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alex block @alexblock.bsky.social · 5h

I can’t tell how much was stopped by GFC-related financing issues, but wasn’t that basically what Madrid was doing with their Metro expansions?

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alex block @alexblock.bsky.social · 5h

Yeah, that tracks. Post hoc, I do wonder about water supply issues…

alex block @alexblock.bsky.social · 5h

There are big regional parks and protected areas to the north.

Also, “sprawl” is relative, given the density of development. Plus the network of existing towns linked by MetroSur.

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alex block @alexblock.bsky.social · 20h

Also worth noting that the current federal funding process almost necessitates securing these kinds of local funds at such an early stage

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alex block @alexblock.bsky.social · 1d

As an example, see how Minneapolis has almost no areas in the “very urban” category of 20k people per sq mi:

bsky.app/profile/relu...

Marcus P. @reluctantaxe.bsky.social · 1d

A Redditor made a graph of the percent of population of US and Canada metro areas over 1 million that live in a given density. When they ordered them by average density the lowest ranked Canadian metro area, Edmonton, was ranked 14th between Miami and Washington. 6 of the top 15 were Canadian metros

Graph of Canada and US metro areas with a breakdown of percentage of people that live in density density bands

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alex block @alexblock.bsky.social · 1d

this is, in my mind, primarily a density issue.

The good news is that as Mpls has infill development continuing, you’ll see more critical masses of density support this kind of utilitarian walking.

Sam Bergman @violanorth.bsky.social · 1d

…it is really shocking how there is almost no culture of walking to things here compared to a lot of MSP’s peer cities. Whether people here drive, bike, or take transit, almost everyone seems to consider it a major inconvenience to have to walk more than two blocks on either end.

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alex block @alexblock.bsky.social · 1d

Ah right.

I’d be curious for their rationale here; this alternative also has to undercut high rise buildings to the north, which is the reason I suspect it’s so deep.

alex block @alexblock.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, but it crosses over it. Much less risky to go over.

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alex block @alexblock.bsky.social · 1d

which stage of grief is “hoping Iowa keeps running up the score?”

Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 1d

Yooooooooooo

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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 1d

Yooooooooooo

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alex block @alexblock.bsky.social · 1d

Worth noting that not only did the funding change, but the structure of the funding completely shifted to the more discretionary system we have today; it discouraged the system-wide planning and investment.

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alex block @alexblock.bsky.social · 2d

“Man I wish I had a rooftop sauna”

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alex block @alexblock.bsky.social · 2d

It’s time for the 14th inning stretch…

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Roger Cormier: Built for Fall @yayroger.bsky.social · 2d

ADAM AMIN: Welcome to the top of the 47th
[Sun rises]
[Sun keeps getting bigger]
ADAM AMIN: yes
[World engulfed by flames]
ADAM AMIN: oh god yes
AJ PIERZYNSKI: shoulda bunted

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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 2d

it is so important to have this over here to repost when we need it

Justin Klugh @justinklugh.bsky.social · Nov 10

JOE BUCK: Welcome to the top of the 47th
[Sun rises]
[Sun keeps getting bigger]
BUCK: yes
[World engulfed by flames]
BUCK: oh god yes

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Justin Klugh @justinklugh.bsky.social · Nov 10

JOE BUCK: Welcome to the top of the 47th
[Sun rises]
[Sun keeps getting bigger]
BUCK: yes
[World engulfed by flames]
BUCK: oh god yes

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alex block @alexblock.bsky.social · 2d

It’s called playing the percentages…

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Monty Burns - Playing the Percentages

YouTube video by Peter

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alex block @alexblock.bsky.social · 2d

You can take the tour of the William Irvin in Duluth, but it’s not the same as being out on the water…

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alex block @alexblock.bsky.social · 2d

The pictures and video to go with this article are great

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2d

The Edmund Fitzgerald, immortalized in song by Gordon Lightfoot, sank 50 years ago on Lake Superior. Our reporter spent a week on a Great Lakes freighter that survived the storm.

In the Wake of the Edmund Fitzgerald

The mighty ship, immortalized in song by Gordon Lightfoot, sank 50 years ago on Lake Superior. Our reporter spent a week on a Great Lakes freighter that survived the storm.

nyti.ms

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alex block @alexblock.bsky.social · 2d

Jack Morris pitched a 10-inning Game -7 shutout to win a World Series!

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alex block @alexblock.bsky.social · 2d

It’s time for some drain theory

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alex block @alexblock.bsky.social · 2d

Putting the tracks in before knowing anything about the rest of the operation was, in retrospect, the beginning of the end. The tail was always wagging the dog on this.

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alex block @alexblock.bsky.social · 2d

We must give this American a wide berth!

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alex block @alexblock.bsky.social · 3d

Yes! Big for California.

M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 3d

Ladies and gentlemen, we did it. SB 79 has been signed.

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alex block @alexblock.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah… and that giant empty circle at the other end of Memorial Bridge is indeed a huge opportunity; we should put something there.

It’s just… the cars!

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