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[Xarpho's Return]

I literally posted Magnasanti 3 pages back you know.

"SimCity Castle" is a cheat/reward item in SimCity 3000, basically you have to use the code "call cousin vinnie" to trigger a new petitioner who offers you a large lump sum, then decline his offer to get the castle.

Some say they want the world where the only vehicle traffic is box trucks (usually they don’t like semis but some are fine with even big trucks, I doubt they know how empty on average that bread semi at the local store actually is).

And then the others who live in the existing bicycle paradises post rants about how the trucks are blocking the street.

And as mentioned some actually think that a rail line to each store or group of stores is at all workable. Truck bad. Really big truck on metal rails good.

The reason why Manhattan is so expensive for groceries and few chain stores even operate there is because they can't use the semis like every other supermarket with a loading dock. Some of these loading docks are older and harder to use than others but the principle is the same, with any store built in the last thirty years the truck backs in and and you can just walk into the back of the truck to get stuff, with smaller trucks and smaller spaces they sometimes have to park on the street or side alley, which is far less secure as far as delivering goes.

Rail is even more awkward to use because buildings have to be designed to accept railcars (many are side-loading, which is the same principle of the supermarket loading docks but on a different scale--in terms of footprint trucks are way more efficient), and the whole issue of trains backing up into warehouses is so cost-ineffective that smaller rail spurs are either rarely used or have been dismantled completely. The only time where rails and retail have been mixed in recent memory is for hardware stores with a massive lumber component (your typical Home Depot doesn't do nearly that volume, this has to be contractor-tier at the minimum), or warehouses with a retail component.

 

[DumbDude43]

Rail is even more awkward to use because buildings have to be designed to accept railcars (many are side-loading, which is the same principle of the supermarket loading docks but on a different scale--in terms of footprint trucks are way more efficient), and the whole issue of trains backing up into warehouses is so cost-ineffective that smaller rail spurs are either rarely used or have been dismantled completely. The only time where rails and retail have been mixed in recent memory is for hardware stores with a massive lumber component (your typical Home Depot doesn't do nearly that volume, this has to be contractor-tier at the minimum), or warehouses with a retail component.

buildings with rail access are only used in heavy industrial facilities
like, an iron foundry where the iron ore is delivered by cargo trains in gigantic quantities, or a coal power plant where coal is burned by the wagonload. definitely nothing that is consumer facing, and usually nothing that's built inside urban areas either.

 

[reptile baht spaniard rid]

buildings with rail access are only used in heavy industrial facilities
like, an iron foundry where the iron ore is delivered by cargo trains in gigantic quantities, or a coal power plant where coal is burned by the wagonload. definitely nothing that is consumer facing, and usually nothing that's built inside urban areas either.

Almost all rail shipped goods that are NOT bulk (think coal or liquids) are containerized. Bring the train close, load the containers on trucks, send out the trucks.

The only other thing I’ve seen is cars and lumber. And even a dealership can’t unload from a train car that carries cars, the unloading equipment is as long as a rail car. The car carrier trucks can unload themselves.

I have noticed that some local building projects would get lumber left at a nearby siding

 

[Xarpho's Return]

buildings with rail access are only used in heavy industrial facilities
like, an iron foundry where the iron ore is delivered by cargo trains in gigantic quantities, or a coal power plant where coal is burned by the wagonload. definitely nothing that is consumer facing, and usually nothing that's built inside urban areas either.

Again, most of these examples are outdated (I can think of a few in Houston) and they definitely aren't built like that anymore. The 1990s still had some extant examples but those are all gone now to my knowledge.

 

[WelperHelper99]

Again, most of these examples are outdated (I can think of a few in Houston) and they definitely aren't built like that anymore. The 1990s still had some extant examples but those are all gone now to my knowledge.

Mines to my knowledge still have rail access, but even then, they use large amounts of dump trucks to haul stuff around the mine itself, like this Caterpillar 797, one of the largest dump trucks in the world ( seen one up close, they are massive)

 

[Xarpho's Return]

Mines to my knowledge still have rail access, but even then, they use large amounts of dump trucks to haul stuff around the mine itself, like this Caterpillar 797, one of the largest dump trucks in the world ( seen one up close, they are massive)
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There's lots of things that still have rail access but they're in bulk and not in any way consumers can use. Grain mills, metal recycling plants, quarries, large manufacturing plants, certain distribution facilities...I mean, I'm not a freight train autist, but...

