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Re:Ask HN: What is the weirdest or most surreal (recent) tec... by kirubakaran on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @02:23PM (#34508738)
Congratulations!

> I live in a top-tier city for this kind of medical attention

What city is that, if you don't mind?

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Re:Ask HN: What is the weirdest or most surreal (recent) tec... by kragen on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @05:39PM (#34511613)
maybe beijing, shanghai, zurich, minneapolis, or moscow
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Re:Ask HN: What is the weirdest or most surreal (recent) tec... by ubermonkey on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @06:01PM (#34511874)
Assuming there is only one Kragen, I am amused but not surprised to see you here.
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Re:Ask HN: What is the weirdest or most surreal (recent) tec... by kragen on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @06:45PM (#34512290)
i made a fb group for people named that; at the time most of them were from south africa, but i'm not

nice to see you

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Re:Ask HN: What is the weirdest or most surreal (recent) tec... by ubermonkey on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @05:57PM (#34511833)
Houston.

We have shitty weather in the summer, and the landscape is so flat as to make pancakes look topographically interesting, but if you have cancer or need orthopedic surgery it's hard to find a better place to go.

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Re:Ask HN: What is the weirdest or most surreal (recent) tec... by fuzzfactor on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @11:56PM (#34514572)
>Houston.

A place that has hospitals the size of skyscrapers.

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Re:Ask HN: What is the weirdest or most surreal (recent) tec... by ubermonkey on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @09:42AM (#34518765)
Well, I mean, some of the hospitals ARE skyscrapers.

Houston is weird because of its lack of zoning (well, it's weird for lots of reasons, but that's one of them). This contributed to the fact that there is no single "skyline" here.

Certainly downtown has prominent towers, but there are also towers in the "Galleria Area", in the Greenway area, and of course in the Medical Center.

However, my actual procedure was done in a fairly short (4 or 5 story) dedicated orthopedic facility not in any of those areas, but associated with Memorial Herman.

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