Comment from a Brit on Youtube:
"My biggest takeaway from being in America, as a Brit, is, 'It's like finding out my dad had a kid with another woman that I never met, and we meet for the first time and I am like, 'you're kinda me but you're not me. It's like he spent a bit more money on you; he made you believe in yourself, and your mom was clearly much nicer or kinder.'"
@GravyTrainBrit@samwhyte So you’re saying Chicago could have become an unrivalled megacity if it weren’t for that damn Lake Michigan getting in its way?
@StatisticUrban Furthermore, the 7-day week is the oldest continuous human institution we have. Every given Friday is exactly 7x days removed from every other Friday for the last several thousand years.
how long it took America to build things:
transcontinental railroad: 6 years (1869)
Empire State Building: 410 days (1931)
golden gate bridge: 4 years (1937)
hoover dam: 5 years, finished 2 years early (1936)
the pentagon, largest office building on earth: 16 months (1943)
alaska highway, 1,700 miles through wilderness: 8 months (1942)
a liberty ship: 42 days average, one built in 4 days as a stunt (1943)
@growing_daniel My aunt has a 5 bedroom house, which was, to be fair, a downsize from her 6 bedroom house. Endlessly complains of the lack of space for her stuff. Meanwhile, her daughter, son-in-law and 3 grandchildren are living in a 3-bedroom house a few streets over.