MammyWhammy

I was really disappointed in these comments.

NJB has been upfront consistently about how they aren’t an advocacy channel and I don’t fault them for not jumping into how to fix North America’s transit/urban planning issues. That’s simply not a focus of their content.

I also don’t blame NJB for not wanting to have that fight anymore and doing what he sees as the best move for himself and his family. Good for him.

However saying “just give up” helps absolutely no one, and completely overlooks the fact that millions of people can’t simply relocate to the Netherlands like he did whether that be for monetary or personal reasons.

It’s exceptionally callous and pessimistic reasoning.

There are lots of pockets across the US and NA where they’re getting it right, and it’s my belief there’s so many more areas where people don’t actually know an alternative actually exists.

Change can happen. As others have pointed out in this thread, compare Portland in the 70s to today, NYC is taking strides, cities across the country are revoking parking minimums, and hundreds of other examples show this to be true. NJBs success is built on this shift in thinking.

Change has to happen.

I believe NJB, and similar content, is crucial to getting people to realize how much better things can be if we want them to be. But it will be a slow process that will build momentum over time. There are no silver bullet solutions and no immediate answers.

For similar urbanist content that overlaps NJB, but from an urban planner based in the US I highly recommend City Beautiful

https://youtu.be/JcgGiHZoWBc

For inspiration

https://www.reddit.com/r/StopCarDependency/comments/vwii99/whats_been_done_can_be_undone/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=1

People should give up on North America though.

That’s the first line of the quote. If that’s not what he meant, it’s awfully confusing.

While I’m sure the meat industry/lobbying has made sure people knew about the drawbacks of plant based meat I think there’s several legitimate reasons it hasn’t taken off yet. It’s firmly stuck in the middle.

When compared to animal based meat plant based meat is:

• more expensive
• not hardly any healthier
• doesn’t taste as good

When compared to more traditional plant based protein, plant based meat it is:

• more expensive
• much less healthy
• doesn’t taste as good

The only benefit of plant based meat is that it’s more environmentally friendly than traditional meat.

That’s something that most people don’t care to pay more for.

I hope R&D continues into plant-based meat as I do think that once the cost comes down below animal-based meat it will see wide adoption. Especially because the price of animal-based meat will continue to rise.

What was even funnier to me was in a movie sponsored by GM they made the one Ford featured a bad guy.

Right? I can solve one in a minute to minute and a half. By normal people standards, impressive, by cyber standards I’m laughably slow.

I’m cool with that

There’s a microwave repair store in my city.

There’s always one person there when I dive by but never any customers. There’s a neon open/closed sign that changes daily so someone is there.

No clue what exactly is going on there.

May The Odds Be NEver In Your Favor

And have felt super cool and like a total loser doing both.

"If you try to hack a US intelligence or defence agencies and fail, you go to prison.

If you do hack the US intelligence or defence agencies and, you get a job."

My high school comp-sci teacher.

I get this was a competition in this instance though. These guys will certainly have jobs if they want them.

Increasingly more likely