 

[CFC-12]

Some of these loading docks are older and harder to use than others but the principle is the same, with any store built in the last thirty years the truck backs in and and you can just walk into the back of the truck to get stuff

Yep. Usually the trains bring shipping containers full of stuff to a big distribution center where they empty them out, then determine what needs to go to each store, put everything together on different tractor trailers, and then send them to individual stores from there. They tend to build these distribution centers near existing rail yards for this exact reason. Could you imagine the logistical nightmare it would be having a freight rail system that went to every wagie mart big box store in North America?

 

[quaawaa]

Another post blaming their lack of love lives on cars:

Other members share their stories of being rejected by women for being a carless loser:







A woman comments and says it sucks to be the chauffeur for a loser who refuses to drive:


OP wants to take a picture of "truck bros" but is afraid he'd get shot:

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[Markass the Worst]

Another post blaming their lack of love lives on cars:
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Other members share their stories of being rejected by women for being a carless loser:
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A woman comments and says it sucks to be the chauffeur for a loser who refuses to drive:
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I don't understand why they can't just find someone from NUMTOT or go on NUMTinder.

 

[Bonesjones]

Mines to my knowledge still have rail access, but even then, they use large amounts of dump trucks to haul stuff around the mine itself, like this Caterpillar 797, one of the largest dump trucks in the world ( seen one up close, they are massive)

Yep, most mines are going to use some form of excavation to bring raw materials to a plant that processes their payload into their customer specifications and put on train cars because doing it by truck is absolutely retarded. We are talking 10 18 wheeler load per car type of stuff, and they are shipping over 10 cars a day, usually cross country distances. Raw materials that are used in everything you can think of. These are natural resources that can only be found in specific places and one train might end up at a pharmaceutical company and the next in something else. These kind of places are all over the world and you can't outsource or get rid of without effecting literally everything else down the chain.

 

[Yamamura]

Another post blaming their lack of love lives on cars:

this is some good milk.

I love how this is their rational for why women don't want to be with them. It really begs the question why not date the car free women who are also part of this car free cause.

Responding to the redditor who said it's because he doesn't have a sports car. I'll let you in on a little secret. Most women are not that critical on what sort of car you drive as long as it's clean, doesn't smell bad and is well maintained. Of course you have some women who are more attracted to the idea of wealth and like more expensive cars, but for the majority they just don't want to ride the bus on a date. Any car guy will tell you that the "fast car" that the redditor is describing only attracts other dudes.

Edit:

A woman comments and says it sucks to be the chauffeur for a loser who refuses to drive:

I just realized this is basically Chantal's relationship with Peetz lol.

 

[Xarpho's Return]

Other members share their stories of being rejected by women for being a carless loser:

I would guess that the reason people don't have cars is because of poor financial decisions, making decisions for outrageously priced cucksheds and the like instead of buying a car, because it also indicates that you're poor. "I have a car but almost never use it" adds a bit of intrigue, but straight-up not having one means that you probably still live with your mom.

Trying to argue that "muh car culture" made it this way is stupid, 130 years ago you might be snubbed for not having a horse and wagon...and again, some things that society have created DO become necessary and you'll be seen as a freak for not doing it. For example, bragging that you don't take showers or baths will not be seen as cute and quirky, it will kill the conversation faster than "btw i'm actually gay".

 

[Angelic 2 the Core]

this is some good milk.

I love how this is their rational for why women don't want to be with them. It really begs the question why not date the car free women who are also part of this car free cause.

Responding to the redditor who said it's because he doesn't have a sports car. I'll let you in on a little secret. Most women are not that critical on what sort of car you drive as long as it's clean, doesn't smell bad and is well maintained. Of course you have some women who are more attracted to the idea of wealth and like more expensive cars, but for the majority they just don't want to ride the bus on a date. Any car guy will tell you that the "fast car" that the redditor is describing only attracts other dudes.

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I just realized this is basically Chantal's relationship with Peetz lol.

If these Redditors actually owned cars you know they would be the types of cars you see where they are clearly not taken care of because the owner is too lazy. It would be poorly running because they refuse to do regular maintenance, covered in filth from not being washed, and filled with McDonalds trash bags and bugs. The same Redditors would complain that women don't like them because they don't have the latest car when in reality it's because the car they do have is disgusting from not being taken care of. I can only imagine what the basements that Fuckcars users post from look like...

 

[Lobster Cult High Priest]

this is some good milk.

I love how this is their rational for why women don't want to be with them. It really begs the question why not date the car free women who are also part of this car free cause.

Responding to the redditor who said it's because he doesn't have a sports car. I'll let you in on a little secret. Most women are not that critical on what sort of car you drive as long as it's clean, doesn't smell bad and is well maintained. Of course you have some women who are more attracted to the idea of wealth and like more expensive cars, but for the majority they just don't want to ride the bus on a date. Any car guy will tell you that the "fast car" that the redditor is describing only attracts other dudes.

