It appears AC Transit wants to pilot scrapping the 80 but sending the 79 down Ashby (the highest ridden part of the 80) to Ashby BART instead of Claremont to Rockridge BART and continue to Emeryville. I have feelings, both positive and some concerns.
We need better crosstown service and better service to Emeryville from Berkeley and BART. Currently the 36 by itself is sub-optimal. So an Ashby BART connection seems really good. But I'm worried about Gateview in Albany and the Village.
Having the 79 terminate on the west side of Albany Hill as opposed to Plaza BART station could help those areas getting BART access and the shopping center nearby.
It also sucks to lose bus service along Claremont. The traffic is worse on Ashby than Claremont. But on the other hand, Ashby is serviced by the SF-Millbrae line and the Berryessa-line to SFO transfer whereas Rockridge is just the SFO-line so better BART service for Claremont
AFAIK nobody rides the 79 along Claremont Ave at least from when I've ridden the bus from Rockidge. Very tiny ridership.
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Andrew Yang and the Times Square stuff reminds me of when I say I like Fisherman's Wharf and everyone in San Francisco gets mad at me.
I get it, you value yourself by how much of a true local you really are and performatively hate tourists. I dont care so I can enjoy things :)
I like meeting people from all over the world at Fisherman's Wharf. I like occasionally posing for pictures or taking some for someone else. I like being asked by tourists whats the best spots in San Francisco. I like all the sweets and carnival food and historic streetcars.
"Imma true local cuz I go to Dolores Park like all the other hipsters and stare at the skyline all day."
Okay cool, thanks. At least be interesting and go to a better more secluded park like Buena Vista or Grandview.
Weimar Germany not only expropriated housing and imposed strict rent control but also: "removed restrictions against attic and basement dwellings, and relaxed zoning and construction standards." - Silverman, Housing Crisis in Weimar Germany (same source Jacobin is using).
The Jacobin article is good but the greater picture about the aggressive rent controls and buy outs by the state was that these were stop-gap measures to alleviate the housing shortage and again, that the failure of Capitalism was the inability to produce *enough* housing.
The Social Democrats used the 1924 rent tax to subsidize housing construction and thus all non-partially or fully subsidized housing by contractors was dwarfed by the high density standards which private developers couldn't build w/o public assistance.
I think @macabstory is the only male issues video on YT that's not misogynistic incel bs. Boys aren't taught, anywhere, how to approach women. So pick up artists on social media fill the void with basic self-improvement advice mixed with misogyny as coping mechanism for rejection
This also gives way to where dating for young men is trial-and-error. Women are scared of rejection just like men are, but men are expected to approach. With the only guide being movies (where non-verbal consent is glamorized) and PUAs these boys make errors--constantly.
All these problems would just be solved if middle and high school sexual education was
A) Taught in every state
B) Focused on not just old issues like teen pregnancy and how to put on a condom, but also how to consent, how to flirt, how to approach, breaking gender norms ect.