios
taxation of autos in dense cities seems the answer. breaks for those who own minicars and scooters, heavy taxes on those who own SUV sized monstrosities. taxes on all cars coming into the dense areas, like they're doing in london. use the revenue to build greenspaces and ecoprojects that beautify and save money, like greenroofs.
hell, you could even get republicans on board right now, what with all the Detroit/big 3 bashing they are engaging in at the moment.
Mumbai attackers bought SIM cards from undercover cop
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/
20081..._india_shooting
So, if anyone else wanted to create a neighborhood like mine, it couldn't be done. In spite of the fact that people are willing to pay $800-$1,200 a square foot to buy here.
Insanity.
theorajones | 12.06.08 - 11:57 am | #
Robert Moses lives!
GWPDA, the Depression also had the great work of the photographers and historians, yes? Not all of it was road building, so maybe there's still hope?
Is Brooklyn Girl commenting now or is simels? You decide.
Ho Ho Ho | 12.06.08 - 11:56 am
Actually, we are all figments of your imagination. None of us really exist other than in your mind. You are not really posting on a chat board. You are locked up in a mental institution and this is just one of your sick little fantasies.
"People are paying millions for these things, because of their density, proximity to transport and stores, and because they love them."
no, although i'm sure they love them.
they are paying millions because they have to pay millions, and because they are paid well enough to afford to pay millions.
Somehow, I don't think the $40,000.00 Volt is the car of the future.
plantsman | 12.06.08 - 11:57 am | #
Thanks to Bush, the car of our futures......
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/pictu...res/view/58688/
The man said, "Yep. Old Buttle can dish it out, but he can't take it."
billy b | Homepage | 12.06.08 - 11:57 am | #
Why, here's another of the little group of fuckups. Pretty soon we will have them all.
I hate it when people talk to the trolls. but Billy B, THAT dog story was a-mazing.
They're keeping one of the puppies? Aw ...
Funny how addictive they are. I'm gonna miss them.
car of the future:
aptera.com
I still love me eMusic after Atrios' suggestion. I can't wait every month to get my new tracks. All straight mp3s but mainly independent artists.
GuyInMilwaukee | Homepage | 12.06.08 - 11:35 am
I didn't like emusic, not at all.
I use the local library, and Amazon's mp3 store.
I hate it when people talk to the trolls. but Billy B, THAT dog story was a-mazing.
Old joke.
I'm specifically talking about dense urban neighborhoods.
I think we've had enough "dense" for the last 8 years. How about some intelligent urban neighboorhoods instead?
What? Oh.
Never mind.
The man said, "Yep. Old Buttle can dish it out, but he can't take it."
billy b | Homepage | 12.06.08 - 11:57 am | #
Heh.
BG: if it helps, i've always wanted to go to brooklyn, and i've read about how it's actually as kewl and hip as anything in manhattan these days, which imho is more or less ruined by all the richess who've pushed out the people who made various parts of manhattan actually kewl in the 70s and 80s. i read one piece on "dining in brooklyn" that made my mouth water and my wallet cry out of the opportunity to enjoy "reasonable new york" for a change.
Anyone want some Puppy Rottweiler kisses? I seem to have an overload.
DWD-S☮S
I could trade you some golden retriever slobbers if that works.
All straight mp3s but mainly independent artists.
What about the GLBT mp3s?
You might as well try to reason with a germ.
I'm not even here every day, but these sad little nolifes that get seem to get some kind of gratification by being the shit under someone's shoe really are a drag to have to wade through.
What about the GLBT mp3s?
atablarasa
Second-class citizens!
i've read about how it's actually as kewl and hip as anything in manhattan these days,
Not much left cool and hip in Manhattan anymore. Might return if Dave Rockefeller's urban redevelopment program ever gets undone and with the collapse of the investment banks, who knows?
/Grumpy old guy
chidyke ... Bklyn is what Manhattan was 30 years ago.
Tradeoffs = socialism
Excess for a privileged few and discomfort for most = what American ideology compels us to have.
Fuck yeah!
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About 200 employees of Republic Windows and Doors began staging the sit-in in shifts this week after learning the plant was closing Friday.
Leah Fried (LAY'-uh FREED'), an organizer with the United Electrical Workers, says Republic failed to give 60 days' notice required by law.
Chicago police spokeswoman Laura Kubiak says police are aware of the situation and are patrolling the area.
I like the dog story, but make it Buttle's dog that hops the fence, the Buttle puts in his thumb.
Buttle: He prefers when I do it.
