Yes, I just thought it was an interesting historical fact. It’s also pretty ironic since today CR has friendly relations with the US and in some ways this is what enables them to not have an army.
Actually there was a time when some wealthy American businessmen hired a private army and tried to take the country over. They succeeded in conquering Nicaragua but the Costa Ricans fought them off. This is the basis of their main national holiday.
Well, I didn’t get that sense. They seemed more like “enlightened centrist” kind of people. But who knows.
Yeah I was pretty shocked at how widespread his defenders were. Regardless of whether what he did was technically self defense or not, it’s clear he’s a bloodthirsty right-wing fanatic. There’s no need to defend his public image, even if you agree with the verdict.
The worst thing is I’ve never consented to them having my DNA but they have half of it anyway thanks to my brother…
A powerful technology that should be used carefully and responsibly. But not nearly as dangerous as it’s opponents imagine.
Other than the Iraq war I’m not aware of any of this and I can’t really find any information, you don’t have any links by chance, do you?
This is so incredible! You put so much work into this and it really shows. As someone who lives in a place that is becoming increasingly at risk of serious flooding as we fail to stop climate change, it gives me hope to see a design of a thriving city that could persist despite that reality.
It I can provide one minor critique, the text is a bit small and hard to read. But the art is gorgeous.
I might post this on a local urbanist discord I’m a part of.
Are you? You’ve already jumped to spreading an outlandish theory that has no evidence behind it. That’s not what I would consider reserving judgment.
Will you disavow this theory if no evidence subsequently emerges?
Show me one iota of evidence that suggests Biden is involved in this.
And by the way, crime in NY is near historic lows.
It’s obvious that prices are controlled by a multiplicity of factors, not all of which can be covered in a short video. However, I found the complete lack of high-COL, high-construction cities to be quite convincing. This suggests that housing supply is so important that it’s very rare for prices to rise so high when supply is high, even despite these other factors. It’s not necessary to discuss every factor to demonstrate that one factor is a very important one. Why do you think this analysis is uncritical?
As far as Pittsburgh and Philadelphia I don’t think there is any real mystery—they simply aren’t considered as desirable as New York, SF, or LA by most people. They’re not quite Detroit but you don’t have thousands of people moving across the country to these cities—or wishing they could afford to.
Honestly, we know from every other category of good that scarcity causes prices to rise. It shouldn’t be terribly surprising that, despite some additional complexities, the housing market works the same way.
Does OP actually think the VP can unilaterally lower grocery prices? Lol