Preaching to the choir here, but I’ll keep repeating: any journalist that gives the cost of a transit project but doesn’t do the same for how much money is spent on roads is performing propaganda. Particularly in this case, when I’d be willing to bet that 90% of the project cost is actually rebuilding the roads for cars, not putting in the bike lanes.
Backpacking/camping, all kinds of other travel where the only other option might be hotel or crappy office coffee.
I’ve had this conversation recently. People focused on wanting to live somewhere with the lowest possible taxes. Like, okay, you save 5% of your money on taxes, but then you spend 25% more on driving places, trying to get decent healthcare, finding any worthwhile, enjoyable activities to do, and inevitably having to move back closer to civilization when you do have to give up the car, except now you are moving to assisted living and not just an apartment or little house in a walkable neighborhood.
Even if it all goes to plan, and they endure living somewhere crappy, and they do save money, so what? You die with extra money?
Don’t want to blame boomers necessarily cause I think the propaganda of being hyper aware of taxes while ignoring all the other costs (and what the taxes get you) has hit people of all ages, but boomers are just the ones at the age where it makes them make dumb decisions.
Yeah, good to see kids are still kids, lol.
It’s not even science fiction, they actually tried that back in the day.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rue_de_l’Avenir
Moving walkways were initially conceived as a true form of public transit.
If you ever buy a few bags that you won’t be able to drink in the few weeks it’s at peak flavor, you can keep it fresh in the freezer provided that the packaging is airtight and you let the beans come to room temperature before opening the bag (so you dont get condensation).
For example, I bought a bunch of coffee when I was on vacation, and i know it would otherwise lose peak flavor if I kept it in my cabinet.