Depression also had the great work of the photographers and historians,
yes? Not all of it was road building, so maybe there's still hope? That would be the WPA.... Quite a lot of work for writers, teachers, scholars, artists....
I'm an egg-sucking dog.
Who knew?
Brooklyn *sounds* lovely.
I'm askeered of Manhattan.
I will say this to you other Atroits who are not of their little group, the ones who are left, the little group of fuckups really stick together. Don't they.
Fuck with one, you fuck with them all. Question one, you question all. And you suffer their wrath.
and i've read about how it's actually as kewl and hip as anything in manhattan these days, which imho is more or less ruined by all the richess who've pushed out the people
there isn't just "one" Brooklyn- it contains multitudes, and various constantly evolving neighborhoods, many of which are kewler and hipper than Manhattan : )
Mumbai attackers bought SIM cards from undercover cop
i really feel sorry for people in india and pakistan. it's as if they're refighting an asia version of the cold war intel days; no one can ever be sure which side any of the players are truly on. with nukes.
i sure as hell don't have any idea "what happened" or "who is responsible," given all the wildly differing reporting i've seen.
I'm detecting a hint of obsessive/compulsiveness..
GWPDA, did you say they're keeping Yellow Collar? She's the smallest of the six.
The collars are off now, btw ...
I'm an egg-sucking dog.
Who knew?
Oh Oh Oh | Homepage | 12.06.08 - 12:05 pm | #
Way to go simels. You took my instruction and got the nym right.
I like the dog story, but make it Buttle's dog that hops the fence, the Buttle puts in his thumb.
Buttle: He prefers when I do it.
That's pretty funny, old man.
What will the Aptera cost?
dense urban neighborhood
Sounds good to me.
Could be kinky.
Fuck with one, you fuck with them all.
true, if you're a trooool
Now go back to mumbling to your little toy soldiers, please.
Brooklyn Girl, shady dame | Homepage | 12.06.08 - 11:53 am | #
I bet he has a scale model of the Battle of Bull Run on the floor of mom's basement.
They're keeping Ayumi, and all the guys are having baths now... in preparation for their new homes.
I like the dog story, but make it Buttle's dog that hops the fence, the Buttle puts in his thumb.
Buttle: He prefers when I do it.
peterboy | 12.06.08 - 12:05 pm | #
peterboy, sock puppet or not. You decide.
Somehow, I don't think the $40,000.00 Volt is the car of the future.
SOMEONE has to play for all the hookers and blow needed to take the edge of the development meetings.
Fuck with one, you fuck with them all. Question one, you question all. And you suffer their wrath.
Does everyone like my drama queen act?
BG, Yellow Collar had an accident with her collar the other day- got her jaw stuck in it, it's been off since.
I'm askeered of Manhattan.
Virginia, no, I'm working! | 12.06.08 - 12:05 pm |
Nothing to be scared of ... it's just very intense.
But yes, Bklyn is lovely. And has the balance Atrios is talking about. I don't even need a car.
They're keeping Ayumi, and all the guys are having baths now... in preparation for their new homes.
GWPDA
Gonna be some sad little pups howling in their new homes tonight. It was a great litter to watch grow up. (They'll be fine in the morning, of course.)
I bet he has a scale model of the Battle of Bull Run on the floor of mom's basement.
steve simels |
More like the Battle of Bull Shit.
GW: unfortunately, i think it's going to be a while, before they get around to us. brainwork isn't exactly a valued commodity in the Village.
chidyke ... Bklyn is what Manhattan was 30 years ago.
Brooklyn Girl, shady dame | Homepage | 12.06.08 - 12:04 pm | #
That pretty much sums it up. With a dash of Hoboken in the early 80s.
"BG, Yellow Collar had an accident with her collar the other day- got her jaw stuck in it, it's been off since."
Our dogs never wear collars unless they are being walked. Even on long dog runs they were halters or harnesses. We never kept halters on our horses either. there are just too many things out there they can trap themselves on. Plus with the dogs, they don't get that ring around the collar fur flattening.
I like Brooklyn.
Hell...I like Jersey City (so long as I don't have to live there).
Gonna be some sad little pups howling in their new homes tonight. It was a great litter to watch grow up. (They'll be fine in the morning, of course.)
noblejoanie | 12.06.08 - 12:08 pm |
Today's the last day?????
The title for this post is What People Want.
I'm of the mind it's going to be more What People Can Live With for a long while to come. Hopefully, it will be smart choices, not just short term fixes.
I bet he has a scale model of the Battle of Bull Run on the floor of mom's basement.
