ken81987 t1_jbovg5i wrote on March 10, 2023 at 4:24 PM

Reply to comment by someliskguy in Cost of 2nd Avenue Subway extension to East Harlem balloons to $7.7B by Grass8989

Maybe we'll beat that record with the Harlem extension 🙂

ken81987 t1_ja5ubof wrote on February 27, 2023 at 1:40 AM

Reply to Weird feeling about AI, need find ig somebody has same feeling by polda604

I used to love chess and drawing. seeing how much better ai is at these now, I definitely lost interest in improving my skills, now just see them as a mild entertainment

ken81987 t1_j7qod4h wrote on February 8, 2023 at 6:57 PM

Reply to comment by PsuedoSkillGeologist in MTA spent twice as much on Second Ave subway consultants as it did on its construction by NYY657545

The subway costs 10x more than it should because the MTA didn't anticipate change orders well enough? Sounds unrealistic

ken81987 t1_j5npeue wrote on January 24, 2023 at 8:03 AM

Reply to AGI will not happen in your lifetime. Or will it? by NotInte

The rate things are going.. 5-10 years

ken81987 OP t1_j5h1vxt wrote on January 22, 2023 at 11:17 PM

Reply to comment by Evening_Presence_927 in New York State Joins the YIMBY Fray by ken81987

Tbh I think we never will. 500k units over a decade wont bring down prices

ken81987 OP t1_j5fjjhp wrote on January 22, 2023 at 5:31 PM

Reply to comment by senteroa in New York State Joins the YIMBY Fray by ken81987

There is truth in your comment, that anyone currently renting at below market rate (which is most new yorkers. I grew up in a $700 rent stabilized apartment on 17th st. Some of my family is still rent stabilized), if forced to move out, will be displaced since they can't afford market rents. So it is their interest to avoid change.

This is the quagmire that our zoning and development laws, of limiting the ability for buildings to be easily built, have gotten us into. NYC has had a housing crisis for two decades, and it seems to only get attention now because it has become a nationwide issue. But ultimately the underlying issue of everything, is that we just absolutely need more housing to be built. There is no way to avoid it.

ken81987 OP t1_j5by9cf wrote on January 21, 2023 at 10:05 PM

Reply to comment by [deleted] in New York State Joins the YIMBY Fray by ken81987

The Y is correct here

ken81987 OP t1_j5b8e9a wrote on January 21, 2023 at 7:06 PM

Reply to comment by hbp_burnerphone in New York State Joins the YIMBY Fray by ken81987

>the people who put onerous restrictions on development imagine they are fighting for "the people" but what "the people" want is $500/mo rent.

It's a quagmire. We need more housing, but people who are well below affording market rates know that no matter what is built, the situation is too far gone to help them. So it ends up being in their interest to just avoid more changes in general.