Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Paul S Person Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: The insane progress nobody is talking about Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2024 08:35:07 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 74 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2024 17:35:09 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="f431e8f0df8f92758034078dcb17b373"; logging-data="4191311"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+kHThiqpXw1xG53BP5ZxzeklRgqGtI9UI=" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:BSSHw0OwifpYpFoPiV+Oe+pjATw= Bytes: 4163 On Fri, 28 Jun 2024 21:54:45 -0700, Dimensional Traveler wrote: >On 6/28/2024 7:45 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote: >> On 6/28/2024 8:31 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote: >>> On 6/28/2024 8:36 AM, Paul S Person wrote: >>>> On Fri, 28 Jun 2024 03:59:22 -0000 (UTC), >>>> wollman@hergotha.csail.mit.edu (Garrett Wollman) wrote: >>>> >>>>> In article , >>>>> Scott Dorsey wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Boston and DC both have systems built that way, with no rings at=20 >>>>>> all, and >>>>>> it is increasingly limiting their usefulness as fewer and fewer=20 >>>>>> people are >>>>>> working in the city center. >>>>> >>>>> Except that's not true for Boston: it's in the suburbs where the = real >>>>> commercial real estate crash has taken place, lots of empty space = in >>>>> office parks in the 495 belt because it's just too inconvenient, >>>>> especially for RE that was historically dominated by industries = that >>>>> are still largely work-from-home compatible.=A0 Kendall, Longwood, = the >>>>> Back Bay, and the Seaport are all well leased and have most of the >>>>> wet-lab space beloved of our principal industry. >>>>> >>>>> Now it would be great if the MBTA's construction costs weren't = insane >>>>> and they were capable of doing design and engineering work in-house= so >>>>> they weren't hiring outside contractors for the simplest projects. >>>>> Then maybe they could actually build the North-South Rail Link at >>>>> an internationally competitive price rather than trying to give New >>>>> York and London a run for the Guinness world record for most = expensive >>>>> mile of tunnel.=A0 That might actually make some of those more = suburban >>>>> office locations worthwhile, if they're reasonably close to a >>>>> commuter-rail line.=A0 (Many of them still aren't, but could be if = the >>>>> MBTA had the slightest amount of strategy.) >>>> >>>> Perhaps a thorough audit focused on where the money is going (ie, = how >>>> many brothers-in-law of various officials are getting the contracts) >>>> would help. >>>> >>>> This is /exactly/ the sort of task a sane Republican would seem to = be >>>> ideal for. >>> >>> A sane republican 60 years ago, maybe, when the party was actually=20 >>> focused on real world cost cutting.=A0 But the modern Republican = Party=20 >>> is all about whittling down if not outright dismantling the = government=20 >>> and giving money to the 1%ers. >>=20 >> Funny, most of the 1%ers are Democrats now.=20 > >You are wrong. Most of the 1%ers stay OUT of the public eye. Until they are outed, of course. Watch for more to be outed in the future, if things get /really/ nasty. --=20 "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino, Who evil spoke of everyone but God, Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"