Oh, I suspect it's far more like the Battle of Kelly's Heroes than any actual historical battle.
Something totally fabricated by screenwriters.
What will the Aptera cost?
plantsman
it is somewhere on the site. I think the all E version is 25k-28k and the gas augment is about 2k-3k more.
if i werent unemployed I would put down the $500. of course, at the rate wall street is making my money go poof, I shouldnt worry about that.
I am worried about the follow through on the project and, of course, buying a brand new model is always trouble, even from a proven manufacturer.
I keep looking out on my driveway, and there's no shiny new $85,000 Lexus with a big bow on it.
I think my wife is keeping it a secret.
You know what the problem with you liberals who want more and more federal government money to be spent on urban infrastructure is? You don't get that many of the people in these areas have learned to live off the public hand outs and do not generate productivity themselves.
It's a little like an argument I had the other day with a liberal who took the position that WalMart needs to remodel its stores because they cause people to be stampeded. Did anyone see a clip of that Long Island mob? You will never see such a sight in rural America. And if you do, it's time for me to go to Canada.
Call me racist, I don't care. A fact's a fact, however much you avoid or deny it.
Soho which is now a dreary landscape of chain "luxury" stores, third rate super expensive restaurants, and "art" galleries used to have machine tool companies and actual artists studios before it was "developed" into a repulsive outdoor mall.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d...h?
v=dp6L6MAgGjk
Well, it happens every time. simels and the little group of fuckups have taken over the thread. And in front of 59 visitors too.
The little group of fuckups just can't help themselves. See you later Atroits.
CD, I suspect it will depend on whether or not the Big Guys regard us as actual workers.
"Gonna be some sad little pups howling in their new homes tonight. It was a great litter to watch grow up."
We all lasted exactly ONE night of puppy howls. I put the big monster in the bed with me and woke up when he whined to go out. Instant house training and it wasn't much different than having a human baby.
He still sleeps up there at 110 pounds, but then again when it is 20 degrees outside that is rather nice.
"The title for this post is What People Want."
i want a place where i have to put iron bars on ground floor windows so i can be within walking distance to all those hip urban thingies.
there isn't just "one" Brooklyn- it contains multitudes, and various constantly evolving neighborhoods, many of which are kewler and hipper than Manhattan : )
virgotex |
you all prolly can tell what my problem is: all my friends in the city are gaii. and when i go i go with other gaii friends who want to be where all the gaii people are. flatlander that i am, i can hardly convince them that the nightlife outside of manhattan is "worthwhile," for all i'm sure it could be. some of my friends are terrible fashionistas and at times that really annoys me.
Call me racist, I don't care. A fact's a fact, however much you avoid or deny it.
You know, shithead, that "urban" does not mean "negro" except in fucked up pea brains like yours.
What do new puppy people do for an alarm clock in the puppy's bed these days?
Call me racist, I don't care. A fact's a fact, however much you avoid or deny it.
JimParkey | 12.06.08 - 12:12 pm | #
JimParkey, sock puppet a la pud or not. You decide.
Now I am out. Really.
"Did anyone see a clip of that Long Island mob? You will never see such a sight in rural America. And if you do, it's time for me to go to Canada."
Guess you weren't in Greensburg Indiana (rural as all get out honey) when they had a similar stampede. Only one person was knocked down and got out of the way. It was a fucking MESS of white people screaming, pushing, shoving,and acting like crazed animals.
Guess you should be getting the Uhaul ready for Canada, eh?
The most annoying aspect of the Buttle is the unfulfilled promises to leave.
The problem with JimParkey is that he has a brain the size of a Le Sueur pea.
The little group of fuckups just can't help themselves. See you later Atroits.
This is indeed a dissapointment.
Butler isn't leaving permanently.
Call me racist, I don't care. A fact's a fact
OK, yes, and yes.
wouldn't it be nice if the redstate fucks stopped getting welfare?
"What do new puppy people do for an alarm clock in the puppy's bed these days?"
That didn't work for us with any of the puppies. The only thing that did work was having them close to us at night. Most of them did graduate to sleeping on dog beds, but the biggest dog never did. Thankfully we have a king sized bed...
Was that Gary Ruppert's hillbilly cousin?
Can't you just build alleys like we have in Chicago? I think we strike a nice balance here between the transit and car culture ... just about everyone has the space for a garage behind the house, but transit is everywhere and most neighborhoods are highly walkable.
This thread is going to the dogs.
You know, the crowd at that Wal Mart was fucked up.
