Recent comments in /f/massachusetts

HanSoloWolf t1_j7qsad7 wrote

Reply to comment by Alarmed_Stuff in how does that work? by [deleted]

You're at fault when you rear end someone. Whatever excuse you make for why it happened is essentially irrelevant. The idea if you were following the 2 car lengths rule you'd have plenty of time to break.

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closerocks t1_j7qq9ok wrote

I agree that urban sprawl and all of its secondary effects such as light and air pollution, should be constrained. At the same time, urban apartments can never be cheap enough to make it worth living there and a public transit only environment would make it hard to escape cities.

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paganlobster t1_j7qpdt0 wrote

Good point, thanks. I don't plan on any heirs but I am watching my family dealing with the fallout of my grandparents' estate. Seems like a massive burden to leave them all with even if it is equity they can use. It's still unclear to me whether it's worth it to me personally.

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saywhat1206 t1_j7qjdoy wrote

Reply to comment by JohnPooley in how does that work? by [deleted]

The office did give the other person a citation, but I was still found at fault because I was the "last car in line". The person without the break lights hit the car in front of him, and then I hit that person. Worst part was, I just paid off my car the day before!

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WinsingtonIII t1_j7qikz5 wrote

The issue is that the state has a housing shortage of ~108,000 units. The amount we are building isn't enough to put a meaningful dent in that, so rent keeps rising. If we actually built enough to erase that deficit, rent would indeed stabilize as the supply of housing would accurately reflect the demand.

But that doesn't mean we shouldn't build what we are already building simply because it's not enough. If we stopped building what we are currently building, the deficit would get even worse and the rate of rent increase would be even worse than it already is.

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Stomp_Pigs_Out t1_j7qhgkg wrote

Just look at the swarm of low level pushers enabling cop corruption, wealth disparity, on and on. The puritans here are conservative. Just because the sea of red rot that is American shifts a frame of reference doesn’t mean much. Yet here we are with all the swindled crying out about how liberal it is/ they thought it to be. Typical murrica. Heads up their asses. Clueless and beaten down. “Be grateful for what you have though1!!!!! 🥴

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TKInstinct t1_j7qfh0e wrote

My #1 rule, stand back one car length per every ten miles an hour you're going for safe distance. More in incliment weather.

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bostonmacosx t1_j7qf37v wrote

Downvote central here I go:

I'm out on that....urban sprawl should not be left unchecked....people who like cities great but not everything should be a city......developers are predatory...period...we've done enough damage to our world to just keep paving everything over and saying isn't is lovely...

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