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#1
Mid-Atlantic / Re: Francis Scott Key Bridge (...
Last post by kphoger - Today at 05:12:15 PM
Quote from: Rothman on Today at 04:52:43 PMMy bet is $5-6B.

I read that as $5-68 . . . which seemed to lowball the cost by a fair bit.
#2
Pacific Southwest / Re: California
Last post by Quillz - Today at 05:11:06 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on Today at 03:42:47 PMThen again, it would be fair to mention that police response to shoplifting varied greatly in other states I've worked.  Scottsdale was big on trying to convince us to let misdemeanor cases walk also.  They often made us hold onto detainees for two-four hours or just flat out told us they weren't going to show.  That is probably not the popular perception one has of an Arizonan city.  The city DA actually met with me once and spelled it out clearly that they viewed prosecution misdemeanor theft cases as a waste of time. 
Another thing that often goes unmentioned is most retail chains will track people stealing and not stop them, because they almost always return and once it gets over a certain $ amount, it becomes a felony. This is the reason why it often appears people just take stuff and leave, because the stores let them. I saw this first hand when I did some AP work. We had about 3-4 known shoplifters, and once they got over the felony amount, had the police waiting for them when they left.
#3
Pacific Southwest / Re: California
Last post by Quillz - Today at 05:07:27 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on Today at 08:19:41 AMMy dad and I witnessed a shooting leaving a Tigers game in Detroit (where I'm originally from) during the mid-1980s.  I still go back to visit, I don't recall ever having bringing it up in the forum.  I would hazard a guess that Detroit has been by far the more crime prone city compared to San Francisco in living memory. 

When I hear vague stories like about crime in San Francisco it makes me curious as to what people are referring.  Generally it is something about the homeless in conjunction with someone publicly peeing or defecating. Homeless people and someone publicly relieving themselves isn't high on the echelon of scary things I personally find scary or even off putting.

I can't fathom what a homeless person would do to an able bodied person like myself other than an attempt at panhandling.  It isn't exactly simple to find a publicly available restroom in any city in California let alone San Francisco.  Considering how much I have had to relieve myself on remote public roads or even during distance runs I guess that I can sympathize with the problem there. 
Exactly. Many of the issues you hear are things like this, to create the narrative that [insert city here] is scary and dangerous. You hear it with all the major cities of America. Which is funny because crime rates have been dropping in America for decades, and continue to do so. But the rate of reporting keeps going up, creating the illusion things are a lot more dangerous than they really are.
#4
Pacific Southwest / Re: California
Last post by Quillz - Today at 05:05:18 PM
Quote from: Plutonic Panda on Today at 01:36:45 PMA lot of retailers have closed and yes, you could attribute that to the pandemic, but they've also attribute it to an increased and retail theft so there's more to it.
Retailers learned about 20 years after Amazon that many people like ordering things online and having them delivered. So many retail stores started doing at-home delivery, and found out it doesn't really impact their bottom line to close down stores, so they do that. Yes, theft doesn't help, but having worked in retail and seeing the numbers that AP won't make public, it's more a good excuse than the reality of why they do it. As always, follow the money. Closing stores and shifting to at-home delivery means less rent to be paid, fewer employees to be paid, and so on.
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Traffic Control / Re: 1-2-3 Route number Additio...
Last post by 74/171FAN - Today at 05:03:49 PM
#6
Mid-Atlantic / Re: Francis Scott Key Bridge (...
Last post by MASTERNC - Today at 05:01:36 PM
The bigger question than cost is how long a replacement would take. My guess is years. In that case, does anything need to be done to address traffic issues? Maybe MDSHA can fast track the Beltway project with the shoulder riding and ramp meters? I'm guessing projects like the I-70 interchange may be delayed to avoid adding more congestion
#7
Quote from: hbelkins on Today at 02:21:07 PMThe Ohio Valley of KY meet 2002 should be placed at the Greenbo Lake State Park Lodge in Greenup County.

My Somerset, KY meet is missing from the list. As is my Charleston, WV meet. I can't remember the dates of them, although the Charleston meet happened the same year (IIRC) as the State College meet.

A year will be sufficient enough I think. If it isn't exactly correct that's okay. Have number, will add.
#8
Off-Topic / Re: How do you define the Midw...
Last post by jlam - Today at 04:56:52 PM
I would probably put all of Colorado's High Plains (east of Limon but north of I-70) in the Midwest, but using the straight lines, that would put part of New Mexico in the South, which it is most assuredly not.
#9
Mid-Atlantic / Re: Francis Scott Key Bridge (...
Last post by Life in Paradise - Today at 04:55:23 PM
The bridge will also need to be redesigned due to the lack of redundant structural integrity, which is the reason it went down so quickly.
#10
Mid-Atlantic / Re: Francis Scott Key Bridge (...
Last post by Rothman - Today at 04:52:43 PM
My bet is $5-6B.

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