Being fucked up is not a function of the hue of your skin.
I saw this spot on TV that showed two poor polar bears marooned in the middle of the sea on a tiny chunk of ice that was melting away under their paws.
I would sacrifice every wingnut in America just to save one polar bear.
It's a little like an argument I had the other day with a liberal...
JimParkey | 12.06.08 - 12:12 pm | #
I seriously doubt you even have friends.
oh by the way , the right hand picture in Atrios' link was taken about 1 block from me. Yippee, my neighborhood is famous!
line up here--five brand new lexus for $800. survival of the fittest.
and you dont blame the store?
And the guy WalMart hired was completely unequipped to do crowd control, as well as untrained.
I told everyone I left so I could "come back" as another version of myself.
Aren't I clever?
wow! an actual conservative! stick around, bud. we need a fresh moron to kick around with "facts."
BG, Yellow Collar had an accident with her collar the other day- got her jaw stuck in it, it's been off since.
all my babies use the safety collars, and i heartily endorse them. i dunno if they make them for dogs, but already they've saved much grief from "mommy, i'm stuck!" moments in mischief. pop right off in a single tug, they do.
Yeah Plantsman, I can understand. But it is tough to go when you have one more comment to react to. It’s like at the bar, you say this is the last one and I am out of here. You mean it but just as you finish it someone says a different interesting thing. You say again, this is the last one. And there you are. It is not always so easy to leave when you said you would.
Oh, the WWF spot. Sharon Lawrence's delivery puts me off.
later, got stuff to dooooooooooo.
love to all the patriotz.
Poor pup.
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — A border collie weighing more than 120 pounds survived being frozen to a sidewalk because he was insulated by layers of fat.
The Sheboygan County Humane Society says the "morbidly obese" dog froze to the sidewalk when he was left out overnight Wednesday in single-digit temperatures. Shelter manager Carey Payne says few dogs could survive that.
Sheboygan Police Lt. Tim Eirich says Jiffy's 59-year-old owner was arrested Thursday morning on suspicion of animal neglect. She told police she tried to get the dog inside but couldn't, and instead checked on it every few hours.
Payne says shelter workers had to pour warm water over Jiffy's back end to unstick him from the sidewalk. She says it's too soon to say whether the elderly animal suffered any long-term effects.
Headlines at MediaBistro:
* TVNewser: Layoffs Spread to NBC's Washington Bureau
* FishbowlNY: Friday Layoffs at Newsday, Paper To Cut Five Percent Of Workforce
* FishbowlDC: WaPo Ends "Sunday Source" Section
* FishbowlLA: Viacom Lets Seven Percent Go -- And We Mean Employees, Not Films
* PRNewser: Red Hat Skips Holiday Party, Feeds America Instead
MSM feels the pinch. This is what happens when you suck up to the GOP for 8 years. Nice going.
Payne says shelter workers had to pour warm water over Jiffy's back end to unstick him from the sidewalk. She says it's too soon to say whether the elderly animal suffered any long-term effects.
Chain the owner outside tonight.
She told police she tried to get the dog inside but couldn't, and instead checked on it every few hours.
Because he was frozen to the sidewalk you nitwit!!!
Poor thing.
Oh, the WWF spot. Sharon Lawrence's delivery puts me off.
plantsman
I would sacrifice every wingnut in America just to save her.
As an older dog, he most likely couldn't move well and pissed himself. He got stuck when he sat down in his own urine.
Humans make me fucking SICK.
I bet the puppies' current "owners" are going to really miss them, too ... they're both in there with all of them now.
wouldn't it be nice if the redstate fucks stopped getting welfare?
rootless-e, mysterious |
the meth industry would likel collapse overnight, and a there'd be a slew of granny-murders before they cashed those SS checks to get their next fix.
"Being fucked up is not a function of the hue of your skin."
Apprentice to Darth Holden
Now there's a positively brilliant statement. Adds so much to the discourse.
No, the color of skin means nothing, in and of itself. But what is significant is the family upobringing one has.
Violently displacing people from their social unit, removing the role models, causes violent and anti-social behavior.
* TVNewser: Layoffs Spread to NBC's Washington Bureau
You can bet, ala "Broadcast News", that assholes like Brokaw and Williams aren't taking any pay cuts to keep the little people employed.
Now there's a positively brilliant statement. Adds so much to the discourse.
It made a hell of a lot more sense than the stupid shit you posted, green teeth.
Violently displacing people from their social unit, removing the role models, causes violent and anti-social behavior.
