Interesting. Is there a history of this phenomena? Does free ridership have a tendency to stagnate a system? I don't have anything against free transit, but I do worry that it can devalue it. I am definitely not the target audience, so it is hard to have a definitive opinion.
Isn't this the standard practice of corporate raiders where they will buy a company strip it of all its value and then bankrupt it and leave? It seems like this should be extremely illegal.
I haven't had a problem with them, because it seems easy enough to go over them at around 25 miles per hour. 25 mph is the speed limit and all these neighborhoods. I'm sure there are situations where it becomes very annoying. I'm more curious about what the snow plows are going to do with them.
If the only major argument is that soda is the cheapest and there's not a cheaper alternative then that further justifies this bill in my opinion. It's hard to predict the future, but prices and behaviors would have to change if there were no cheap alternatives. Of course there's no guarantee that unscrupulous healthy beverages wouldn't go up in price, but that seems unlikely.
It's been a long time since I've been in this situation, but biking around Boston is an amazing form of transportation except for two major things: having your bike stolen, and storing it somewhere. Blue bike covers both of those scenarios. I wish they had been around years ago. Of course I don't know how the prices compared to owning a bike.
Hopefully, no one is advocating for doing nothing and leaving it in place. To some degree I think tearing it down was a start, but not a well thought out solution. I personally think that ignoring these sort of encampments only allow the problem to get worse. I think they definitely need to be broken up, but simultaneously services need to be put in place to address these people's issues. Drug addiction, poverty, homelessness from being kicked out of other protective services. The list could go on forever, but these are huge and difficult problems that we need to address.
I would like to know the difference in survival rates of fires with one staircase in these situations. It's easy to change codes based on political factors, but I'd rather do them based on statistical ones.
Yeah, that was my feeling as well.
Interesting. Is there a history of this phenomena? Does free ridership have a tendency to stagnate a system? I don't have anything against free transit, but I do worry that it can devalue it. I am definitely not the target audience, so it is hard to have a definitive opinion.
Cryptocurrency in general is largely a scam.
Just to be clear I think this is a horrible idea.
Isn't this the standard practice of corporate raiders where they will buy a company strip it of all its value and then bankrupt it and leave? It seems like this should be extremely illegal.
@MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world maybe they saw your comments!
I fealt it. It was very short, but enough to check the camera for a truck going by.
https://www.universalhub.com/2025/speed-bumpiest-road-boston
Yeah, that's one situation where complaining about a bumpy road is very very valid! Hadn't thought of that
I haven't had a problem with them, because it seems easy enough to go over them at around 25 miles per hour. 25 mph is the speed limit and all these neighborhoods. I'm sure there are situations where it becomes very annoying. I'm more curious about what the snow plows are going to do with them.
If the only major argument is that soda is the cheapest and there's not a cheaper alternative then that further justifies this bill in my opinion. It's hard to predict the future, but prices and behaviors would have to change if there were no cheap alternatives. Of course there's no guarantee that unscrupulous healthy beverages wouldn't go up in price, but that seems unlikely.
They are all over Dorchester as well.
Wow, I don't know how cute those things are. They're kind of creepy to me. But yay for art?
https://youtu.be/pacPUMBtK8w?si=ShM_w8vcywGK57FX
What about that cold plate instant ice cream? That is kinda recent right?
It's been a long time since I've been in this situation, but biking around Boston is an amazing form of transportation except for two major things: having your bike stolen, and storing it somewhere. Blue bike covers both of those scenarios. I wish they had been around years ago. Of course I don't know how the prices compared to owning a bike.
Hopefully, no one is advocating for doing nothing and leaving it in place. To some degree I think tearing it down was a start, but not a well thought out solution. I personally think that ignoring these sort of encampments only allow the problem to get worse. I think they definitely need to be broken up, but simultaneously services need to be put in place to address these people's issues. Drug addiction, poverty, homelessness from being kicked out of other protective services. The list could go on forever, but these are huge and difficult problems that we need to address.
I am so glad that I can block people on this platform.
I was out with friends and my neighbor called to tell me to get on my roof. Too much light pollution where I was ðŸ˜
I would like to know the difference in survival rates of fires with one staircase in these situations. It's easy to change codes based on political factors, but I'd rather do them based on statistical ones.