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- March 26th, 2014, 8:33 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Forum Etiquette
- Replies: 219
- Views: 27203
Re: Forum Etiquette
Thoughts: The term "height fetishist" geeks me out. "Zero moderation is the best moderation" sounds a lot like Ron Paul saying that heroin should be legal because no one you know will do heroin. It's naive and it severely underestimates the size of the overlapping area in the Pe...
- March 17th, 2014, 1:40 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
- Replies: 5283
- Views: 1271482
Re: Southwest Corridor (Green Line Extension)
I took a course and interned in DC and I lived across the street from Van Dorn... with my car parked ~1 mile away to save $50/mo. I got around without a car just fine, as did my classmates who lived much further from the station than me. Kangnam it ain't, but I find the notion that the area is hosti...
- February 1st, 2014, 10:38 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Twin Cities' National and Global Image
- Replies: 1024
- Views: 228766
Re: Twin Cities' National and Global Image
I agree that not many people have heard of MN unless they have a personal relationship to the state, but in my experience we hit way above our weight in this respect. I grew up watching St. Thomas football, so I was quite surprised when I met my Nigerian roommate in Athens, he was wearing a Tommies ...
- October 29th, 2013, 5:25 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Saint Paul Union Depot
- Replies: 374
- Views: 79597
Re: Saint Paul Union Depot
I worked for Amtrak's loyalty program very briefly many years ago. Im over 90% certain that Amtrak owns the north east corridor tracks, as well as Hiawatha and some on the CA coast (less sure about that).
- August 26th, 2013, 5:01 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
- Replies: 5283
- Views: 1271482
Re: Southwest Corridor (Green Line Extension)
There seems to be a lot of recency bias undergirding the feeling that the tea party movement will continue as a phenomenon long-term. We don't know that. Frankly, the kind of Jacksonian populism that flourished in the wake of the economic downturn should have been expected. Similarly, it is just as ...
- June 26th, 2013, 10:14 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: LPM Apartments - (376' - 36 Stories)
- Replies: 1522
- Views: 293640
- May 14th, 2013, 8:05 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Vikings Stadium Miscellaneous Discussion
- Replies: 1660
- Views: 223715
Re: Vikings Stadium
My concern is that there seems to be any number of mechanisms to have an entirely transparent roof, but increase its opaqueness when necessary (it wouldn't be during the Vikes' regular season). 3M is a world leader in optical film, we have all these window companies... if there's any place that coul...
- May 14th, 2013, 10:26 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Vikings Stadium Miscellaneous Discussion
- Replies: 1660
- Views: 223715
Re: Vikings Stadium
For me, the biggest issue is the non-transparent part of the roof. I think if the roof had been entirely clear, it'd be much improved.
Isn't there a cost-effective way to increase and decrease the opacity of a roof like that on the stadium?
Isn't there a cost-effective way to increase and decrease the opacity of a roof like that on the stadium?
- April 23rd, 2013, 5:18 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: LPM Apartments - (376' - 36 Stories)
- Replies: 1522
- Views: 293640
- February 18th, 2013, 9:39 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: DTE: Wells Fargo, Radisson Red, Edition Apts & Millwright Building
- Replies: 2909
- Views: 451469
Re: Star Tribune Blocks
The wildly leftist magazine The Economist recently ran a special on the success of Nordic countries: http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21571136-politicians-both-right-and-left-could-learn-nordic-countries-next-supermodel In this piece the authors mentioned one US state as analagous to the featur...
- January 17th, 2013, 2:12 am
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Subsidized and/or Affordable Housing
- Replies: 331
- Views: 94555
Re: Subsidized Housing
The "market" simply can not provide adequate housing for low income individuals. Ringing up Target purchases all day or cleaning hotels does't pay well enough to provide adequate, humane housing for an individual much less any dependents. Yeah, but that's the thing though. We see that the...
- November 26th, 2012, 8:21 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Vikings Stadium Miscellaneous Discussion
- Replies: 1660
- Views: 223715
Re: Vikings Stadium
There's a good amount of housing and soon to be even more around Ryan Field.
- September 24th, 2012, 3:26 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Vikings Stadium Miscellaneous Discussion
- Replies: 1660
- Views: 223715
Re: Vikings Stadium
Yeah I think the time to be outraged was when they were purposely avoiding a quorum.