urbanhole

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by urbanhole 4y ago
I made a fifth of what he did and literally did exactly that: quit my job to spend time with my kid. I’ll never be a billionaire, but I’m feeling on excellent terms with myself and with the universe.
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by urbanhole 4y ago
I lived in central SF for many years. I prefer a cool house (some visitors might say “cold”). I was able to go months at a time, winter and summer, without using gas heat at all. Of all the areas that could manage this, SFBA seems up ther
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by urbanhole 4y ago
> For additional clarity, the world will be at about 5 billion at 2040, without war or plague. I can find no immediate evidence that any demographers actually claim this.
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by urbanhole 4y ago
Internet people are garbage, and HN is not special in this regard. This is because people are garbage. People love tearing others down. This is the rule.
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by urbanhole 4y ago
Given that it’s literally as simple and inconvenient as using various financial tools to avail oneself of FDIC insurance for one’s entire portfolio, what even is the difference?
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by urbanhole 4y ago
Yep. For all cafe-like spaces I’ve been involved with, drip coffee == free money.
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by urbanhole 4y ago
This is a non-answer. None of what you’ve described will help a parent with a kid today / for the time in which the kid will be in school. It’s pandering.
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by urbanhole 4y ago
This constantly comes up because people have different understandings of what “middle class” means, or perhaps more importantly, should mean. I think a reasonable meaning (that the author might accept given the quoted statement) might go
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by urbanhole 4y ago
I think indeed it’s not a conspiracy theory but just an observation of what might be happening that requires no collusion, just individual greed. (I hence appreciated the quotes). I am also not sure it’s so simple; the tools are so much mor
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by urbanhole 4y ago
The majority of planners I’ve met are what you might call “urbanists”. They are generally limited by policy and politics to maintain the status quo, and are therefore frustrated. (Like, 5 people. This is not a study).