Thank you for your concern, Mary Worth.
By transporting them thousands of miles, ripping their families apart and making them slaves for hundreds of years, you mean?
Violently displacing people from their social unit, removing the role models, causes violent and anti-social behavior.
Hence the white people rioting in Indiana, right?
Fuck. We've got a serious wanker here.
This is where two people shot each other to death over a toy.
Not exactly an inner city.
Until something better comes along.
LOL
Brokaw's last MTP is tomorrow, with Barack Obama.
the meth industry would likel collapse overnight, and a there'd be a slew of granny-murders before they cashed those SS checks to get their next fix.
chicago dyke, copyist | Homepage | 12.06.08 - 12:23 pm | #
America is full of angry stupid white people who think that their government money comes from the sky.
Hello beautiful people,
I've just dropping by for 10 minutes to give you Weekend Rooftop Blogging.
Wazzup?
And the guy WalMart hired was completely unequipped to do crowd control, as well as untrained.
plantsman
I don't think he was even full time. Imagine getting killed for a lousy part time job.
JimmyJoeBob: do you know what a "link" is? i don't mean the one you used when the bearings wore out on your truck and you had to put it up on blocks. but around here, we like people to back up their "facts" with internet connected links to reliable, neutral sources. i apologize in advance if i've used too many big words.
But what is significant is the family upobringing one has.
You were molested by your daddy?
America is full of angry stupid white people who think that their government money comes from the sky.
rootless-e, mysterious | 12.06.08 - 12:27 pm |
IOKIYWP (It's OK if you're a White Person)
What the hell? I guess that's a case of the Linkies.
Here's another heartwarming animal story: Lost in Yellowstone for three months, Houston cat Fluffy returned to owners...
Touching and heartwarming until one learns that the Wattenbarger family, avid campers, take their cats with them on their monthly camping trips and LET THEM OUT OF THE CAMPER.
Idiots.
The pic on this story is priceless, too. Apparently the cat is tortured by these little girls. Fluffy wasn't lost, she ESCAPED.
I don't think he was even full time. Imagine getting killed for a lousy part time job.
As I understand it he was a contractor, and was put there because he looked big and imposing.
Obviously not big and imposing enough.
Call me racist, I don't care. A fact's a fact, however much you avoid or deny it.
JimParkey | 12.06.08 - 12:12 pm | #
Okay, this new nym posts for the first time and it is immediately obvious that he is a troll. Now is he a real troll and not a sock puppet of simels or one of the little crew of fuckups.
Here's how we can tell. If at the first post most of the little group quote him and fight him then yes he may be a sock puppet of theirs.
Now, if after the little group all go postal on his ass, he doesn't fight back, like I and some other real people do, then yes, you know for sure that this is just another in a long line of troll sock puppets invented by simels and his little crew.
Pud and lubyanka anyone?
If it's Saturday, it's mimi meltdown.
I don't think he was even full time. Imagine getting killed for a lousy part time job
Part-time employee, hired through a temp agency.
I hear he wasn't hired to do crowd control, he was just UNLOCKING THE DOOR. You know, opening the store.
2,000 people outside, one tiny opening, BAM -- the inevitable result.
WalMart says "no one could have anticipated ...."
Hey everyone!!!!
I didn't actually leave.
Surprised?
And now Plantsman, I will again try to leave the bar. This is my last one I tell you!
Butler lies. First he says he's going away, but he keeps posting.
I know this is routine behavior, and obvious, but I'm in a "let's state the obvious" sort of mood today. Also, despite the pleadings of my fellow Atriots, I'm in the "play with the mouse you just caught" sort of mood this morning.
Well, it's morning out here on the left coast, so sue me.
She told police she tried to get the dog inside but couldn't, and instead checked on it every few hours.
There have been a few occasions when Arthur refused to move when I, as the Person, required he do. The result was my picking up my idiot Dog and removing him from danger.
Fluffy's ears are flat back on her haid, she does not look amused.
Not exactly an inner city.
My mother used to live in Palm Desert.
I'm in the "play with the mouse you just caught" sort of mood this morning.
Well if it involves the sort of mouse vivisection that cats do, I'm all for it.
Of course it's not all right if a criminal is white. There exists an underclass in this country - populated heavily by african americans. There also exists a lower class of all races which have, at their root, a lack of supportive healthy family structure. This acts as a drag in all society. It's like having two roommates - one an ivy leaguer and the other a heroin addict. The two pull on each other, but the latter more violently.
Social culture in this country has been more or less on the decline since WWII, IMO.
