USA Politics

____no5 said:
It was a genuine question, pure curiosity, not irony or trying to make a point.
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I'm sorry. Your posts have been making me irrationally angry, and I thus automatically jump to the least charitable interpretation possible. It's best I withdraw from the political threads for a while.
 
Perun said:
Your posts have been making me irrationally angry
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No I think your anger has been pretty rational given the fact that you have given no5 the benefit of the doubt for years and even went above and beyond to fact-check all of his claims multiple times without him deigning to look at them.

This is the one good no5 conversation that proves the rule, because it started based on his lack of knowledge about how US cities work. Frankly his lack of knowledge about how the US works in general is the backbone of his discourse within this thread. No one would bat an eye if he said something that was wrong and accepted corrections, but instead he side-steps all criticism or ignores it outright, which is what makes him so frustrating to talk to.

For comparison, I’m still waiting for @Detective Beauregard to watch that video I sent him, but I’m content to wait because 1) I know he has a busy life outside of the forum based on the fact that he posts less than a lot of people within this thread; 2) I requested that he watch it as an aside to the conversation, not as part of it; and 3) I also know what it’s like to put something down on my list of things to do and just never get around to it until a year later lol.

No5 1) has time to spend in this thread having robust conversations while spreading misinformation, therefore he has time to read and respond to your posts to him; 2) your posts were done directly as part of the conversation you were having with him; and 3) he doesn’t even have to watch a video he just needs to read a post. I’ll even send him a garfish if he actually gives you, and frankly us, a proper response.

By all means take some time away from this thread if you need to for mental health reasons, but your voice is still important here and don’t let no5 make you think otherwise.
 
Mosh said:
...connects LA, San Diego, and touches the Canadian and Mexican borders. Since the I5 is a robust highway that is much more commonly used than the PCH, a giant reconstruction project that includes a rail component could be done with very little disruption to the interstate travel that already happens in this region.
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That may happen at some point. There have been rumblings here of reconnecting the country by rail. The tren Maya is done, connecting all of the Yucatan peninsula, it connects in Palenque with the ICC (intercontinental) which runs north south through the Ismuth of Tehuantepec and is supposed to replace the Panama canal. They've also connected Mexico city with Toluca (capital of Mexico State), started construction of a Puebla-mexico city line and have plans of an all pacific line. I hope I live long enough to see it.
 
Mosh said:
Portland - This is where I live, and it's the other half of the Oregon vs Washington struggle I was describing above. Their public transit is pretty solid actually. It's geographically smaller than a lot of other cities so their rail system covers a lot more ground and even goes out into some suburbs.

Seattle - It's getting there definitely, but generally I wouldn't call it a city that's friendly to pedestrians or transit users.

San Francisco - Probably the next best transit city after NYC, but the tech is super outdated (I think the trains are still from the 70s). I visited without a car and used the rail system maybe once. Maybe I did SF wrong, but pretty much every place I tried to go had to be accessed via bus and there were a few spots where I had no other choice but to get a cab.

In general you'll find that the central downtown of a given American city has decent to good public transit and the further out you go the less reliable options, and for most cities you really don't have to go that far to be stranded without a car. This is true for Seattle, Portland, and San Francisco. You can visit them and stay in a central radius without a car, but if you want to go outside that main hub it's not possible. It's also very challenging to commute to and from work via public transportation (again with the exception of NYC and maybe SF).

The head scratcher with these three cities in general is that there is not a high speed rail that connects them. They are all cities in fairly close proximity and there is already quite a bit of business exchanged between them (and a lot of transplants moving back and forth between the three). You could build a rail along the Pacific Coast Highway (which is worn down and needs to be renovated anyway) and have a transit system that also connects LA, San Diego, and touches the Canadian and Mexican borders. Since the I5 is a robust highway that is much more commonly used than the PCH, a giant reconstruction project that includes a rail component could be done with very little disruption to the interstate travel that already happens in this region.
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PCH would be really tough geographically and insanely expensive. I just do not see this for a long time, given the total failure of the California High Speed Rail project, which might not ever finish and is already way over budget after only completing a small portion of it in the most geographically easy area.

I actually think you should add San Diego (San Diego Trolly (which is actually light rail). It is a really nice system that covers a lot of territory and hits most of the main spots in town with the major exception of the airport, which is a pretty short bus ride away

Also, the Dallas Fort Worth area has 3 systems that connect -- DART (Dallas), Trinity Rail (Fort Worth), and DCTA (Denton) ... It covers a ton of ground (though there is a lot more ground to cover) ... but recent expansions into the big airport have made it much better. The one major hole in the network is Arlington (football stadium, baseball, and a bunch of other stuff to do). Getting downtown to the hockey/basketball arena is nice. I do not ride it much (I am a bit out in the sticks), but always take it when going to the American Airlines center ... drops you off right where you would pay $50 to park)
 
LooseCannon said:
The Dallas system seems really nice for having to cover such a huge area.
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Yeah, considering the Dallas metro area covers almost 10,000 sq miles (~24,000 sq km) they do a solid job of covering the most densely populated areas/major commercial spots with the one major exception of Arlington
 
Diesel 11 said:
No I think your anger has been pretty rational given the fact that you have given no5 the benefit of the doubt for years and even went above and beyond to fact-check all of his claims multiple times without him deigning to look at them.
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I think he was right to call it irrational.
Perun knows me well and he should know that I'm not at all the sarcastic type. But even if he didn't it was obvious from the contest and tone that I was serious and he recognised that afterwards.
I don't know how you draw all those conclusions. What if I have difficulties to read large posts? What if it's easier for me to watch videos instead? I have posted videos from time to time as a reply and nobody watched them. I didn't complain. But the opposite seems not acceptable.
Peace!
 
I've always liked Chicago's rail system, but, it works best if your ultimate destination is the Loop proper, otherwise you're just transiting through the Loop.

I can't sing the praises of New York City's public transit system enough. NYC and London I think have nailed it.
 
Flaming Blimp Crash said:
I've always liked Chicago's rail system, but, it works best if your ultimate destination is the Loop proper, otherwise you're just transiting through the Loop.
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Chicago’s rail system is very Chicago, though. “Is it the best? No, but it works. Is it the fastest? No, but so what, maybe leave earlier, stupid. Is it the most well designed? Second best! Probably! Shut up and have a beer already!”
 
They're not shy to show their admiration for fascism anymore. Bannon the next guy to throw the sieg heil (without saying the actual words of course).

Maybe to distract from the fact they're working in overdrive to move power from the legislative and juidicial branches of government to the executive.

But that someone isn't booed off stage for throwing out an actual nazi salute at a "conservative" rally tells everything about the current state of the American right. It HAS become a cult. Those conservatives who have issues with it keep quiet, or join in with the applause to appease the Führer.
 
____no5 said:
But the opposite seems not acceptable.
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Nah, the only thing "not acceptable" is that a comprehensive post outlining the issues you consistently feature in your posts was made, you acknowledged it and claimed that you'd come back to it, but you actively avoid taking accountability for your actions and your behavior on the forum. You claim to not having the time to respond, yet you're here all the time merrily posting away, continuing with the same bad faith behavior that was specifically called out and even joking about not having responded yet.

Hope that cleared up any potential confusion, peace!
 
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