The future is dense, walkable cities.

[goldytheGoldfish]

This is why BSG's dream of public transit doesn't work in cities dominated by the lawless constituencies of the Democrat party:

• AMERICAN NEWS
• Mar 3, 2024

NYC transit system sees massive increase in murder, violence since 2020​

The three murders so far this year mean that the city is already on track to surpass last year's total in subway killings.


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Katie DaviscourtSeattle WA
Mar 3, 2024


Data shows that more people have been killed on New York City's subway transit system since the start of 2020 than in the 15 years prior.

The New York Police Department has raised alarming concerns about the upward trend after the start of 2024 kicked off with historic violent crime rates on the Big Apple's subway systems. This despite an increase in officer staffing and surveillance measures on the city's transit system, which had been implemented in an attempt to deter criminal activity.

Since the start of 2020, records show that NYPD recorded 32 murders in subway trains and stations. To compare, the department recorded a total of 31 murders between 2005 and 2019.

This year is already off to a bad start, with three recorded subway murders since February. In 2023, there were a total of five subway murders recorded. The three murders so far this year mean that the city is already on track to surpass last year's total in subway killings.

More here: https://thepostmillennial.com/nyc-t...murder-violence-since-2020?utm_campaign=64487

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/n...ubway-in-crime-crackdown-governor/ar-BB1jr6uy
"New York National Guard troops and New York State Police troopers will be deployed into the subway system to help riders feel safe after a spike in transit crime, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday."

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

then the IRS has it all wrong by demanding my money every quarter. What's up with that?

Everyone is expected to pay their fare share, but on average, people in the country take out more than they pay in.

 

[goldytheGoldfish]

https://forum.literotica.com/threads/where-bus-go.1606234/

 

[wizzard426]

Oh. So I need to make a profit so that it's taxed and you get your "fair share" of what I've earned.

Bad news, pixiegirl. No profit last year. This year was nil and next year ain't looking to good either

Now how will you get your free shit?

 

[goldytheGoldfish]

I'm just extending your logic about mass transit to cars.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extrapolation

 

[goldytheGoldfish]

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[BrightShinyGirl]

Oh. So I need to make a profit so that it's taxed and you get your "fair share" of what I've earned.

Bad news, pixiegirl. No profit last year. This year was nil and next year ain't looking to good either

Now how will you get your free shit?

I live in a city and pay taxes.

 

[wizzard426]

I live in a city and pay taxes.

Awesome! Now then, anytime YOU believe that the governman needs more money then YOU should feel free to donate!

 

[IrezumiKiss]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1766917834557587564

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

Sadly it's usually the other way around with city people sticking their noses in our lives. You know that's true but it upsets your fantasy world.

Yet here you are, a supposed rural person, telling others what to do.

 

[TrailerHitch]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1766917834557587564

Oh bull shit. My wife has an elderly aunt and uncle that live in Chicago, they do not own a car. They walk or use mass transit, bus, the el, commuter trains, or sometimes taxis, to get to where they want to go. So to say you have to own a car is absolute nonsense if you choose to live in a big city.

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

Oh bull shit. My wife has an elderly aunt and uncle that live in Chicago, they do not own a car. They walk or use mass transit, bus, the el, commuter trains, or sometimes taxis, to get to where they want to go. So to say you have to own a car is absolute nonsense if you choose to live in a big city.

Might want to read that again slowly.

 

[TrailerHitch]

Yet here you are, a supposed rural person, telling others what to do.

I'm not telling anyone what to do except to leave us that enjoy rural life alone.

If you or others believe cities can be self sufficient then prove it because with out food production coming from the rural and being imported you will starve out in less than a year. Without lumber, coming from forests, without gravel and other stone products, coming from the rural, how will you build your shiny walkable cities?

Honestly I prefer you city dwellers stay there because when you move out to our rural area the first fucking thing you do is try to turn it into a city with all the services you left behind. We know we don't have all those services yet we manage very well. We don't want neighbors right on top of us and that's why so many of us own acreage to maintain our privacy.

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

I'm not telling anyone what to do except to leave us that enjoy rural life alone.

If you or others believe cities can be self sufficient then prove it because with out food production coming from the rural and being imported you will starve out in less than a year. Without lumber, coming from forests, without gravel and other stone products, coming from the rural, how will you build your shiny walkable cities?

Honestly I prefer you city dwellers stay there because when you move out to our rural area the first fucking thing you do is try to turn it into a city with all the services you left behind. We know we don't have all those services yet we manage very well. We don't want neighbors right on top of us and that's why so many of us own acreage to maintain our privacy.

So again, when will you refund the money that city folk paid for your roads?

 

[TrailerHitch]

Might want to read that again slowly.

Why, I know exactly what I said. IF, and it's a BIG IF, you want to live in a big city you usually don't need a car to survive there. Not having a car limits scheduling travel out of the city to bus, train, or airline scheduling, not your own.

