George Coffey
@georgecoffey.bsky.social
CAs metros need to get together and hire southwire or someone to make them special municipal wire
November 21, 2025 at 11:46 PM
CAs metros need to get together and hire southwire or someone to make them special municipal wire
Just put the sink is outside the bathroom
November 21, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Just put the sink is outside the bathroom
They have been banned in Los Angeles already but there's 0 enforcement unfortunately
November 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
They have been banned in Los Angeles already but there's 0 enforcement unfortunately
I think a lot of them are still bought into the idea of "well in California everyone can get their own detached single family home" and anything that threatens that is wrong
November 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I think a lot of them are still bought into the idea of "well in California everyone can get their own detached single family home" and anything that threatens that is wrong
That's part of it but two of the council members who opposed it are younger than the ones who supported it
November 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
That's part of it but two of the council members who opposed it are younger than the ones who supported it
Second this one
November 19, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Second this one
I don't think most people know just how deep those distortions go. If you stop allowing spraw developers to pass the maintenance of roads off to the city, I think you'd see it stop pretty quick
November 19, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I don't think most people know just how deep those distortions go. If you stop allowing spraw developers to pass the maintenance of roads off to the city, I think you'd see it stop pretty quick
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November 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I don't think he meant his question as "valid, now list the nefarious forces" but as "you are implying a nefarious force is doing this, what is it?" And I was clarifying to him that I don't think the main force was nefarious
November 19, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I don't think he meant his question as "valid, now list the nefarious forces" but as "you are implying a nefarious force is doing this, what is it?" And I was clarifying to him that I don't think the main force was nefarious
It's still the same point. Will asked what "what nefarious forces" and I'm saying the bulk of the forces were not nefarious towards the people they were pushing to live in the suburbs. Even if there were plenty of nefarious intent in many ways along with them
November 19, 2025 at 3:14 AM
It's still the same point. Will asked what "what nefarious forces" and I'm saying the bulk of the forces were not nefarious towards the people they were pushing to live in the suburbs. Even if there were plenty of nefarious intent in many ways along with them
There was plenty of racism, my point was that I don't think the people setting up the government to incentivize the modern car-dependent suburbs did it with intent of harming the people who would live in those suburbs.
November 19, 2025 at 2:59 AM
There was plenty of racism, my point was that I don't think the people setting up the government to incentivize the modern car-dependent suburbs did it with intent of harming the people who would live in those suburbs.
Yes there are things like that but I don't think the average person in government setting up things like the 30 year mortgage did it with the conscious intent of harming people/the US long term
November 19, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Yes there are things like that but I don't think the average person in government setting up things like the 30 year mortgage did it with the conscious intent of harming people/the US long term
But what about a billboard promoting some suburban development that was only possible because the developer could pawn the costs of onto the city?
November 19, 2025 at 2:50 AM
But what about a billboard promoting some suburban development that was only possible because the developer could pawn the costs of onto the city?
This is another aspect of this, where minorities often buy into an area being promised that return, but these suburbs don't actually retain their value and they are buying into a sinking ship while the white people move to where the new Target just got built
November 19, 2025 at 2:41 AM
This is another aspect of this, where minorities often buy into an area being promised that return, but these suburbs don't actually retain their value and they are buying into a sinking ship while the white people move to where the new Target just got built
Yes, but Will asked "Why would nefarious forces conspire to force you into suburbs against your will?" and my point is that those forces didn't think they were doing anything nefarious to the whites they were incentivizing to live in the suburbs. Yes they were doing nefarious things to other groups
November 19, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Yes, but Will asked "Why would nefarious forces conspire to force you into suburbs against your will?" and my point is that those forces didn't think they were doing anything nefarious to the whites they were incentivizing to live in the suburbs. Yes they were doing nefarious things to other groups
That's my point. What was nefarious was the "let's do this just for white people" not the "let's knowingly setup a horribly fragile system hoping that it goes bad and people suffer"
November 19, 2025 at 2:29 AM
That's my point. What was nefarious was the "let's do this just for white people" not the "let's knowingly setup a horribly fragile system hoping that it goes bad and people suffer"
But I assume that you also don't feel pressure to build a duplex or add a storefront to your lot to avoid it losing it's value correct? It might not go up, but you can be reasonably confident you'll be able to sell it for close to what you paid with only minor upkeep
November 19, 2025 at 2:22 AM
But I assume that you also don't feel pressure to build a duplex or add a storefront to your lot to avoid it losing it's value correct? It might not go up, but you can be reasonably confident you'll be able to sell it for close to what you paid with only minor upkeep
Who didn't get to participate was nefarious sure, but the federal government didn't build interstates and subsidize 30 year mortgages hoping places would end up like Detroit.
November 19, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Who didn't get to participate was nefarious sure, but the federal government didn't build interstates and subsidize 30 year mortgages hoping places would end up like Detroit.
Well I'm not saying that aren't some people that want to live that way, just that Will seems to be citing people doing something as evidence of it being their preference, when there very large governmental pressures to do that thing.
November 19, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Well I'm not saying that aren't some people that want to live that way, just that Will seems to be citing people doing something as evidence of it being their preference, when there very large governmental pressures to do that thing.
Because we made home ownership the preferred way to build wealth for families. That was a policy choice made after a depression and a war, not a direct reflection of the way people naturally choose to live.
November 19, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Because we made home ownership the preferred way to build wealth for families. That was a policy choice made after a depression and a war, not a direct reflection of the way people naturally choose to live.
Because they didn't start as nefarious. After WWII single family suburban development was seen as the best way to build wealth for the middle class, so it was heavily subsidized, and other forms restricted.
November 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Because they didn't start as nefarious. After WWII single family suburban development was seen as the best way to build wealth for the middle class, so it was heavily subsidized, and other forms restricted.
In many places they are literally all you are allowed to build. Let alone the direct subsidies towns give to them
November 19, 2025 at 1:39 AM
In many places they are literally all you are allowed to build. Let alone the direct subsidies towns give to them