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including stopping projects decoupling their parking space and selling it for extra

They already sell it for extra, those parking spaces are never free and you always pay for them

OP posted another article with more details on it: !https://lemmy.world/post/31486375

From the article:

Construction costs run from $10,000 per parking space in a surface lot to $70,000 per space in an underground garage. That gets baked into what developers must recoup from tenants and buyers, whether they own a car or not. The rules drive up the per-unit cost to build affordable housing (in New York, affordable units near transit are exempt from parking minimums, but the rules still apply elsewhere). And they often require more parking than people actually use.

Abolish Parking Mandates! Get involved locally:

https://www.climatechangemakers.org/playbook-parking-mandates/

He's taking it for a walk

Whenever I hear that in my family, it always comes from smokers, which basically means their taste buds and olfactory senses have been compromised

They miss the sense of community because we no longer have 3rd places to hang out. For those unaware:

The Great Places Erased by Suburbia (the Third Place)
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=VvdQ381K5xg
https://youtu.be/VvdQ381K5xg

Crypto mining with GPUs is dead, the only relevant mining uses ASICs now, so it would be more accurate to say:

Fucking youtubers and AI.

If you don’t like driving, then don’t. Take a bus, a train, or bike

That's exactly the problem: I can't, my city has shitty bus routes with 1 hour frequency, trains are non existent, bike infrastructure only on dreams. That's the freedom we want, but with car centric infrastructure, we don't have the freedom to choose how to move and function on this society

That is a beautiful place, but with my tennis skills, I would serve it right off that cliff

Siegfried is right on the money. There is a great book about it too, if anyone is interested, by John Lechner:

Death Is Our Business: Russian Mercenaries and the New Era of Private Warfare

If you want something shorter:

https://xcancel.com/Tatarigami_UA/status/1662844428854099969

New satellite imagery and official reports present evidence that the insufficient response to Wagner's activities in the Central African Republic fuels their aggressive expansion. For additional details on bloodstained African gold, please refer to my 🧵thread and video:

Upon arriving in CAR, Wagner sought control over gold and diamond flows as part of resource securing efforts, often resorting to violence. For instance, last year, Wagner fighters attacked gold mines near the CAR-Sudan border.

Wagner Group obtains control over CAR's gold and diamond mines, along with timber forests by providing armed support to the authorities. Taking advantage of the limited interest in Africa and restricted operational access, Wagner evades accountability for multiple crimes.

For example, in February 2021, escaping refugees reported that Wagner forces arrived in their town and committed a mass killing to establish dominance over nearby gold mines. The source link can be found in the image description.

According to a 2021 UN press release, the Wagner Group is involved in severe and systematic violations of human rights and international humanitarian law. These violations encompass arbitrary detention, torture, enforced disappearances, and mass summary executions.

In 2020, the U.S. Department of the Treasury imposed sanctions on two companies: M Finans and Lobaye Invest. These companies are involved in providing "security services" in exchange for gold and diamond extraction. Despite sanctions, it appears that Wagner expansion continues

In addition to gold and diamonds, other resources like coffee and wood are also being extracted. According to French journalist @MathieuOlivier , Wagner has expanded its logistical operations into neighboring Cameroon, with the port of Douala serving as their commercial hub

Wagner's growing operations in Africa, particularly in the CAR, fund their campaigns in Ukraine and worldwide, enabling unhindered expansion. Insufficient international responses reinforce their colonial strategies, marked by executions and resource exploitation.

Can't you go off-grid?

They will want bigger cars, soon enough we will have locomotives on our streets

Sorry, I mistakenly read your original comment, transaction fees for USDC are actually free (gasless) via Base on Ethereum, eg: https://xcancel.com/coinbasewallet/status/1800653787960406031

Costs mentioned on my previous post are for other assets