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I just realized this is basically Chantal's relationship with Peetz lol.

Yep women don't want to be forced onto a bus with Niggers.

 

[JJLiautaud]

Traffic Bros I don't feel so good:

It's almost like traffic is an inherent problem of cities and not due to cars bad.

 

[Return of the Freaker]

Traffic Bros I don't feel so good:

It's almost like traffic is an inherent problem of cities and not due to cars bad.

And yet...

 

[Lobster Cult High Priest]

Saw some cringe. This nigga doesn't realize walking in the sweltering heat of the Urban Jungle of LA is just as bad as Subzero New England.

 

[quaawaa]

Saw some cringe. This nigga doesn't realize walking in the sweltering heat of the Urban Jungle of LA is just as bad as Subzero New England.

Boston is also a small city with a population of 675k and poor transit coverage (with the exception of commuter rail) outside of its core, which I guarantee you this bugman never leaves except to go to Cambridge.

It’s a lot easier to go from Huntington Beach to Riverside by car (52 miles, 1 hour 4 minutes at time of posting) than from Lexington to Salem by transit (23 miles, 2 hours 11 minutes).

LA has bad traffic because its infrastructure make it relatively easy to go anywhere in the metro area so people can and do make trips that the Bostonian bugman would never dream of being possible, because its anti-car government never finished the original 1960s era highway plan, and because it has experienced massive population growth.

Compare it to cities that weren’t poorly managed like Phoenix, Kansas City, and the Texas Triangle cities (with the exception of Austin, which resists any and all highway improvements and has the worst traffic of the large Texan cities despite being the smallest). They build “just one more lane” as the population grows, and it works. An hour and a half drive is literally the longest possible route between two places in the metro area for DFW, Phoenix, and Houston and double the longest possible route through San Antonio and Kansas City. It takes 40 minutes less time to drive from Conroe, TX to Galveston, TX (a distance of 90 miles through the center of Houston) than the aforementioned Lexington-Salem route. Transit only beats cars on extremely congested routes.

 

[quaawaa]

A /r/fuckcars member posted a video of a bus breezing past traffic thanks to its dedicated lane:

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It's an unintentionally hilarious video because the bus nearly runs over a pedestrian crossing the street, enters the intersection during a yellow light, and is nearly empty (and therefore transporting far fewer people than the car lanes).

The street is in San Francisco, so it's no wonder why no one is on the bus.

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/r/fuckcars user hates it when a driver is nice and yields to pedestrians:

You just can't win with these folks.
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Jason likely lives in Amsterdam-Zuid, not Amsterdam-Centrum:

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Gray map marker is the location of the intersection in his link.

Odd that he lives near a six-lane urban highway (nine-lane if you count exit lanes like they do with the Katy freeway) that I was told don't exist outside of the US.

Also "house" is an odd word to describe an apartment. Maybe he lives in a townhome, but I'm suspicious he doesn't.

The neighborhood also doesn't match the image he projects in his videos:

It has a fair number of (presumably) expensive single-family houses:

Those buildings only have a single number; townhouses and apartment buildings have multiple numbers.

They also look like single-family dwellings in Street View:


I see many luxury cars in the driveways.

He lives in the richest borough in Amsterdam, per Wikipedia:

Amsterdam-Zuid (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌɑmstərdɑmˈzœyt]; Amsterdam South) is a borough (stadsdeel) of Amsterdam, Netherlands. The borough was formed in 2010 as a merger of the former boroughs Oud-Zuid and Zuideramstel. The borough has almost 138,000 inhabitants (2013). With 8,500 homes per square kilometer, it is one of the most densely populated boroughs of Amsterdam. It has the highest income per household of all boroughs in Amsterdam.

The neighborhood with the single family houses, Prinses Irenebuurt, is the richest neighborhood in Amsterdam:

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Jason isn't confirmed to live in that neighborhood specifically, but he said that he lives near there, so he definitely lives in one of the wealthiest areas of the city.

 

[Lobster Cult High Priest]

It's an unintentionally hilarious video because the bus nearly runs over a pedestrian crossing the street, enters the intersection during a yellow light, and is nearly empty (and therefore transporting far fewer people than the car lanes).

The street is in San Francisco, so it's no wonder why no one is on the bus.

The main benefit to those dedicated bike lanes is that the best isn't constantly pulling over to the right side of the road to let out Niggers who take their sweet ass time getting off the bus, making cars that want to turn right have to wait behind a bus.

This of course comes with making left hand turns even dumber as now left turns are only on an advance Green light (no longer allowed to make left turns on regular greens even when no opposing traffic such as late at night thus having to sit through an entire rotation of traffic lights before you can make your left).