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ParticipantFor either price, I’d take the fucking BART.
ParticipantDo you need Goober vs just paying good, old-fashioned, cold, hard, cash for a taxi?
Participantbearishgurl: I paid $140 NEW for the Sony phone at a reputable electronics store (B&H). Not used on EBay.
Using T-mobile. Actually thinking of switching to their MetroPCS product since I don’t need unlimited data, and $30/mo for a single line is looking very good.
ParticipantThe “no interest” phone deals are frankly sodomy. They may not charge you interest, but they mark them up 20% or more from the “cash” price.
I just bought Sony M4 Aqua, paid $140+tax “cash”. Essentially identical spec to an iPhone 7 (non-plus) minus the fingerprint sensor. Also, buying outright from the maker avoids the phone company’s crapware.
ParticipantWe could if we did as the Chinese did and started putting up nuclear power plants. Clean nuclear for life!
ParticipantYeah, like we need more of a traffic nightmare and a “terrorist target” for the NYPD to harass people around.
On the other hand, I’m sure a lot of NYC would appreciate a donation to MSKCC from Trump over the course of a few years. If you know what I mean.
ParticipantThat’s down to individual airlines that control the terminals.
ParticipantPriorities need to be first less visible…
(1) Cross Hudson rail tunnels at 32nd St
(2) Portal Bridge (look it up)
(3) N train to LGA (the current Airtrain plan is awful, requires traveling far into Queens, then doubling back)
(4) 2nd Ave. subway
(5) Direct PATH train to EWR, replacing less-frequent commuter train/monorail service
(6) THEN look at renovating LGA and JFKParticipantNYC is already great, in a way that Singapore will never hope to be. Singapore lacks real art and theatre, because a restrictive culture inhibits its creation.
You still don’t get it. People don’t want their homes knocked down to build shopping malls connected to subways.
We’re not Singapore or Bangkok. We’re fine with that.
ParticipantIndoor shopping linked to the subway exists in NYC, by the way. Atlantic Yards, 59th St “TurnStyle”, the stores in/near Grand Central, Herald Square Mall.
NYC won’t get it at every station: that would require a massive reconfiguration of street entrances and buildings that people live and work in.
The Singapore and Bangkok MRT systems are 80-100 years newer than the NYC subway so they were built with a different design in mind.
ParticipantCraigslist. After the credit card bills come due after x-mess.
Participant1. I’m talking about immigration, not millionaire tourons. You know? People who actually stay long-term and contribute to the city. NYC doesn’t only exist as an amusement park for rich out-of-towners. If Trump wants to turn it into one, screw him.
2. I’d support more public transport construction, not necessarily a cleanup. “Cleanup” in the eyes of politicians means getting the undesirables out. Things like jailing legal subway musicians, as Commissioner Bratton tried to do in 2014. We’re not Singapore. I have no desire to live in Singapore, though I’m sure it’s nice to visit. People who want to live in Singapore should go move to Singapore.
3. Fascism is not an acceptable price to pay for better infrastructure. I’m not willing to trade people I love being stopped, frisked, maybe even deported for the trains running on time.
ParticipantTrump will be good for NY so enjoy it.
Unknown — he might try to use the office to rebuild the city into his vision of a white utopia, which will tear the soul out of it. What he THINKS is good for NYC (other than infrastructure spending, which would actually be good) might not actually be good for NYC.
I heard Berlin was a nice place after they kicked the undesirables out of it, built a bunch of big buildings, and made the trains run on time. (That is, before it got the snot bombed out of it.)
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That’s incorrect. My family has owned multiple used Subies, bought below 100,000 miles. All have gone into the high 100,000 to 200,000 mile range before resale.
The pre-2014 cars had the 5-speed auto gearbox with the H6, not the CVT.
Why is there any obligation to buy a car made of US parts, BTW?
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