samd.bsky.social
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surprised nobody has posted the real reason yet: deblasio made a deal with unions that basically makes it impossible to build anything other than luxury hotels (ht @jerusalem.bsky.social )
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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no I don’t. you just made that up.
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I don’t think that’s the thesis of abundance.
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nothing will magically solve MAGAism and trumpism but I think this will probably help and at the bare minimum it won’t hurt
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fair, I did point out how some gentrifiers like to complain about gentrification, triggering a years-long vendetta from a D list Netflix comedian
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like, I wrote this article more than two years ago about why we can’t build transit in America. while it’s been cool to see “abundance” drive these discussions into the mainstream it’s also disorienting to see people get so mad about a bunch of technocratic fixes
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I have some bad news for you: we’re very close to electing a new cartoonishly corrupt mayor
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NYC republicans really aren’t sending their best
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yes it is! hypothetical: you haven’t voted yet but you know what everyone else’s vote is:
Cuomo: 100 votes
Zohran: 70 (10 votes to Cuomo, 45 to Adams, 15 drop off)
Adams: 70 (20 votes to Cuomo, 35 to Zohran, 15 drop off)
If you rank Zohran>Adams, Cuomo wins. if you rank Adams>zohran, Adams wins.
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Uh… that’s not how it works. Say Adams gets 80% of Zohran votes but Zohran only gets 60% of Adams votes in the final round. you’d wanna rank Adams higher to boost her chance of making the final round
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yes because the order can determine which candidate makes the final round vs Cuomo
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basically, you want to rank the candidate who has the strongest H2H polling against Cuomo first, to help that candidate make the final round and face off against Cuomo
I’m still ranking zellnor myrie first to show there’s a YIMBY constituency but will probs rank adams second now
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yep it’s not directly his fault but as governor it’s his responsibility to fix it
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I also think that @govpritzker.illinois.gov needs to understand the stakes: as the governor, if he doesn’t fix this and prevent Chicago’s iconic transit system from crumbling, he can kiss his 2028 presidential hopes goodbye
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and yet democratic legislatures are having a surprising amount of difficulty passing commonsense TOD bills!! these should be a no brainer!
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ohhh lmao. I should be more online
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I’m not sure I understand the point you’re making here…
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I live in this neighborhood and am extremely frustrated by the wealthy hypocritical NIMBYs who fight against more affordable housing
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yep ranking myrie first is a no-downside way to show that pro-housing is a winning message in NYC
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Levine is more pro housing and pro transit. Also heard that he’s generally just more competent which is important for comptroller
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this would immediately destroy the career of any left-leaning politician but conservatives can do whatever they want with no consequences
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yeah this is one of those things where the U.S. needs to at the very least feign some plausible deniability
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points to the sign
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you’re literally proving my point
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yeah because they’re stupid
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there is literally zero reason for anyone to ever vote for a far right party other than being extremely evil or extremely stupid (or, in many cases, both)
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still rank him first to show there’s a solid YIMBY support base in the city long term. ranking him behind the bigger candidates is kinda pointless because the ballot will be exhausted by the time they would count votes for Myrie
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yes it does. If Adams polls better 1v1 with Cuomo than Zohran, helping Adams make the final 2 by ranking her ahead of Zohran is quite important
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I think Adrienne has a higher chance of winning if she makes it into the final 2 with Cuomo. If the final polling suggests otherwise I’ll adjust my rankings
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hey Bobby just wondering if you still think Trump is more competent than Kamala or if you’re starting to regret your vote
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no it isn’t