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I say we go further to benefit working folks. Should be $30 an hour but I'll settle for $25 and no lower. If you oppose that I can only infer its based on antipathy towards working people. One may even say opposition is pro-poverty.

Probably going to get flamed for this but K&D's rehabs have been pretty solid. The finishes in TT are going to reflect the rental value and however prestigious we think TT is, these units are not going to rent for $5k a pop.

I say we tear the whole thing up and start over.

Core sample drilling happening in the parking lot at 45th and Detroit south of Max Hayes.

Oh. My. God. Justin Lin to Direct 'Space Jam' Sequel Starring LeBron James (Exclusive) http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/space-jam-sequel-finds-director-834978

Whew. That was exhausting. So many picks.

Welp, Miami has dropped 3 consecutive games to Charlotte. So there's that.

Yup, "greed" instantly came to mind for me too. *massive eye roll*

Their website is a bunch of vague boilerplate garbage.

Ummm...

That wouldn't be terrible.

*SVG viciously throws clipboard on the ground*

Don't want to be a buzzkill but is anyone else watching Miami crush right now? I so hope we don't see them in the ECFs given the fact we have looked like 90 year old men groping for their bifocals every time we play them.

Yes, please.

The LI station was in the pipeline for nearly a decade and used an existing station vault built in the early 1900s (I think 1920s but not positive). It's also a dense neighborhood already located on the existing line. I'm afraid there aren't that many replicable situations available at the moment.

Sometimes it feels like, somebody's watching meeeeeeeee

New construction maybe?

That's true. The big issue is enforcement. But I question whether or not it would be publicly unpopular. Especially if it was presented for what it really is, which is basic policy to eliminate negative interactions in the public space. I know we all aren't the type to blare music from open speakers on the bus or solicit people on the subway, but there are plenty of people out there that do stuff like that. And living in an urban environment, we learn to brush it off, but even with that it's still an annoyance that makes the day worse. To me, this precedent seems like an easy fix. Depending on the verbage in the lawsuit, it can really create a baseline for a commonly accepted set of behaviors on transportation. Right now, there is one, and with people becoming ruder and ruder by the minute, it shows. I'm hoping some rules with teeth (prosecution) will solve the problem. For better or for worse, these articles and the situations that underly them do not show a public or leadership that have any interest in enforcing a prohibition on blaring music and misbehaving on public transit. http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2011/09/rtas_adult_fare_jumper_could_a.html http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2015/03/rta_issues_apology_to_lakewood.html

I'm assuming most disruptive behavior on public transit is already illegal and punishable. Regardless, the main issue is enforcement. It's usually impossible, and when it's not, publicly unpopular.

So tax AirBnB at the same rate hotels are taxed. Problem solved. Or, government should intervene to protect the hotel industry from AirBnB and protect the taxi industry from Uber and protect the cable industry from Netflix and protect the VHS industry from DVDs and protect switchboard industry from telephones and protect the wagon industry from automobiles and protect the spear and stone tool industry from iron. Edit: Also, how on earth has AirBnB become an "illegal competitor?"

Because government feels the need to be involved in everything. Necessary or not. (usually overwhelmingly the latter)

Sweet. Would be a huge bummer to lose the balconies though.

In rural areas, that's generally the law. In cities, the effects of one property on another are amplified considerably. For example you can't have manure lying about. That would cause plagues, so it's not allowed. Lower stakes here, admittedly, but the principle is the same. The principle is not the same here. Open manure or something like it poses an immediate health risk if it indeed can cause plagues (need to check on that). That would fall into the police power of government. Can you identify the immediate health risks posed by these town houses? I don't think the state's police power should be used to enforce aesthetic preferences or even use preferences within broad confines. The particular condition of the land (open piles of feces, pollution spewing factory), if it poses a particularized harm to the health and safety of others, can be enjoined.

Guess it depends who's defining that. You seem to assume your definition is the correct one. Well, yes. I might be wrong but I'm not insane. Enough about me. What's your opinion on the thread topic? I think within extremely broad limits, property owners should be able to do what they see fit. I welcome the town homes, gates and all. Although they may not check every box on my dream home checklist, I feel no need to impose my idea of "good" on anyone else. If the developer provides a house that someone voluntarily decides to live in then that is a net positive in my book. I guess that's "tolerance" or something. :wink:

We have devolved into open appeals to authoritarianism.