That's not "racism." That is reality.
Fluffy's ears are flat back on her haid, she does not look amused.
Yeah...Fluffy's pissed.
Don't bring your cat to Yellowstone, folks. Kennel it.
"Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski will begin hosting a radio show on WABC in New York Monday morning."
Also heard Bill O'Reilly will STOP doing his radio show next year.
OK, off to do other things.
Unlike SOME people around here, when I say this, I actually mean it.
Bush has turned into a fucking ceremonial president. Like Jon Stewart said, he's wandering round the White House, wondering what he can put in the U-Haul back to Texas.
He was trampled trying to assist the pregnant woman also being trampled, and was killed; all so folks could, "Save Money, Live Better."
Don't bring your cat to Yellowstone, folks. Kennel it.
AndyMN | Homepage | 12.06.08 - 12:33 pm
Seriously.
Unfortunately, I did not reflect upon that sad eventuality.
Social culture in this country has been more or less on the decline since WWII, IMO.
That's not "racism." That is reality.
JimParkey | 12.06.08 - 12:33 pm | #
Oh yeah, the whole end of Jim Crow and segregation has totally destroyed the social culture of this country.
And thank god you're not a racist.
There are plenty of dense people in my urban neighborhood.
Social culture in this country has been more or less on the decline since WWII, IMO.
That's not "racism." That is reality.
JimParkey | 12.06.08 - 12:33 pm |
As is evidenced by your coming over here and screaming at us.
I contend you can trace the pathologies you attribute to African Americans to slave ships and what followed them and WalMart's cheapness.
Off to work. Later, peeps.
CNN: Bush must navigate a treacherous post-presidency
"He not only must oversee the construction of a presidential library and begin writing his memoirs, but he also must grapple with salvaging a legacy mired in the lowest presidential approval ratings in history."
Oh, the horror. The horror.
I saw a documentary the other night. It was about juvenile elaphants in South Africa who were violently killing Rhinos. The keepers of the reserve couldn't understand this unusual, abhorant behavior never seen before. The elephants in question had been removed from elephant herds to the north as young animals and place more or less randomly into the reserve. The keepers decided to take elder male elephants and put them into the reserve. The effect was to restore some familial structure and the killing stopped.
Now, if this happens with elephants, surely it would apply, even stronger, with humans (of any "race").
Think about it.
I forgot the /sarcasm tag.
My bad.
From the How Things Have Changed Department:
Gila River Indian Community Presents Indian Gaming Revenue Check to Phoenix
Representatives of the Gila River Indian Community (GRIC) will
present two checks to the city of Phoenix at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 2, at
Phoenix City Council policy session, City Council Chambers, 200 W.
Jefferson St., as part of their 2008 distribution of Indian Gaming
Revenue designated as local revenue-sharing.
A portion of its annual 12 percent local revenue sharing
contribution will be presented to the city, which will regrant the
funds to St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance and provide direct funds to
several city programs. A $100,000 grant, one year of a $300,000,
three-year commitment by the GRIC, will be given to the alliance for
their Ending Hunger, Changing Lives Capital Campaign.
The city’s Parks and Recreation Department will receive $125,000 for
the interior restoration of the Dining Hall Building at Steele Indian
School Park, and the Phoenix Family Advocacy Center will receive
$25,837 for victim counseling services.
You can not easily pick up the Speeder hound, he weighs too much. Thankfully as he's gotten older he's gotten easier to handle on a leash. There were a few instances when he was a 'little' puppy where he looked like an overly large dog shaped kite on the end of a leash.
Lower population density won't be able to support as much of a variety of retail as a dense urban neighborhood,
Surely you still remember Irvine?
I would like to watch you masturbate.
Now, if this happens with elephants, surely it would apply, even stronger, with humans (of any "race").
Think about it.
JimParkey | 12.06.08 - 12:37 pm | #
I have, and I've come to the conclusion you're an inbed cracker asshole.
Jim Varney is a boring troll.
Of course it's not all right if a criminal is white. There exists an underclass in this country - populated heavily by african americans. There also exists a lower class of all races which have, at their root, a lack of supportive healthy family structure. This acts as a drag in all society. It's like having two roommates - one an ivy leaguer and the other a heroin addict. The two pull on each other,
but the latter more violently.
Social culture in this country has been more or less on the decline since WWII, IMO.
That's not "racism." That is reality.
JimParkey | 12.06.08 - 12:33 pm | #
See! The nym JimParkey makes its first post just a few minutes ago. It is immediately attacked, or defended, by the little group. They say some bad things about him.
