[-] ggleblanc@kbin.social 36 points 1 year ago

From the article: "Those fees have so far amounted to a total of $24.5 million — not enough to develop a single social housing project, according to housing experts."

I don't know about construction costs in Canada, but in many cities in the United States, 24 million dollars could renovate at least 120 homes, assuming a cost of $200,000 per renovation. Renovation is more expensive than building new. You could easily build 240 modest homes on undeveloped land with 24 million dollars.

I've left them half a million for administrative costs.

[-] ggleblanc@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

The main reason I'm still posting and reading on Reddit is that I belong to a lot of small subreddits that haven't had any reason to migrate elsewhere. You can dislike what Reddit leadership is doing, but lots of people belonging to small subreddits haven't been impacted as much.

[-] ggleblanc@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

That said, [the police's] main job at the moment is to protect hoarders of wealth from the social consequences of wealth hoarding.

We are all wealth hoarders. What are the social consequences of wealth hoarding? Is it okay to steal? How much does a person have to have before it's okay to steal? Most of the people of the world live on a couple of US dollars a day. Is it okay for them to steal your wallet when you have 40 dollars?

[-] ggleblanc@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

If you can't code, what are you going to do when a ChatGPTgenerated game fails a test?

Even a simple video game requires hundreds of hours of play testing.

[-] ggleblanc@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I was speaking from personal experience in the states I mentioned, as well as everyone else responding to your post.

You can separate native recipes from recipes brought later by other cultures, but the only difference is native recipes were brought by the original settlers.

Burritos are an interesting example. In Mexican rural areas, burritos were plain, as the people didn't historically have access to spices. When the burrito was originally brought to Texas, the cooks added spices. Now, you can find burritos almost anywhere in the world, each city making them with their own flavor. Just like hot dogs and pizza.

[-] ggleblanc@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

You could have a month (or quarter year) featuring food from the different states. Louisiana is known for boiled crabs and crawfish, as well as Cajun and creole cooking. Maryland is known for crab cakes. Utah is known for gelatin salads. Nebraska (Omaha) is known for its steaks. North Carolina is known for two distinct types of barbecue sauce.

[-] ggleblanc@kbin.social 53 points 1 year ago

It depends on where you live, but a lot of large US cities have their own fueling stations. That way, the city can buy fuel by the tanker load and avoid gas taxes.

[-] ggleblanc@kbin.social 20 points 1 year ago

When you bought the home, what did your home inspector say about the foundation cracks?

Call a professional to do a foundation inspection. Your cracks might be nothing or they could be serious. Only a foundation expert can tell you for sure.

[-] ggleblanc@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

The consequence is that people are supposed to stop voting for politicians that lie or are inept.

However, politics is now a team sport. As Nancy Pelosi once said, "This glass of water would win with a D next to its name in those districts".

[-] ggleblanc@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Stones placed on line intersections

[-] ggleblanc@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

No, they are not the same political parties, make sure you vote to keep the communists out. Also, vote in the primaries so we can get more conservative/freedom representatives as candidates. Voting is not the only answer to salvage the future but it's definitely a part of the answer.

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