pretty cheap compared to NYC, DC, Boston, SF etc

not the case per people I know who recently moved from Seattle to Richmond, specifically for cheap housing prices. I'll trust them more than zillow

given that making a profit is the businesses main goal, sounds like a problem

But how much of that is moving the goalposts versus actually delivering a good education? We had our kid in RPS and left, because the education was bad.

I'm not sure posting here about not posting here is exactly the same as a boycott

why talk about starting over? Why not just do it?

almost certainly, it's jurisdiction by jurisdiction in the US, and sometimes street by street if historic districts are involved.

And then there's the practical matter that most of what heat pump placement affects is efficiency, so it's really the owners choice, not safety

there should be better solutions - like making them wall mounted and the top of the heat pump at 42" which is commercial railing height. It's no easier to climb a compressor than a wall

I think that rule banned wall mounts. Which is nuts if correct

Bluesky has become a cancer. Much worse than Twitter despite all of twitter's real problems.

I voted against Trump. but you should understand why people voted for him. It wasn't so much a vote for Trump, but a vote against how the Democrats are doing things.

If the Dems don't change, they will lose worse when a normal person is running against them

X still feels much more alive than here