Although I agree with the sentiment, I would NEVER expect anybody to entertain my kids. I would just pack them up and gone home. My kids are my burden to bear.

Exactly. I was on an empty flight red eye PDX to Boston. Didn’t get cancelled, but what sucked that they didn’t have first class, so I still had to be crammed into those tiny seats. Couldn’t sleep as always.

Whatever this is is not charming.

So they get compensated about quarter of their yearly expenses with this btw bill. If they had an equivalent of this in us I’d get about 6k yearly from gvmt for each child. Not too shabby in my book.

This article talks about cost “relative to its GDP per capita.” In the proposal they give flat sum of money. So we are comparing Apple to oranges. Not saying you’re wrong, but I still would like to know how much is daycare per month in China. I know in us I pay 2k per month. I doubt it’s the same there.

In US I assume. How much does childcare cost in China?

Hot take. Fireworks are stupid and disruptive.

Manny of them don’t want to live there. Those micro homes are just for show. Always have been.

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing. I do get a feeling that you mean walking for pleasure. Although that’s important, it’s much more important doing chores and going to work. That means that your destination is predetermined and your ability to avoid unpleasant and dangerous sections is limited.

Funnily enough I’ve lived in all 3 categories of these places.

Rural: no sidewalks and large distances. Walking is usually impractical because of distances and lack of sidewalks. Your house is most likely right on the side of the local road. To get anywhere your real option is biking, but cars go fast on these road. You better not be caught at night or on heavy rain, because some grandma is going to take you out. Many times people were shouting at me from cars passing by, one time threw an empty can, couple times some wrappers and stuff.

Suburban: walking most likely is an option as is biking. If you are lucky, there are sidewalks, but I’m my case there were large portions of the road without sidewalks. Even worse sometimes short route takes you through intersections that aren’t easily navigable by pedestrians. No lights, slip lanes etc. it’s very uncomfortable walking or biking on such roads for long time. Your best option is to try to find circuitous route through neighborhoods and only cross major roads when needed. That increases travel time by a lot at expense of higher safety and keeping your hearing. Fewer shouts from the car, but they happen still.

Urban: that’s the most walkable setup. The only one I really recommend. I’ve lived in what considered a very bad part of town and managed to walk to store and gym with no problem. But I’m a guy and was young then, so your milage might vary.

Lol what? Actually it just so happens that I am walking/biking a lot, but only because I currently have safe routes available to me. I’ve chosen my location very carefully with this requirement in mind. Until recently though I have lived in your average American town where you wouldn’t catch me walking unless there’s was no other option. Insults out of the cars alone would deter most people, but being in constant danger of being run over is where I draw the line.

It’s not about how long it is. It’s about how unpleasant and dangerous it is to walk around 90% of America.

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Somebody would manage to take offense. No doubt in my mind.

I don’t know what market is like in Europe or what country specifically you’re talking about. In US, small farm economics require high prices to be sustainable. Not just for eggs, but for produce and meat too. Of course you don’t have to buy from them, but I do. Obviously big farms can sell it for less, but those are the one affected by bird flu.

That’s dumb. 2.50 is not a sustainable price. If you get local eggs from a humane farm, they are going to be expensive. It’s just how it is man. If anything, that should cause you using them wiser.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/03/01/starmer-zelensky-patch-things-up-with-trump/ Sir Keir Starmer urged Volodymyr Zelensky to return to the White House and patch up his relationship with Donald Trump after the shouting match in the Oval Office, it has emerged…

Nah dude. EU essentially told Zelensky to patch things up with Trump. This will happen before long. I’m sure his underlings are hard at work making it happen as we speak. Then he’ll swallow the whole deal and will say thank you Daddy Trump. The life will go on.

So they curving inflation? So what? The war is expensive, it doesn’t mean that it’s collapsing.