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Good grief Nvidia. Welcome to the trillion dollar club (almost).

That approach does seem win-win. Unfilled jobs are filled, "asylum seekers" begin paying for housing and basics, retail and restaurants expand hours, customer experiences improve, money is further circulated, taxes are paid, and a city's economic ecosystem flows forward again. If it is under his purview, what on earth is Biden waiting for?

Well, the Browns do pay such a generous $250,000 to rent the stadium every year. Wow, what a deal.

It is about 13 years old, and the world has changed quite a bit since 2010. Plus Megabus is long gone, which makes it more barren. At least it was built with federal bank for once.

Would STJ be big enough to handle the volume, both with buses/staff and passengers? I can see it as a very temporary measure, but it really would need to be expanded significantly.

I don't have a problem with Catholic schools but my I did enjoy your post.

I've got to be honest. I don't understand your post or its point. Housing has always been a hot topic, probably since the New Amsterdam days, coastal cities have been ludriciously expensive for decades, and, frankly, I don't get the criticism about "coastal people". Are you chiding them for supposedly not knowing those cities are pricey? I'm pretty sure they're aware of that.

I guess... Not a fan of those traitors either.

Can you give the bullet points of his article? And I'm not inherently opposed to a new stadium, provided the NFL changes the charter so the city/county receives direct equity in the team going forward.

So domed stadiums aren't draws in general, and the current stadium's indoor facilites are sufficient for private parties? Then let's not waste money on a dome. We don't need another medical mart albatross.

But isn't that the point of a dome, that the city would be promoting non-football events, save for hosting a fantasy Superbowl? There must be corporate and private parties not advertised, or I'm on the wrong sites.

Let's be honest, this guy is bad news. Off the top of my head, in the least few years he's beaten up a teenager after a pick-up game, either threatened or attacked a saleman, either threatened or attacked yet another high school student, made a vague threat to shoot someone online, flashed a gun several times live, and is surrounded by thugs who pointed guns at the Pacers in February. Bad news all around.

Does the stadium even get much use during the warm months as it is? Looking at allevents.in and vividseats.com, I'm seeing a Cleveland Legends event on May 25th, a Monster Truck event on June 3rd -- then nothing until September 10th when the Bengals visit. That can't be right - there must be some private ones not advertised. Otherwise, why even bother discussing the benefits of a dome or new stadium when we can't get that many events during the summer? If there are virtually none in good weather, why be bullish there will be more when the weather is miserable. That said, I might not be looking at the right websites or there are private functions not advertised.

Ukranians are fleeing an invasion that may have an end date, Arabs internal conflicts that likely won't. It's a bit different

I can see that. India and China comprise 35% of the world alone, and as their working and middle classes grow, more want out. Plus the non Arabian Peninsula countries in Asia surely are bleeding migrants/refugees/immigrants.

It's probably a geographical issue more than anything. Not too many Arabs have fled to the US compared to Germany, the Netherlands, Turkey, etc. We're just too far for them to arrive in mass just as those regions are for Central/South Americans. The oceans are pretty big. Separately, I think a lot, if not most, of Ukrainians want to return home someday -- and soon. I'm sure for many their escape is really meant to be temporary. Not quite the same for Venezuelans, Mexicans, etc.

Anecdotally, Southwest has been the best, Spririt/Frontier absolute nightmares that shouldn't exist, American/Allegiant is generally OK, United is uncomfortable but fine. And Delta, I can't remember being on one. So... uneventful?

Can asylum seekers even work legally?

Wow, that is pretty shocking news. I've had more than my share of overnight Cleveland-Chicago Greyhound experiences, and while there was clear deterioration of services throughout the years, it sure beat Amtrak's bulls-hit hours and Megabus' ghost buses. Crime and panhandling never seemed bad inside; outside, however, well, it was what it was. Being by the Allerton apartments didn't help.

Just as long as they stop raising g-damn interest rates. We're at August 2007 levels.

Okay, Star Trek: Enterprise definitely has its challenges, but the second half of season 3 is just captivating, and I hear season 4 is even better. Once these shows get dark, they seem to improve. DS9 did with Dominion, TNG with the Borg. Separately, I convinced my neighbor to watch Smile. Yikes, basically a higher budget, more cliche, crappier It Follows. Not a fan.

I'm making an in-person observation on the riots. It was terrifying.

There are more metrics than just violent crime that indicate things have fallen off the cliff, in particular the rapid escalating costs of childcare, education, healthcare and real estate. THOSE are my biggest factors why things have downturned. The 2020 riots and 2021 insurrection also opened my eyes how close the country is completely falling apart. Both events were closer to destabilizing the entire country than the "it's only property damage" and "we were just touring DC" loudmouths would believe.

Can't really blame them. Things are bad, bleak, getting worse. It really does feel like the country is falling apart.

I don't know how much I'd blame sprawl on increasing isolation. After all, how many people live in dense condos and apartments but only know a few, if any, neighbors at best. I'm sure increasing loneliness is caused by many conflating issues - the Internet, overreliance on online dating, absurd costs of living affecting relationships and childbearing, unresolved national traumas stemming from 9/11, Iraq, the 2008 economic collapse, and COVID... it goes on and on. Sprawl is the least of our problems.