@TastelessAlex

Writer. Drinker. Humorist. Underachiever.

Joined October 2015
  • Tweets19.1K
  • Following626
  • Followers408
1.7KMedia
I love Draymond but this is like Jeffrey Dahmer being an advocate for cooking classes
NBACentral
@TheDunkCentral7h
Draymond Green says players should attend therapy sessions to help manage their temperaments “It does because ultimately it helps your temperament. It helps you in decision making. It helps you in patience. It helps you have grace. And so I think ultimately it does because it makes you a better person. And being a better person is 1,000% going to make you a better player because it affects all the other things that you do. It affects your whole being.” (Via hoopshype.com/story/sports/n…)
36
I don't think there's a better example of a rent seeking, ladder-pulling NIMBY than this guy. "We must keep the coastal height limit for reasons, but also, I deserve a fat tax cut on my investment property that's above the current coastal height limit."
Paul Krueger@paulkruegersd12h
Replying to @WesSDCali @thmsonline @TastelessAlex
Of course I care about — and work to — preserve NOAH everywhere and limit vacation rentals, especially along the coast. I also support new construction. But I vehemently oppose high rise development at the coast, for reasons that can’t be explained in a series of 140 word tweets
4
17
410
Today I saw two cars intentionally run red lights. We spend a lot of time talking about disorder and antisocial behavior on transit, not antisocial behavior from drivers is far more common and it isn't even close
8
86
Speculation only works when there is scarcity. Ask anyone who was buying sports cards in the 90s how speculation works when manufactures flood the market with a surplus
1
1
5
156
Are they hoarding or greedy developers trying to build more? Which one is it? Also, how do you profit if you never rent or sell?
1
3
33
And we have now arrived at "speculation is good, actually."
2
22
My younger cousin invited a woman and her friends into our cousin's wedding reception at a hotel in downtown Miami and it was a disaster. I took a photo of one of the guys in the group puking into a water carafe on the side of the banquet room.
Cartoons Hate Her!
@CartoonsHateHerOct 27
Been browsing Not A Wedding Crasher because I think it would be fun to go to a stranger's wedding and for some reason it did not dawn on me that couples who allow strangers to attend their weddings would all be variations on this
3
185
There's a group of NIMBYs in San Diego who think single-family homes are the only way to make the city affordable because "downzoning land lowers land value" which obviously isn't true or California would be insanely affordable
Jonathan Berk
@berkie1Oct 27
"When towns require a big parcel for a single house, the price of acquiring the land leads to a far higher overall development cost, which then requires a builder to construct a bigger, more expensive house to make money on the project."
1
2
84
xitter.cf/TastelessAlex/status/2… this is the only thing restrictive zoning does and the grand bargain was that the middle-class was a winner in this equation but that's no longer the case
Tasteless Alex@TastelessAlexOct 26
Replying to @TastelessAlex
The only thing restrictive zoning does is create a goldilocks zone for the upper-middle to upper class where they only have to compete with each other for land and housing. The middle-class isn't even a part of this competition anymore
17
Also, no conservative moves to a deep red rural dump. They all move to moderate/liberal metropolitan areas with the exact same demographics as the city they left
Jason,
@jasonc_ncOct 27
Guy from New Jersey moves to North Carolina, is disappointed to find out it’s not the imaginary land he hoped it was. Independents are the largest registered group. By a lot. Party affiliated North Carolinians vote split tickets like it’s a scratch off.
1
53
I just learned the other day that the Coronado bridge used to have a toll until the voters got rid of it. Now all of California pays for people to drive across the bridge. The state isn't going to keep bailing out voters when they get what the want. There has to be some pain.
sp6r=underrated@sp6runderratedOct 27
Just one thing to add to Kim-Mai's point, and I'm sympathetic to people who complain about government overstaffing*. Not only won't Sacramento bail us out. It shouldn't. We're the richest place in the world. *disclosure: I am a public sector employee.
1
45
I'm all for giving the people what they want when they vote for it. They need to learn how much they hate the outcome instead of letting everyone else pick up the tab.
15
California was the first state to hit this limit in every single metropolitan area and other states like Texas are going to hit it soon as well.
sp6r=underrated@sp6runderratedOct 26
Replying to @sp6runderrated
Urbanite-Nimbys will say build in the inner rung suburbs. Inner-rung suburban nimbys will say build in the exurbs. Exurbs will say build on green space. Once the green space gets far enough away from housing you have to take the nimbys on/.
1
59
People will tell you with a straight face that the coastal height limit keeps the wealthy out, but who do you think is going to buy this property on the boardwalk and how is this better than a few hundred units in a high rise?
3
11
278
The only thing restrictive zoning does is create a goldilocks zone for the upper-middle to upper class where they only have to compete with each other for land and housing. The middle-class isn't even a part of this competition anymore
1
1
1
51
This is how the K shaped economy looks in the physical world. Land use policies that deny people of lesser means to pool their resources and compete for land, housing, and economic opportunity
1
31
San Diego NIMBYs will tell you the solution is to keep doing what we've been doing
unusual_whales
@unusual_whalesOct 23
The income needed to afford a home has pulled far ahead of what most Americans earn. You now need over $120,000 a year to afford a median-priced home, per the Atlanta Fed. The typical U.S. household earns $87,460.
2
48
If Weiner and Raman both win their respective races, it shows everyone in California that NIMBYism is a dead end.
Giacomo Volpe 🌹🤝🌐@_giacomo_volpe_Oct 25
Imagine being the most NIMBY of one of the most notoriously NIMBY city councils in the nation Electing Chan would send the wrong message to every CA pol who wants to get ahead
1
18
425
Some developers should be bold and use the density bonus to go over the coastal height limit. There are some lots, especially on the corner of Mission Blvd and Garnet that are ripe for big developments
Saad Asad@realsaadasadOct 24
Pacific Beach and La Jolla have top schools and clean air but barely grew in 25 years; San Diego overall grew 18.5%. A fair housing nonprofit says build more coastal homes.
1
9
163
One reason MAGA loves a centrally planned government is that they get to extract concessions for personal and political gain at the cost of American citizens
Josh Barro
@jbarroOct 23
This is strange. I was told the foreign countries pay the tariffs, so why would this help in the election?
1
1
2
251
Load more