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Mets fan. Proud dad.

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@MattZeitlin How does this work in the summer in Europe where they don't have AC though

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@BetterBlocksNJ I've walked through this store and it's inconceivable to me that anyone would ever drive there when we have a full size Target by the tunnel and one coming to 440. WTF were they thinking?

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@MattZeitlin Yglesias was tweeting yesterday about pandering to voters on social values questions but trying to do technocratically correct stuff on economic policy. Well...

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@mattyglesias I remember reading The Chickenshit Club and the book is very angry at regulators and prosecutors but it's right there in the text that practically anytime they won a case the courts would overturn

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@Riddle_Lincoln 2) You want to go specifically to Steamboat (last I checked, one of v few/maybe the only place on Session pass that charges very high walk-up rates and no mountain-specific preseason discount option)

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@Riddle_Lincoln It's an awful deal in the east and not much better in the west. The use case is something like: 1) You want to take exactly one trip to a destination resort and you refuse to do any planning beyond that (bc for multiple trips, Mtn Collective will be better value), or...

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@SolomonforJC This is a good case for aid but a corollary is that JC needs to keep permitting market rate housing that expands our local tax base and improves our infrastructure

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@noamscheiber @mattyglesias Does this amount to saying it's a tougher call mostly for the marginal college student who prob wasn't going to college in the 80s and 90s?

[Eric Levitz @EricLevitz]

Amazing. Warren is deliberating trying to choke off investment in the construction of *new* single-family rental properties.

This is profoundly regressive. Why is it OK for large investors to build and rent out apartments but not single-family homes?

Many working-class Americans don't have high enough incomes or credit scores to buy a home. If we cut off investment in rental houses, then these families won't be able to live in large swathes of America: Roughly 70 percent of all residential land is zoned for single-family residences.

The only way for working-class people to live in many affluent suburbs -- and access their high-performing schools -- is to rent a house. For this reason, corporate investment in single-family homes reduces socioeconomic segregation.

Warren's policy effectively helps rich people keep working-class renters out of their towns -- while reducing the overall supply of housing and nudging up rents. It prioritizes populist symbolism over progressive outcomes.

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@BillOzanne @liftblog @Sugarbush_VT same ski area, but unless i'm mistaken they sell a discounted ticket usable at Mt Ellen only on non-holiday weekdays

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@eaconner One notable thing about this is that in the not-too-distant past WMATA service was considered awful. Deadliest crash in the system's history was 16 years ago.

Improvement in public services is possible

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@jbarro @EjmEj Yes plus there is not meaningful electoral competition for most county governments

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@eaconner @vincemarchetto @HobokenEmily It is pretty huge. Here's hoping they have a plan to clear it as the weather warms. Gonna be a problem if left to melt on its own

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@eaconner @vincemarchetto @HobokenEmily Yeah maybe. It's def not great, was just trying to communicate that they seem to have made an effort to clear the section not designated for snow storage rather than neglecting it. FWIW that stretch of Marin been closed for months so ped/cyclist volume at intersection prob down

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@eaconner @vincemarchetto @HobokenEmily It's definitely something. Though maybe worth noting it's only on that initial stretch -- after that section I believe the walkway/bike lane is pretty clear

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@eaconner Yeah, I'd be concerned about the ability to staff it properly

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@eaconner Just spitballing, but if we were going to expand council staff an independent budget/policy analysis office might be more worthwhile than more staff for each member. Not sure if JC is actually big enough to warrant that, though looks like Pittsburgh has something similar

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@eaconner at the time I thought that set-up was not good, but I think i've changed my mind