@facetedcarapace Sometime in 2005, my car was in the shop and they loaned me a PT Cruiser. Went to pick up my girlfriend, and she said, finally I had a trendy cool car. :-0
I was stunned.
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John Eisenman (Jice)
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@worldwide_yuya Depends on the city. Not in NYC for instance. Be sure to learn the local laws before driving in the US.
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@devahaz @BillJelavich True. But they tack on a high surcharge (and didn't yet exist). Not sure if it was direct or they had partners, but overnight shipping was basically at cost + containers, so not super high.
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@jiceman @BillJelavich Goldbelly made a whole business out of that
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Fancy restaurant frozen pizza is getting really good. I think del popolo is even better.
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@BillJelavich @devahaz At a startup almost 20 years ago, the founder would occasionally buy lunch for everyone. I noticed that you could order deli (or bagels and lox) shipped from NY for the same price as a local meal. He was really into pastrami so would ask for it a few times.
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@devahaz They had a location on University Ave in Palo Alto as well and probably some others.
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@devahaz In a few decades, these could be only available frozen long after the restaurants have closed.
Vicolo was a popular SF-based pizza place 30 years ago, and now only sells frozen.
vicolopizza.com
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@pitdesi @elaifresh This is one unit for sale, not the entire building.
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@elaifresh It’s a multi unit. They have very weird layouts unfortunately.
One prominent tech person lives there
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@UrbanCourtyard Also, US is not Europe. Beside US inventing the skyscraper, a number of desirable US cities have a high Asian population (e.g. SF). Asian cities are more vertical.
There is a supply of people who will pay more for a high floor with a water view.
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Skylines are great IF YOU ALSO HAVE high-density, low-rise, fine-grain neighborhoods that work for people across the lifecycle.
NYC works because it has the villages, Brooklyn, Queens, etc laying down block after block of high-density, low-rise, fine-grained neighborhoods that work for people across the lifecycle.
The cities that are all towers, no neighborhood (eg downtown dallas) are dead
The Superior Elliot🌹🚲 🏳️🌈@SuperiorElliot5
I've said it before and I'll say it again: No European City has a skyline. London's skyline is competitive with mid tier American cities at best and it is the peak on that continent. The skyscraper is an American art form and it only reaches its truest heights here.
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@connorpaton Just passed a frozen yogurt spot that’s been in my neighborhood for over a decade. Recent years, it’s been pretty empty.
Today it has the longest line I’ve ever seen. What’s going on?
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@Zli_poslodavac @euromaximal Yes, that makes sense. In US, some portion is considered paid by employer and some by employee. We talk "gross" but not including the portion paid by employer.
A little complicated because some of the employee portion is collected by the employer, but technically paid by employee
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@jiceman @euromaximal Net salary, in most cases, yes. Because gross is not really a matter for employee, all burden goes to employer. He pays for tax, social, health, and employee dont even see that money, he sees only net on his check.
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The housing situation in Portugal is a travesty.
Median net salary in Portugal is around 1200€. The average rent for a one bedroom apartment in Lisbon? Around 1300€ in 2026. Want to buy instead? It’s 400,000€.
One salary literally isn’t enough for even the smallest house. Young people have no future.
Entire generations are going to be plunged into poverty and homelessness. And what do the governments do? Nothing. They literally don’t care.
Radical change is needed or something disastrous is going to happen.
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@maxdubler @SonoVisuals @EricsRambles But for what purpose? Is it to have more outdoor seating on the sidewalk area?
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@jiceman @SonoVisuals @EricsRambles They’re making more sidewalk without actually building more sidewalk.
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Why is there a space on the street to walk when the sidewalks are right there? 😭
NYC Actual@NYCactual
Another beautiful day! 9th Avenue reduced to 2 lanes, green deliveristas lane alongside giant, unnecessary sidewalk expansion
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@SonoVisuals @EricsRambles Real answer: thanks to drainage and underground utilities, it is insanely expensive and complicated to physically move the curbs out and widen the sidewalk.
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@tallinzen There are mediocre lunch places, but the lunch menu cost is also low. Can easily find a better spot.
French take baked good seriously. And the spots considered best, there will be long lines on the weekend. They are more willing to stand in line for croissants than a meal.
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Amazing thing about Paris is you can go into any random bakery and get a baguette or croissant that would win awards in NYC and have hundreds of zoomers lining up on Saturday morning to get it and then for lunch you go into any random bistro and have a steak or confit de canard so mediocre it would get the restaurant owner deported from NYC.
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@tallinzen @gmgeiko When I started visiting for business, I was surprised to see Picard shops in the neighborhoods. Sell only frozen dishes. I understand they are pretty good. Interesting that we don't have something similar in the US.
picard.fr
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@morgan_sung Probably a generational thing. I've noticed more people pronouncing different acronyms recently.
Also, perhaps immigrants from various countries. I heard someone say "led lights" instead of "L-E-D". Looked it up and that's what people say in a number of different countries.
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growing up in NE queens we always called it The Railroad, but about 10-15 years ago people started switching over to the lurr. can any hyper niche nyc linguists back this up lol
Dan Amira@DanAmira
I’ve never felt more gaslit. I’m from Long Island. I’ve taken the LIRR my whole life. I’ve never once heard a single person pronounce it “lurr,” ever
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WTF. Pelosi endorsed Connie Chan, a progressive supervisor in SF who opposed the Chesa Boudin recall, blocked every form of housing, and voted against streamlining permits and cutting red tape.
The opposite of an abundance candidate.
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