Re:Downside of Lower Manhattan’s Boom: It’s Too Crowded
by ju-st on Friday December 02, 2016 @06:10PM
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It's always the same in HN threads discussing differences between Europe and USA. These kinds of "discussions" are reminding me about Parkinson's Law of Triviality.. people on HN discuss topics they know only little about the most. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_triviality#Examples)
Re:Downside of Lower Manhattan’s Boom: It’s Too Crowded
by bogomipz on Friday December 02, 2016 @08:31PM
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Indeed and you really notice it when its something you yourself might be intimately familiar such as having lived in an area for a long time and its obvious when some "highly opinionated" folks likely have never even visited let alone lived there.
Re:Downside of Lower Manhattan’s Boom: It’s Too Crowded
by TulliusCicero on Saturday December 03, 2016 @09:12AM
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> If your views disagree with the "more bikes no more cars!" knee-jerks reactionaries you are branded a subhuman.
Wow, talk about an exaggeration! I see no one 'branding others as subhuman' for their opinions here. Just because most people at HN disagree with you doesn't mean they're barbarians at the gates.
> It does not matter if you disagree for reasons that are based in practicalities and not ideological ones.
Ironic considering the reasons for supporting car dominance of land area in the most densely populated area in the country are mostly ideological rather than practical.
But as you can from the comments here. If your views disagree with the "more bikes no more cars!" knee-jerks reactionaries you are branded a subhuman.
It does not matter if you disagree for reasons that are based in practicalities and not ideological ones. But more people will down vote you rather than engage in a dialogue. Yet everyone like to complain that Facebook is the echo chamber.