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  • jon-nycJ Offline
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    Look at the whole thread.

    Only non-witches get due process.

    • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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    • O.G.O Offline
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      American Garbage.

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      • L Offline
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        Loki
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        #3

        Depressing.

        If these areas experienced a renaissance after the anarchy I’d like to see the stories. Usually we hear about human resilience in the face of terror and the destruction caused by war. What happens to war zones like these?

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        • L Loki

          Depressing.

          If these areas experienced a renaissance after the anarchy I’d like to see the stories. Usually we hear about human resilience in the face of terror and the destruction caused by war. What happens to war zones like these?

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          George K
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          @Loki said in American Carnage:

          Depressing.

          If these areas experienced a renaissance after the anarchy I’d like to see the stories. Usually we hear about human resilience in the face of terror and the destruction caused by war. What happens to war zones like these?

          Didn't much of the riot-affected area of LA never recover after the Rodney King riots?

          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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            War zones may experience a renaissance, but the combatants have to have left.

            “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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              jon-nyc
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              #6

              It’s hard to generalize.

              Watts - 65
              Detroit - 67
              Chicago - 68
              New York - 77
              Los Angeles - 92
              Seattle - 99

              Very mixed bag.

              Only non-witches get due process.

              • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                But then this isolated look at race-related riots in the 60s found enduring damage.

                https://www.nber.org/digest/sep04/w10243.html

                Only non-witches get due process.

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                  Let 'em die.

                  The only problem I have with it, is the scattering of locusts to the suburbs and rural areas. Then the locusts want to change everything they find, back to the hellhole they left.

                  “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                  Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                  • 89th8 Online
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                    This is all starting to complicate my grand plan of moving to the Minneapolis suburbs next Spring.

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                    • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                      But then this isolated look at race-related riots in the 60s found enduring damage.

                      https://www.nber.org/digest/sep04/w10243.html

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                      LuFins Dad
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                      @jon-nyc Really depends on when and where the riots took place. If they are happening in already impoverished neighborhoods, recovery is going to be very difficult.

                      The Brad

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                        jon-nyc
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                        #11

                        Yeah seems you need to put the damage in perspective.

                        100MM of damage in the Chicago loop is quite different than 100MM in the south side. Recovery might be fixing a building in one case and replacing a neighborhood in the other.

                        Only non-witches get due process.

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                        • 89th8 89th

                          This is all starting to complicate my grand plan of moving to the Minneapolis suburbs next Spring.

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                          @89th said in American Carnage:

                          This is all starting to complicate my grand plan of moving to the Minneapolis suburbs next Spring.

                          The Minneapolis burbs are not what you see in these pics. If you still have concerns, there are great communities outside the Twin Cities, too.

                          Of course, you could also consider a nonmetro community, and we have over 800 of those throughout the state. 🙂

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                            Haha I'm not really concerned...still plan on the move. Likely around the Minnetonka area. That being said, I'm hoping the housing market isn't swamped with demand by the time I'm looking to buy, and I'm also hoping the troublemakers stay where they are right now.

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                              If ever there was a guy who was destined to live in Fergus Falls, it's you 89.

                              (All kidding aside, I would love to live there, except for the winters. We experienced enough of that in small-town Ontario)

                              I was only joking

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                                89th
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                                Fair, but after DC winters where you have 4 months of grey gray skies and temps hovering over a 35-degree freezing rain temp...I’d rather have winters where you know what to expect (cold and snow).

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                                  In Canada, it wasn't actually the winter that was the problem - the extreme cold was kind of fun, in a weird way. What hurt was having to wait, sometimes until late May, for warm weather.

                                  I was only joking

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                                    If ever there was a guy who was destined to live in Fergus Falls, it's you 89.

                                    (All kidding aside, I would love to live there, except for the winters. We experienced enough of that in small-town Ontario)

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                                    @Doctor-Phibes said in American Carnage:

                                    If ever there was a guy who was destined to live in Fergus Falls, it's you 89.

                                    (All kidding aside, I would love to live there, except for the winters. We experienced enough of that in small-town Ontario)

                                    Live in the Gulf South. I hear the winters are mild.

                                    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                      @Doctor-Phibes said in American Carnage:

                                      If ever there was a guy who was destined to live in Fergus Falls, it's you 89.

                                      (All kidding aside, I would love to live there, except for the winters. We experienced enough of that in small-town Ontario)

                                      Live in the Gulf South. I hear the winters are mild.

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                                      George K
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                                      #18

                                      @Jolly said in American Carnage:

                                      @Doctor-Phibes said in American Carnage:

                                      If ever there was a guy who was destined to live in Fergus Falls, it's you 89.

                                      (All kidding aside, I would love to live there, except for the winters. We experienced enough of that in small-town Ontario)

                                      Live in the Gulf South. I hear the winters are mild.

                                      We were in NOLA between Thanksgiving and Christmas a few years ago.

                                      It was miserable - just cold enough to make it miserable with the humidity. Rain...then, more rain.

                                      I don't mind cold - at all. Just don't make it bone-chillingly humid.

                                      Of course, the same can be said of heat. It was in the mid-90s in Chicago today, but low humidity. Kind of pleasant, actually.

                                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                        89th
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                                        So a few weeks ago I ran the numbers. Downloaded the last 5 years of daily weather data, for 5 cities. DC (current home), Minneapolis (future), Savannah (my friend wants to move there), Miami and San Diego because a friend of mine was just curious. Spoiler alert, San Diego wins.

                                        Anyway, I tallied up the number of days per month that met my criteria for “my kind of weather” day, and here you go.

                                        Btw the criteria was a dew point of 60 or below, a high temp of 40-80, and precipitation less than a quarter inch.

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                                          89th
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                                          Here are the total days over 2015-2019

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