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From Joy Beeson@21:1/5 to All on Mon Sep 25 00:17:33 2023

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2832:_Urban_Planning_Opinion_Progression

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From John B.@21:1/5 to jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid on Mon Sep 25 11:29:03 2023

On Mon, 25 Sep 2023 00:17:33 -0400, Joy Beeson
<jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> wrote:

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2832:_Urban_Planning_Opinion_Progression

And the average US family...

91.7% of U.S. households had at least one vehicle in 2021
37.1% of households had two vehicles
22.1% of households had three or more vehicles
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From Mortimer Houghton@21:1/5 to Joy Beeson on Mon Sep 25 04:36:25 2023

Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> writes:

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2832:_Urban_Planning_Opinion_Progression

I would be nice to have a place to live that was friendlier to other modes of transportation than cars.
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From pH@21:1/5 to Joy Beeson on Thu Sep 28 02:50:58 2023

On 2023-09-25, Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> wrote:

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2832:_Urban_Planning_Opinion_Progression

Funny. The problem was that she didn't say "Holland"!

xkcd is hysterical, isn't it? Where else can you find Linux references in a cartoon?

pH in Aptos

Roads in Oregon and Washington are TONS better than in Califronia...but it's always been thus. Oh well.

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From Bob F@21:1/5 to All on Thu Sep 28 19:45:21 2023

On 9/27/2023 7:50 PM, pH wrote:

On 2023-09-25, Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> wrote:

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2832:_Urban_Planning_Opinion_Progression

Funny. The problem was that she didn't say "Holland"!

xkcd is hysterical, isn't it? Where else can you find Linux references in a cartoon?

pH in Aptos

Roads in Oregon and Washington are TONS better than in Califronia...but it's always been thus. Oh well.

Kind of like New Hampshire and Massachusetts.

Driving back from skiing in New Hampshire in the 70's.

Frost Heave 1000 feet

Frost Heave 500 feet

Welcome to Massachusetts

Bang bounce thud......

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