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   Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem: (tk@bbs.kawa-kun.com)'s status on Friday, 21-Feb-2025 07:19:22 JST Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem:

   One of the biggest boondoggles in US history is the continual addition of very expensive freeway lanes to "fix traffic" when we know it does not fix traffic. :blobfoxangry:

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     Flaky (flaky@furry.engineer)'s status on Friday, 21-Feb-2025 07:22:10 JST Flaky

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     @tk the photo on the left makes me think of a vanilla-flavoured soda float

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     narcolepsy and alcoholism :flag: (hj@shigusegubu.club)'s status on Friday, 21-Feb-2025 07:25:53 JST narcolepsy and alcoholism :flag:

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     @tk i loved eyeing local highway with a binoculars from 16th floor i was at my old place before my parents got divorced :mokouDead:
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     I am Water (slicerdicer@friedcheese.us)'s status on Friday, 21-Feb-2025 07:29:02 JST I am Water

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     @tk Tunnels won’t solve shit.
     
     Just adds more capacity to fill.
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     Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem: (tk@bbs.kawa-kun.com)'s status on Friday, 21-Feb-2025 07:29:45 JST Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem:

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     @SlicerDicer And fill extremely inefficiently.
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     Pissed Hippo (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Friday, 21-Feb-2025 07:30:32 JST Pissed Hippo

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     @SlicerDicer @tk I think it was the cato institute put out a video about private roads as a solution to congestion in california and I'm watching the video full of unsourced assertions that contradict years of research finding that traffic always increases to fill capacity.
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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Friday, 21-Feb-2025 07:32:04 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     @tk Best is like even a very inefficient train is much more efficient at it than a multi-lane highway.
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     Pissed Hippo (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Friday, 21-Feb-2025 07:32:48 JST Pissed Hippo

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     @SlicerDicer @tk then you don't have a congestion problem :-)
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     I am Water (slicerdicer@friedcheese.us)'s status on Friday, 21-Feb-2025 07:32:49 JST I am Water

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     @sun @tk Well it doesn’t always, if no one wants to go there.
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     @SlicerDicer @sun And that's why roads in the rural US aren't jam packed with cars. :blobfoxgooglytrash:
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     @sun @SlicerDicer Yuck, (most likely) auto industry money. :blobfoxgooglytrash:
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     I am Water (slicerdicer@friedcheese.us)'s status on Friday, 21-Feb-2025 07:40:33 JST I am Water

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     @sun @tk >> And that's why roads in the rural US aren't jam packed with cars. :blobfoxgooglytrash:
     
     But the roads are dogshit smacked with a hammer.
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     @SlicerDicer @sun Gravel! :blobfoxgooglytrash:
     
     (Honestly, potholed roads are less fun than gravel.)
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     I am Water (slicerdicer@friedcheese.us)'s status on Friday, 21-Feb-2025 07:45:19 JST I am Water

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     @tk @sun Well there is a phenomenon happening around here where the roads are asphalt turning to washboard. It’s really peculiar.
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     Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem: (tk@bbs.kawa-kun.com)'s status on Friday, 21-Feb-2025 07:46:07 JST Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem:

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     @SlicerDicer @sun You sure it's really asphalt and not chipseal? :blobfoxthinkgoogly:

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     I am Water (slicerdicer@friedcheese.us)'s status on Friday, 21-Feb-2025 07:46:54 JST I am Water

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     @tk @sun It’s asphalt. Just way too much traffic now.
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     whiteline (whiteline@shitposter.world)'s status on Friday, 21-Feb-2025 07:49:50 JST whiteline

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     @sun @SlicerDicer @tk
     
     traffic doesn't always increase to fill capacity, but adding enough lanes to get there would require more lanes than is feasible
     
     public transport could solve congestion but the way cities are laid out in the US perhaps that's an unfeasible proposition
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     Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem: (tk@bbs.kawa-kun.com)'s status on Friday, 21-Feb-2025 07:49:50 JST Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem:

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     @whiteline @SlicerDicer @sun That's a bit of a generalization. Plenty of older US cities aren't as spread out.
     
     Shame most of the houses here cost over $1 million. :blobfoxgooglycry:
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     Pissed Hippo (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Friday, 21-Feb-2025 07:53:27 JST Pissed Hippo

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     @whiteline @SlicerDicer @tk it doesn't always but it always does in high congestion places. okay maybe not always but every place that's ever been studied. on the other hand yes public transportation does work.
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     I am Water (slicerdicer@friedcheese.us)'s status on Friday, 21-Feb-2025 07:53:38 JST I am Water

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     @tk @whiteline @sun Work from home solves a lot of problems.
     
