@DownHomeJohn@ZaxxonGalaxian@RachelVT42 Itβs fine to not like cities, but without the intellectual, economic, and cultural capital they have generated since ancient times weβd almost all be impoverished, suffer from what are now avoidable maladies, and be dead by 40 or 50.
@fawfulfan I would pick C, because it includes multiple places that are in the 70s-80s and dry in midsummer when my home in E (New Orleans) is broiling and humid. Two weeks in E JuneβSeptember? My bags are packed.
@GWHayduke97 You apparently have not driven across Texas. West of Midland there are 2-lane roads posted at 75. Flat, featureless landscape, nothing to crash into save the occasional fence post. And very few motor vehicles.
@dfossier@yarrfish@steppedenizen Libertarian/Wall Street Journal editorial page economics are not gonna save a city whose survival depends on effective levees. Relying on private insurers to set standards in light of todayβs insurance crisis is doomed to failure. Public goods mean government
@Turbinetraveler A week after this tragedy I took my first trip to CA on another American DC 10 to LAX (from Dulles). I remember thinking well theyβd be extra careful now. Several prominent people were on the doomed plane.