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I think Chinese rules about access to green spaces (and sunlight angles?) are also quite harmful for walkability.
(But definitely agree that the urban highways in Shenzhen and Beijing are overbuilt.)
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(That $35 backpack was from a reputable brand... and in particular was amazon.com/gp/product/B014HL… .)
I'm firmly in the "no" camp, although I did find the $35 backpack I bought in 2016 lasted ≥5x longer than the $30 one I bought the year before.
(I paid quite a bit more for one for multi-day backpacking trips, though, but that doesn't sound like the topic here.)
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They should be talking more about how inflation in goods prices is an obvious result of supply chain shortages and a shift in relative preferences between goods and services, and how a bunch of other inflation is clearly coming from the Russian invasion of Ukraine...
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At least the law doesn't specify how many mL/hour the pump needs to provide.
(at least not in the screenshot)
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Transferring between Beijing lines 2 and 13 and Xizhimen (西直门) struck me as one of the longest subway transfers I've ever had to do. It is an unusual case, though, but it's probably the Beijing subway transfer that I used the most times.
Taipei Metro's Dongmen (東門) Station is another good example of a busy station with "typical transfers straight across" where the atypical transfers do require the escalator.
Wuhan Metro at Zhongnan Lu (中南路) and Hongshan Square (洪山广场) has a consecutive pair of transfer stations such that you can transfer cross-platform for *all* combinations. Hong Kong MTR does the same Prince Edward (太子) and Mong Kok (旺角站).
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The demand resulting when everybody's electric backup kicks in can be bad. In the early 1990s I remember the western suburbs of Philadelphia having roving blackouts on the coldest days of the year (perhaps nighttime low around 5°F/-15°C) due to then-new houses with that setup.
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At some point we do need to start using (renewable) electricity for heat. Ground source heat pumps are probably most efficient, but also hardest to retrofit into existing construction.
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The Blair vs. Riemer margins in that poll look pretty small... and the Elrich vs. Blair margins look pretty large. (That makes the argument rather unconvincing to me.)
(I should also learn more about Blair...)
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Some streets have better trees than others. Try Delancey from 21st to 18th, or Camac near Cypress, or Pine around 9th...
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What flag do they show for +1? There are quite few options: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_…
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But it seems worth testing the theory that the difference between one-time transfers and regular transfers is important.
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We got a little bit of hail around 7:05-7:10pm I think, but not quarter size. Heavy rain continued until about 7:30pm. Most rain we've had from one storm so far this summer.
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