     There’s quite a lot of jobs that don’t need you to sit in an office.
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     @SlicerDicer @sun @whiteline Tell that to the corporations that are paying for all this expensive office space. :blobfoxupsidedown:
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     Pissed Hippo (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Friday, 21-Feb-2025 07:55:37 JST Pissed Hippo

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     @SlicerDicer @tk @whiteline buses suck but that is also a symptom of other usa problems like mental health care
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     @sun @whiteline @tk I hate taking the bus or anything like that.
     
     It’s always inconvenient and never goes where I’m going. I’d rather take a bicycle.
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     feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Friday, 21-Feb-2025 07:55:50 JST feld

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     @tk @SlicerDicer @sun chipseal!! I now know what the hell that's actually called
     
     Worse though is when they started "paving" our county roads with fly ash, which is waste from the coal plants. Radioactive. Also very damaging to cars as it erodes and destroys your paint, etc.
     
     "I wonder why everyone in our county is getting cancer. Weird, right?"
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     I am Water (slicerdicer@friedcheese.us)'s status on Friday, 21-Feb-2025 07:56:19 JST I am Water

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     @tk @sun @whiteline They want to make traffic worse I think. Makes the city seem alive. Compare that to like St. Louis. It’s always desolate.
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     @SlicerDicer @sun @whiteline Yeah, gutting downtowns for office skyscrapers to house the commuting suburbanites wasn't exactly long-term thinking. :blobfoxgoogly:
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     @SlicerDicer @sun @whiteline Motorcycles are also cool, if you don't get splatted by shitty American drivers. :blobfoxgooglytrash:
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     I am Water (slicerdicer@friedcheese.us)'s status on Friday, 21-Feb-2025 07:58:49 JST I am Water

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     @tk @feld @sun >> Won't be long until the entire country is a Superfund site.
     
     I proposed putting solar power on superfund sites. There’s enough land to power the entire country.
     
     Why not use it.
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     @feld @SlicerDicer @sun Won't be long until the entire country is a Superfund site. :blobfoxgooglytrash:
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     @sun @SlicerDicer @whiteline And the opioid crisis. Thanks, Purdue! :blobfoxangrylaugh:
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     I am Water (slicerdicer@friedcheese.us)'s status on Friday, 21-Feb-2025 08:00:19 JST I am Water

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     @tk @sun @whiteline >> Yeah, gutting downtowns for office skyscrapers to house the commuting suburbanites wasn't exactly long-term thinking.
     
     This made lots of money for developers.
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     @SlicerDicer @sun @whiteline And that money is coming from leases held by the same corporate tenants I was talking about. :blobfoxgoogly:
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     I am Water (slicerdicer@friedcheese.us)'s status on Friday, 21-Feb-2025 08:02:02 JST I am Water

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     @feld @tk @sun Everything causes cancer in California. If you’re not in California you are safe.
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     Whether or not a condo was a good investment at the time, I'm really glad I bought this place back in 2011. Mortgage is only around $1300 a month, while the average rent for a place of similar size in my neighborhood is around $2200! :blobfoxscared:
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     I am Water (slicerdicer@friedcheese.us)'s status on Friday, 21-Feb-2025 08:06:47 JST I am Water

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     @tk @sun @whiteline How much does it cost to fix it?
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     @SlicerDicer @sun @whiteline No idea, but some cities are talking about turning office buildings into low-income housing. :blobfoxgoogly:
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     I am Water (slicerdicer@friedcheese.us)'s status on Friday, 21-Feb-2025 08:07:33 JST I am Water

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     @tk @sun @whiteline That’s not rational the buildings were not designed for that nor was the infrastructure.
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     anemone@ebiverse.social's status on Friday, 21-Feb-2025 08:09:57 JST anemone

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     @sun@shitposter.world @SlicerDicer@friedcheese.us @tk@bbs.kawa-kun.com @whiteline@shitposter.world americans and being unable to determine cause and effect, name a more iconic duo

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     anemone@ebiverse.social's status on Friday, 21-Feb-2025 08:13:13 JST anemone

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     @tk@bbs.kawa-kun.com i wish i had had money to buy a house back in 2011

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     @anemone Same.
     
     I bought a condo. :blobfoxgooglycry: