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- November 19th, 2014, 6:46 pm
- Forum: Cities Around the World
- Topic: New York City
- Replies: 131
- Views: 81825
Re: New York City
I mean, short of full communism I'm just not sure there's anything you can actually do to keep the rich from getting what they want. This last point seems a little hyperbolic. Rich people wanted to run companies where they could dump pollutants into the water and air. As a society, we decided rich ...
- November 19th, 2014, 3:06 pm
- Forum: Cities Around the World
- Topic: New York City
- Replies: 131
- Views: 81825
Re: New York City
I think the frustration by many is the overall trend towards viewing real estate as just investment portfolios and not as homes. Overall the affordability of housing in NYC is going down, for the majority of people. Second, my guess is that nearby properties will be assessed with higher values which...
- November 19th, 2014, 2:29 pm
- Forum: Cities Around the World
- Topic: New York City
- Replies: 131
- Views: 81825
Re: New York City
And I realize that the recession was unfortunate for a lot of people, but it allowed myself and tons of other folks in their early 20s to buy homes. Granted, it would have been better for the bubble to never exist in the first place. And there were policies that built up that bubble at a macro leve...
- November 4th, 2014, 4:53 pm
- Forum: Local Politics and Governance
- Topic: Minneapolis City Politics General Discussion
- Replies: 430
- Views: 165895
Re: Minneapolis City Politics General Discussion
If you're listening to DFL/teacher's union insiders, then yes, you hate Don Samuels. I tend to think that the school board has performed so poorly over recent history that Gagnon should not be returned, and supported Samuels and Iris Altamirano. On the other hand if you listen to those that are sup...
- October 23rd, 2014, 3:02 pm
- Forum: 2013 Minneapolis Municipal Election
- Topic: Minneapolis Charter Amendments 1 and 2 (2014 Election)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 11121
Re: Minneapolis Charter Amendments 1 and 2 (2014 Election)
It is not like the amendment. It only needs 50%-1 of votes cast on that question..
Does anyone know if that works exactly like the constitutional amendments in 2012, where blank = "no" ? Or is it a simple yes vs. no count?
- October 16th, 2014, 11:12 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line LRT
- Replies: 1297
- Views: 107447
Re: Green Line (Central Corridor LRT)
I made a table of expected and actual ridership at each station. I included the absolute and % difference in ridership from expected. I was hoping to paste this in as a table but cannot figure it out. Someone want to take this CSV and fix it? Station Name Expected 2030 Sept '14 Expected-Sept'14 % pe...
- October 14th, 2014, 2:33 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: B Line Lake St Rapid Bus, Midtown Rail Transit
- Replies: 721
- Views: 240501
Re: Midtown Corridor
I think the discussion about a Greenway > Hiawatha > Riverview service is that it could be one service without any additional trackage. We're already discussing building LRT-lite in the Greenway and LRT/LRT-lite in Riverview. I guess it makes sense from the perspective of not needing new track. Tho...
- October 14th, 2014, 1:17 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: B Line Lake St Rapid Bus, Midtown Rail Transit
- Replies: 721
- Views: 240501
Re: Midtown Corridor
I've seen a lot of suggestions to interline the Midtown line from Lake to 46th st before heading east in Ford Parkway as a way to get to DT St. Paul. Wouldn't it make more sense to have it cross the river near Lake street and have it interline with the Green line?
What am I missing?
What am I missing?
- September 19th, 2014, 3:36 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Car Sharing / Rental (Car2Go, HourCar, etc.)
- Replies: 235
- Views: 57625
Re: Car Sharing
Sounds like step 1 is destroy capitalism (not that I agree with that idea)? Corporate capitalism has worked for almost no one except the small number of billionaires. It has made life considerably more difficult for millions of people and has supported a fossil fuel economy that is causing global c...
- September 19th, 2014, 3:15 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Car Sharing / Rental (Car2Go, HourCar, etc.)
- Replies: 235
- Views: 57625
Re: Car Sharing
Heck, I think the company's business practices are abhorrent so I lyft instead (not sure how much better they are). Lyft is pretty much the exact same business model so it's definitely not better. Of course the magazine that's the "leading voice of the American left, offering socialist perspec...
- September 19th, 2014, 9:16 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Car Sharing / Rental (Car2Go, HourCar, etc.)
- Replies: 235
- Views: 57625
Re: Car Sharing
Great piece written about the problems of ride-sharing companies. This was the thread that seemed the closest. https://www.jacobinmag.com/2014/09/against-sharing/ Rates for drivers have been cut by more than half in the last year. Drivers are being forced to worker longer and longer hours to repay t...
- September 9th, 2014, 10:20 pm
- Forum: 2013 Minneapolis Municipal Election
- Topic: 2014 MN House Election
- Replies: 177
- Views: 90244
Re: 2014 MN House Election
Any other ideas what might be tackled in 2015-16? I think after labor's success with the raising of the minimum wage campaign, paid sick time could be on the table. I think expanding rank choice voting statewide would be fantastic. The alliance politics rather than mudslinging politics was refreshi...
- September 3rd, 2014, 3:26 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
- Topic: Athletic Department Practice Facilities
- Replies: 76
- Views: 17539
Re: Athletic Department Practice Facilities
Great news. Hopefully other big companies follow their lead. Also great is that it appears they are also donating a good chunk of money to the academic and research side. I actually worry a great deal about developments like these. Though I care less if companies want to spend their money on naming...
- September 1st, 2014, 2:08 pm
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Mall of America - Bloomington
- Replies: 996
- Views: 270298
Re: Mall of America - Bloomington
Debt deal shows the Mall of America is the most valuable asset in Minnesota — and it's not even close “This significant transaction marks yet another milestone for Mall of America” said Bill Griffith, president of Bloomington-based Larkin Hoffman Daly & Lindgren. “We feel fortunate to have work...
- September 1st, 2014, 7:19 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
- Topic: Uptown Hotel Discussion
- Replies: 423
- Views: 64072
Re: Uptown Hotel Discussion
Famous Dave's has Swing and Salsa on Monday and Tuesdays. http://www.famousdavesbluesclub.com/music_events.htmlApparently there's a place where you can learn salsa in uptown. Maybe someones house but I've just heard of it.
- August 18th, 2014, 9:47 pm
- Forum: 2013 Minneapolis Municipal Election
- Topic: 2014 MN House Election
- Replies: 177
- Views: 90244
Re: 2014 MN House Election
The thought I keep going back to is the political base of exurban farmers. Those on the edge who are getting pushed out by sprawling suburbs. They are losing decades or generations of history. Some of them are going to be centrist or conservative on some issues. Keeping the family farm and making it...
- August 6th, 2014, 9:07 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Expo 2023 / 2027
- Replies: 53
- Views: 29140
Re: Expo 2023
A discussion with Mark Ritchie who is on the committee: http://www.mn2020.org/issues-that-matte ... orlds-fair
- July 10th, 2014, 3:36 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Introductions
- Replies: 162
- Views: 90597
Re: Introductions
I have been lurking here for a while and thought I would finally introduce myself. My name is Elliot Altbaum and I just graduated with a degree in Geography from Clark University in Worcester, MA. Originally from here, I read urbanMSP and Streets.mn to be reminded about how Minneapolis and the whole...
- June 21st, 2014, 10:42 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Twin Cities' National and Global Image
- Replies: 1024
- Views: 249816
Re: Twin Cities' National and Global Image
Back to the issue of compost. Citywide compost is a fantastic idea. Think back to the 3 R's of conservation: reduce, reuse, recycle. Burning organic material in the HERC is a low order recycle of waste. It is must better to reduce the waste that must be burned by diverting it into compost ( a sort o...
- June 15th, 2014, 12:21 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Accessory Dwelling Units
- Replies: 126
- Views: 25802
Re: Accessory Dwelling Units
Seems like ADUs could become legal again in all of Minneapolis. I like ADUs ability for creating incremental density. If these become popular in a neighborhood it could trigger later development in the old neighborhood commercial nodes.
http://www.startribune.com/business/212418161.html
http://www.startribune.com/business/212418161.html