What does it do? Fight back? Well no, it posts this.
For sure, JimParkey is a sock puppet of simels.
It's like having two roommates - one an ivy leaguer and the other a heroin addict. The two pull on each other, but the latter more violently.
Ah. I see you're an authority.
Not on human behavior, that's obvious; but you Know, what the fuck ever.
Is Indian School Road still called that? (shudders)
No, I haven't said this.
You can not easily pick up the Speeder hound, he weighs too much.
Nor Arthur! But needs must sometimes. And Dogs are often stubborn and not aware of their best interests, old Dogs especially. Every once in awhile, just to make my point with Arthur, I do just, out of the blue, pick him up.
Is Indian School Road still called that? (shudders)
Of course. The Indian School is still there.
First off, I don't think elephants masturbate, secondly, in my experience, it takes a big dick to get a heroin addict off.
Violently displacing people from their social unit, removing the role models, causes violent and anti-social behavior.
JimParkey | 12.06.08 - 12:24 pm | #
hence the KKK and the GOP. Good examples.
Think about it.
JimParkey | 12.06.08 - 12:37 pm | #
I have, and I've come to the conclusion you're an inbed cracker asshole.
steve simels | Homepage | 12.06.08 - 12:39 pm | #
Now is JimParkey going to fight back against simels, give as good as he got. No way! Because he is a figment of simels' sick imagination.
Now I am out, I hope. But who knows?
Let's see: sociologist? animal psychologist? roommate expert?
Jim wears many hats.
For sure, JimParkey is a sock puppet of simels.
Ho Ho Ho | 12.06.08 - 12:39 pm |
Still haven't left, I see.
Actually, I think he's a sockpuppet of yours.
But let's play a little game: since you want us to think that there are people here who actually believe you, why don't you name them for us?
I'll start:
Elias
mimi
El Fredo
Oh wait, those are all your sockpuppets, aren't they?
Let's see: sociologist? animal psychologist? roommate expert?
Amateur ass wipe.
On the other hand, I could watch elephant porn all day, and probably will.
Amateur ass wipe.
Doug | 12.06.08 - 12:43 pm |
No, I think he's a professional at that.
For sure, JimParkey is a sock puppet of simels.
Ho Ho Ho | 12.06.08 - 12:39 pm | #
Still at the bar, you pissy little drunk?
I hate neighbors
American social culture is on the decline because capitalism is out of control.
White man's capitalism.
Heroin is still around?
I thought there ain't no one for to give you no pain.
Yeah, especially when they are horny elephants.
When they renamed "Squaw Peak" I got hopeful, I guess.
But let's play a little game: since you want us to think that there are people here who actually believe you, why don't you name them for us?
Brooklyn Girl, shady dame | Homepage | 12.06.08 - 12:43 pm | #
Oh, I love little games. Okay, I'll play. I say most everyone not named Brooklyn Girl, simels, billy b, trademark dave, well you get the idea. Most everyone not of your little group of fuckups believes me and not you.
Still at the bar, you pissy little drunk?
ronjazz | 12.06.08 - 12:45 pm | #
Elephants are fucking over the man. I knew it would come to this.
Downtown Boston is actually a VERY walkable city, you can traipse from Downtown Crossing up to Fenway in about half an hour. Problem is that most people don't live there - pretty much everyone I know are in Cambridge, Somerville, Arlington, and surrounding communities. So flip a coin and make your choice: the overcrowded MBTA or Mad Max fun with the Worst Drivers in The World.
"I see OJ. And he be lookin' scared."
Nobody wants to read your memoirs, Dumbya, so don't hire anyone to write them.
No need for a lieberry, either.
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Most everyone not of your little group of fuckups believes me and not you.
Ho Ho Ho | 12.06.08 - 12:48 pm | #
There isn't a single regular here who wouldn't be very happy if you got hit by a bus this very instant. Nobody believes you, about anything.
Most everyone not of your little group of fuckups believes me and not you.
Ho Ho Ho | 12.06.08 - 12:48 pm | #
Butler playing at being delusional.
Incredibly fucking annoying, but in its twisted way, brilliant.
But please, God, make him just fucking go away.
"American social culture is on the decline because capitalism is out of control.
White man's capitalism."
Social culture was doing just fine under "white man's capitalism" as you put it, for many many years.
Post WWII liberalism, as usher in by the federal judiciary, has more to do with the decline in social culture than anything.
But judging by the tone of your post, I suspect you would consider something like declining rates of teenage premarital sex evidence of declining social culture promulgated by 'the Man'.