Again, live that life if you wish and we will live ours as we wish. Live and let live. Realizing in the end we both need each other.

 

[TrailerHitch]

So again, when will you refund the money that city folk paid for your roads?

You seem so angry about this. Live in the city if you choose, I couldn't begin to pretend to care less.

Yawn...boring meaningless argument. We all pay taxes at the same rate for the same income so whether I make $100,000 in the city or the rural my taxes still are the same. By the way my state charges no state income tax and has an over billion dollar surplus.

But here, I'll tell you what, we won't take our share of the tax money anymore. We will just raise the prices of all of our products that you need to survive on so we can 100% pay our own way. Say hello to $20 a gallon milk, $15 a pound hamburger, $100 a pound steaks, and so on. Essentially we may enjoy good roads, but you need us in order to live. We could starve you out in weeks. If you live in the snow belt you know what happens to store shelves when a blizzard hits. So it is a symbiotic relationship.

 

[Fuzzy1975]

. We all pay taxes at the same rate for the same income so whether I make $100,000 in the city or the rural my taxes still are the same. .

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

How to say "I failed mathematics" without using those words.

 

[MajorRewrite]

The variety of housing, from estate homes to apartments, cottages to townhouses and lofts, sets this project apart, according to the National Association of Home Builders, which named Village of Providence the 2014 Community of the Year. The retail is equally diverse, focusing on day-to-day uses like a drug store, barber shop, dry cleaner, pizzeria and other restuarants, coffee shop, and sports bar. Weekly outdoor markets revolve around healthy, sustainable food and the support of local entrepreneurs.

Village of Providence added amenities to a suburb of Huntsville, Alabama.

More pics etc: https://www.villageofprovidence.com/

https://www.villageofprovidence.com/the-village-gallery

 

[TrailerHitch]

Village of Providence added amenities to a suburb of Huntsville, Alabama.

More pics etc: https://www.villageofprovidence.com/

https://www.villageofprovidence.com/the-village-gallery

Who supplies their food? It doesn't appear that they are growing their own?

 

[MajorRewrite]

Who supplies their food? It doesn't appear that they are growing their own?

What are you talking about? Why would every place have to grow their own food?

We keep telling you that this is not about rural areas, but you don’t listen. Nobody is trying to change rural places. Give your paranoia a rest.

By the way, how much of the food you eat is grown in your neighborhood?

And how much of the other stuff you own is made in your neighborhood? Your truck? The shingles on your roof? Your furniture? Your clothes? Your computer or phone? Anything?

 

[AlexBailey]

There’s a story about the California Forever project on NYT Daily podcast today.

It’s being planned for a future population of 400,000.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Forever

 

[AlexBailey]

Who supplies their food? It doesn't appear that they are growing their own?

Don’t worry. There will be plenty of food still purchased from rural areas, and all the products you buy that are produced in urban areas will still be available to you.

Sit back relax and enjoy your rural life.

 

[Fuzzy1975]

Don’t worry. There will be plenty of food still purchased from rural areas, and all the products you buy that are produced in urban areas will still be available to you.

Sit back relax and enjoy your rural life.

I am way more rural than Hitch could ever be, and there is fuck all grown around here, no farms, no food no nothing, not even cell coverage or electricity. We have a garden, but it's a hobby thing to do, we couldn't live a month off what it produces. As for meat, well the deer I get is enough for a few months. Fish, well that's limitless, if their biting....

So everything I get comes from a central village or city. Most of that food is imported to that city or village. Wheat from out west, fruit from down south or the US. Meat from Alberta. About the only local products are milk and eggs.

Yah Hitch is just bitching,because he's a grump old man eking through retirement and watching his meager retirement savings get eaten up, by policies implemented by the party he supports.

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

There’s a story about the California Forever project on NYT Daily podcast today.

It’s being planned for a future population of 400,000.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Forever

The Wikipedia article says nothing about where those 400,000 people will work. Building a walkable suburb is pointless if everybody who lives there has to drive someplace else to get to work.

 

[TrailerHitch]

What are you talking about? Why would every place have to grow their own food?

We keep telling you that this is not about rural areas, but you don’t listen. Nobody is trying to change rural places. Give your paranoia a rest.

By the way, how much of the food you eat is grown in your neighborhood?

And how much of the other stuff you own is made in your neighborhood? Your truck? The shingles on your roof? Your furniture? Your clothes? Your computer or phone? Anything?

I'm not the one trying to re-engineer society.

Actually a good amount of what I eat is raised here locally. Produce, eggs, meat, all can be purchased from local producers. Either at retail establishments, through farmer's markets, or even roadside stands. As well as we have our own garden and fruit trees.

How much of what you eat is produced locally? How much of what you listed is made in your neighborhood?

I honestly don't give a single fuck about what you do or how you want city life to be but it seems you have some vendetta against rural life. Funny how more city and suburban dwellers move into the rural than the other way around.