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Australian data analyst and US politics geek; often @ElpisActual.

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Some of the relatively recent sprawl here does actually get to 2500-3000, but it does so by having a mid-rise component.

13.03.2026 23:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This isn't true, greenfield or previously-industrial mid/high density is easy to find.

13.03.2026 23:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I do not think it's reasonable to describe 3-5K/km^2 (which is the best you're going to get that way) as high-density.

13.03.2026 17:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Walkable SFH is still worse than 95% of mid/high-rise, though.

13.03.2026 10:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It is eight times higher here, which is a more reasonable level.

08.03.2026 08:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is antisocial only if she's wrong, though.

05.03.2026 01:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It is kind of funny how all analogies you mention seem to make my personal reflexive opposition to coding LLM use make sense.

05.03.2026 00:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I cannot think of any I know, but I also don't really know any regardless of political orientation.

27.02.2026 15:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I think this is the last time someone won something with a plurality, not sure if the law has changed since.

27.02.2026 05:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Catching a plurality of the mice is also acceptable.

27.02.2026 05:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I am once again asking for a combined classical languages course (Latin/Greek/Sanskrit).

22.02.2026 17:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Felled by a stray arrow at the Battle of Ajnadayn.

22.02.2026 16:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I would argue that #8 is the only one that is unambiguously good without need of elaboration, though it's also overly specific.

22.02.2026 07:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

One issue is flows have too many dimensions to represent concisely on a map, I think.

20.02.2026 04:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You can definitely make up for it with better transit, though.

20.02.2026 00:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Should also have a maximum level of allowed district residency.

16.02.2026 08:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think focusing on commuting only is the wrong idea, a good system should be heavily used by non-commuters.

16.02.2026 02:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Las Vegas has straight vibes.

14.02.2026 03:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I feel like you need at least a couple decades of engineering lead time to do that from scratch.

12.02.2026 03:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I, like most people, would very much like to impose my aesthetic preferences on others, but I'm not stupid enough to think that any movement that actually wants majority approval should do so.

12.02.2026 01:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I have ideological sympathies for the blob but most people in this category do not have that excuse.

11.02.2026 06:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is a bad example because you were factually correct, though.

10.02.2026 23:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What they don't tell you about the Australian bush is how many random wild goats there are.

08.02.2026 07:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I support the existence of billionaires conceptually but not the ones we actually have.

08.02.2026 00:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

He wasn't wrong, though.

07.02.2026 09:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The way around this is to go A-B-A-B.

05.02.2026 01:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It also has capsicum taste, though (as a chilli hater this is the only part I like).

05.02.2026 01:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Or more narrowly it is uncouth to win in any way that can be seen as dishonourable or unusual.

05.02.2026 00:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I assume it's just not very well-known, I hadn't heard of it until Sarah mentioned it (on a previous occasion).

04.02.2026 21:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Not that unreasonable, to be fair, there are only ~fifty US cities of that size or larger.

02.02.2026 23:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0