I'd like to write W's memoirs:
I was inserting a firecracker into the anus of a frog when these voices in my head started talking about being president and don't watch mommy and poppy fuck no more.
Worst Drivers in The World
I think that's slightly overblown. Once you learn how to drive there it works okay. My main problem driving in Boston is getting lost, not dealing with the drivers. IMHO the drivers in Haverhill and Salem are much worse, the saving grace being there aren't as many of them. If Haverhill were the size of Boston, it would truly suck.
Social culture was doing just fine under "white man's capitalism" as you put it, for many many years.
Post WWII liberalism, as usher in by the federal judiciary, has more to do with the decline in social culture than anything.
But judging by the tone of your post, I suspect you would consider something like declining rates of teenage premarital sex evidence of declining social culture promulgated by 'the Man'.
JimParkey | 12.06.08 - 12:52 pm |
Right. Including women not getting the vote until 1920, and blacks not being able to sit on buses until Rosa Parks refused to get up.
Then poppy caught me and said, "How would you like it if I did that to you?"
And he did.
My first life lesson.
Post WWII liberalism, as usher in by the federal judiciary, has more to do with the decline in social culture than anything.
The past 30 years have been the reegun era. That's the problem, Jim.
Oh, the horror. The horror.
Southern Beale
Check out the part about his foundation at the bottom of the article. They're looking for non-acdemic neo-con foot soldiers for freedom (whatever that is).
Well, second if you count the time mommy made me take a bath with her while poppy was away killing JFK. That filthy socialist.
freedom (whatever that is)
Freedom, n.: The right for multinational corporations to suck the resources out of whatever part of the planet they wish for the benefit of the ruling class without having to worry about any of the little people who don't matter.
Don't bring your cat to Yellowstone, folks.
Put another way: Don't feed the bears.
To this day Laura hates putting on the old gray wig when we bath, if you know what I mean.
Yep, that's right, I married a filthy socialist.
Poor jim thinks he can ignore the Nixon-Reagan-Bush White Man's capitalism years.
Racist idiot.
But judging by the tone of your post, I suspect you would consider something like declining rates of teenage premarital sex evidence of declining social culture promulgated by 'the Man'.
JimParkey | 12.06.08 - 12:52 pm | #
Talk about your meaningless drivel, this boy's got it.
Of course, I freaked out when them gray guys walked into the room and told about the future on August 1st, 2001.
I had only one thing to say to them, "Whose your Daddy?"
They reminded of frogs.
I'm alway forgetting me.
Of course when they did it when they said they were going to do it, I was dismayed. So few folks, including me, keep their word. But they did it.
People in Manhattan traditionally summered in the country (what is now the suburbs) or had weekend country houses. I remember that in the late forties and early fifties our grandmother used to rent one for her daughters and their husbands and children to share on Long Island or Connecticut for not too much money.
There is no reason summer housing has to be like the Hamptons. In Scandinavia moderate income people still have modest summer houses, I understand.
Community gardens and community garages also contribute mightily to civilized urban living. In Germany they are currently very widespread.
I also think one car per family/household is a sensible goal that is not incompatible with urban life.
I want a tree hut, with a guest hut for Gisele Bundschen.
It's called an alley in the back and an avenue in the the front. In a quiet neighborhood, an avenue is a mini park and the alley keeps the cars off the streets.
I love Duncan, and agree with his general outlook on planning, but dude, most people, until the end of time, will want/need cars.
Meaning, even of they live in a nice self-contained urban setting, they need a spot for their car. They may want to live in "Manhattan", but also may have to work in the burbs.
Or they just want an effin car.
You're right on parking lots, I agree.
"What I see now is that people are paving over their small front gardens in order to make an additional parking place - a truly ugly trend that I wish the city would ban, but that is probably impossible politically."
This is likely illegal as it blocks drainage and leads to street flooding. Here in SF though the city is having trouble keeping up with the pavers, but they are fined and required to remove the concrete.
Duncan:
Think cohousing, applied to urban spaces. Vehicles park at the perimeter, clustered neighborhood in the middle. There's gotta be a way to make this work out so that one gets the deeded car-stash plus the real urban neighborhood feel. Underground garages with some thought put in to traffic flow? Something else? This can be done.
Depends how you do it. parking can happen off alleys, or be on a basement level. Parking multiple cars on site, within the structure, can make i possible to support still greater residential density.
It's also generally underestimated just how much residential density is needed to support even small scale and simple retail stores.
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