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spdrun
ParticipantFor $2k/mo, hope you’re getting gold-plated toilet paper!
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(Good. If they were too fucking stupid to do their research, they’ll be getting what they asked for. They may as well be buying the Brooklyn Bridge sight-unseen. Shame on their countrymen who are selling them on this crap, though.)
This being said, the problem stems as much from decline of manufacturing/realignment as it does from extreme and prolific corruption in Detroit. Cities have had one problem or the other and survived, but typically not both.
Chicago: extremely corrupt, but with a fairly diverse economy still.
Pittsburgh: no extreme corruption (some as always), but had to go through massive realignment after “Big Steel” died out in the US.ParticipantActually some places in northern and western NY are more like Detroit, sadly. Suburbs of NYC are actually much cheaper than San Diego if you look in the right places, but what you gain in price/rent ratio, you lose in higher property taxes, unless you’re real lucky.
ParticipantMix the best of Europe and the US.
Europe: guaranteed vacation time, limit on working hours to 35/wk, public health insurance and pensions. This takes benefits out of the hands of employers, preserves employees’ sanity and family time, and forces more hiring to happen since productivity is limited by hours (spread the wealth).
US: Employment at will, right to work — makes it easier to let go employees that aren’t performing, unlike in Europe where such rules are more rigid.
ParticipantGood to know that it was a close vote at least.
217 traitors to 205 honest people.ParticipantReally? How many people want to move to the rust belt? If you look at any representation of population change by state the northeast is losing population and the southwest is gaining
This isn’t universally true — NYC, Boston, and DC all gained in the last 10 year, and have similarly harsh climates to Michigan. OK, NYC and DC have less strong winters, but still unfavorable to many people.
The problem isn’t climate or location; it’s lack of industry and laws/corruption that don’t favor establishment of new industry.
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Don’t blame Snowden. One side or the other could always find a convenient reason to play games and call off the visit.
ParticipantMy dream is to own an urban style building with stores below and apartments above.
Come to the East Coast.
Those are a dime-a-dozen in the nearby (and not so nearby) suburbs of NYC. Generally not distressed sales either, just someone who fully depreciated or is getting older and wants to sell off. They go for anywhere from 7 to 10% cap in decent areas from what I’ve seen.
ParticipantHayden is dead fucking wrong about Snowden on two counts:
(1) if he reduced the ability of American cloud companies to compete because he revealed that their users’ data aren’t safe from US gov’t intrusion, in contravention of local laws, then he did customers across the world a great service. Competing on false pretenses is unacceptable. And frankly, if fewer people and businesses put their data in the cloud without thinking about the implications of it, it will be a win for the cause of privacy.If you want it to be private, it should stay local and internal is the lesson. Whether the data stays local or goes in the cloud, American companies will design solutions to store and manage it — different companies may be involved, but either way, America will do fine.
(2) so what if he reduced the confidence of the world in the ability of the US to keep such secrets? The programs are of questionable legality and should be subject to public oversight by public courts. Perhaps showing the world that the US still has people who have the testicular fortitude to stand up for freedom isn’t such a bad thing.
ParticipantWhy not visit? Travel never hurts, and not all of Michigan is anything like DeeeeTROIT proper.
July 19, 2013 at 7:43 AM in reply to: OT – Janet Napolitano appointed head of University of Cal system #763650Participant20 was rounded off. 18 years ago I was 16, and thus getting ready to apply to universities.
July 19, 2013 at 7:30 AM in reply to: OT – Janet Napolitano appointed head of University of Cal system #763648ParticipantYou didn’t hear horror stories of people unable to get into required courses and graduating in 4.5 or 5 years 20 years ago. Nor were tuition rates as high as now, even adjusted for inflation and incomes.
As far as other good state university systems: U Va., U Mich., Rutgers (medical college Medicare scandal notwithstanding), U Md., U. Illinois (UIUC in particular) …
July 19, 2013 at 7:00 AM in reply to: OT – Janet Napolitano appointed head of University of Cal system #763645ParticipantI’m not saying it’s horrible. I’m saying that it’s gone downhill (especially the non-Berkeley/UCLA schools) and shot up in price over the last 20 years.
July 18, 2013 at 11:51 PM in reply to: OT – Janet Napolitano appointed head of University of Cal system #763642ParticipantNo, it’s just the umbrella under which all those fuckwads operate and share information.
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