our president is a very very dim person and the U.S. press covered for him because media owners wanted tax cuts, merger approvals, and mindless deregulation

Cities basically subside suburbs, they're not economically viable on their own.

He keeps spending that money in order to keep the Argentinian Peso's value artificially high (did you know the 🇦🇷 Peso was the currency that most increased in value last year, even with the country's economy shrinking?), in order to clamp down inflation. It's going to blow up on his face, eventually.

I still remember helping my dad in all the SSI AD&D games (also the first two Baldur's Gates, and Warriors of the Eternal Sun) when it came to character building, because while he played the electronic games he never was a tabletop player, and those manuals did a horrible job explaining the system.

While I agree that you guys don't get paid nearly enough in the TTRPG industry... it's not like my wages have increased, either. So higher-priced products just means I'll keep using my old stuff and the mountains of free content available online.

Name the operatives

I've visited NYC many times between 2018 and 2022, and I used the subway exclusively while I was there to get around the city. It's friggin amazing, and super well integrated with Google Maps.