Regarding the article on the Napa Valley housing conflict with French Laundry Chef - I grew up in the projects with the turnpike tollbooth as my backyard, so I cant help but feel a little prickly. There are likely valid concerns about the project...but when it starts to feel like it’s about who might live there and potential riff raff....
For me, it was more the size of the units. I know it’s better than being on the streets, but who ould seriously choose to live in 300 square feet? These apartment sizes always sound to me like developers trying to get maximum profit and to hell with those who buy. I know, that is capitalism but there should be some humanity there s well
My hometown had or maybe still has that same problem. Before Hurricane Helene washed through Asheville, NC it was a hopping place; fancy, expensive restaurants and local resorts crowded that fairly small mountain city. The cost of living was the highest in the state making it an almost impossible place to live close to where one could work. It was made doubly difficult because of the limited, buildable land and off and on zoning regulations as well as a lot of NIMBY attitude. Helene hit after I left the area so I’m not sure how many changes, if any, have been made in the interim. It’s got to be a frustrating issue for those who need the work and the affordable housing. Not too sure where the snob effect comes into play. Doesn’t come across in a good way however.
Yes, as a conservative, older Republican, I am concerned and quite disgusted with the rise of bigotry - especially anti-semitism - in some younger GOP movements. However, the same type of bigotry is flourishing in younger DEM age groups as well. We should be paying attention to this type of societal trend, no matter the political party label.
Whose idea is it to allow a society to raise such feral children in the first place? Have societal standards eroded so much that society itself will be held in thrall by these untethered young people? And why is the problem seemingly centered in the “republican” sphere? There must be something terribly toxic in that particular atmosphere.
Regarding the article on the Napa Valley housing conflict with French Laundry Chef - I grew up in the projects with the turnpike tollbooth as my backyard, so I cant help but feel a little prickly. There are likely valid concerns about the project...but when it starts to feel like it’s about who might live there and potential riff raff....
For me, it was more the size of the units. I know it’s better than being on the streets, but who ould seriously choose to live in 300 square feet? These apartment sizes always sound to me like developers trying to get maximum profit and to hell with those who buy. I know, that is capitalism but there should be some humanity there s well
My hometown had or maybe still has that same problem. Before Hurricane Helene washed through Asheville, NC it was a hopping place; fancy, expensive restaurants and local resorts crowded that fairly small mountain city. The cost of living was the highest in the state making it an almost impossible place to live close to where one could work. It was made doubly difficult because of the limited, buildable land and off and on zoning regulations as well as a lot of NIMBY attitude. Helene hit after I left the area so I’m not sure how many changes, if any, have been made in the interim. It’s got to be a frustrating issue for those who need the work and the affordable housing. Not too sure where the snob effect comes into play. Doesn’t come across in a good way however.
JD Vance’s forthcoming memoir about becoming a Catholic features a United Methodist church on its cover.
There’s something a bit off about that man/boy. Not sure what but it sure doesn’t pass the smell test.
Yes, as a conservative, older Republican, I am concerned and quite disgusted with the rise of bigotry - especially anti-semitism - in some younger GOP movements. However, the same type of bigotry is flourishing in younger DEM age groups as well. We should be paying attention to this type of societal trend, no matter the political party label.
I would say it is not the “rise” of bigotry but the openness (in many cases the celebration) of being a racist in today’s USA.
I agree. It scares the life out of me to think that there really people who believe Adolph Hitler was an okay guy. Who is raising these people?
That was what I just asked. Seems to me those still sane in the party might consider doing some digging into that problem.
Whose idea is it to allow a society to raise such feral children in the first place? Have societal standards eroded so much that society itself will be held in thrall by these untethered young people? And why is the problem seemingly centered in the “republican” sphere? There must be something terribly toxic in that particular atmosphere.
Renewables grew to almost 50 percent of global electricity capacity in 2025 after solar boost
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Why do we spend billions to cancel wind farms?