Columbia, SC ranking No. 2 is surprising

Word. I was highly skeptical/cynical at first and had a lot of preconceived notions about what I'd encounter. Thus far has not proven true. I started at 1x/week with zero expectations and making minimal effort in class just to get myself in the routine, and have started to increase how often I go and how much effort I put in now that I'm a little more comfortable. If it weren't for the 5-10min of waiting in the lobby before class I would recognize zero people, often I don't even know who's to my immediate left or right during class.

No meathead gym bros peacocking, no thinkfluencers filming their butts, no personal trainers going drill sergeant on you. I think I heard once from the coach "you can go for a heavier weight, this should be harder to do!" and I just said "I'm just trying to get into the routine of showing up and moving" and they were supportive.

Mind you this is in a new studio in a far less type-A city, YMMV in the DMV :)

It's kind of close geographically. Not too far for a weekend trip

How does that work if they happen to get a bunch of customers who only buy booze and throw off the ratio? Do they just stop selling drinks until enough people have bought food again?

What does that even mean here? Person posted a story about a stabbing in a DC McDonald's and your take is that OP is vitamin D deficient? In my experience with this phrase, the ratio of appropriate/applicable use vs misapplied or incredibly reaching and assumptive use is about 1 to 50, so at least you're not unique!

Very true. Lots of under-appreciation.

For example, I got my catalytic converter removed in under 2 minutes. AND is was free!!!

What's the point of this? The OP didn't even mention New York. I love NYC too but why don't you go appreciate it somewhere where it's the actual subject of discussion? Unless you just enjoy shitting on DC in its own sub for sport or something, in which case, you do you I guess 🤷‍♂️

Hey, as a tenant at the AVA Van Ness, a non-rent-controlled apartment, they'd love to take people here on subsidies if you cover what isn't covered here (no utilities). Their attitude here, regardless of how tenants pay, is to shake people by their ankles for every nickel and dime they can get. This is the best "luxury" Best Western hotel you can come to if you can bring your own furniture and don't mind paying $50 a month for Xfinity/Comcast that you don't even want. If the washing machines are broken, they'd like you to call the vendor yourself and put in the ticket because they're just too busy to deal with customer service -- an ever taller fortress is built so you can't get a hold of them in a timely manner and they shit on good vouchered residents, as well.

Um, yes. I want the mayor fighting crime in a bat suit. Or at least hire someone to do it.

Well if they shut the one down in China town they were going to have to go somewhere!

I remember when somebody wanted their McD so bad they drove their car right through the front door!

Used to have an apartment across from the construction entrance and it was fun to imagine what they were up to in there :)

I think the idea is that as a general concept rent control can discourage new construction since it limits what can be charged.

Whereas for older buildings, they’re already built and the increase in value isn’t coming from the building owner themselves

I feel like inflation + 2% is pretty fair. That’s a bit higher than some cities’ rent control caps but its not absurd. I live in a rent controlled apartment so it would be nice if it was lower, but I can live with 8.9%.

barre3 all the way

Seems like the goal of the rent control law is to ensure that pre-1976 units rare come onto the market (by encouraging people to sit on their rent-stabilized units).

What is the basis for capping rent increases for pre-1976 dwellings? Is there something inherently different about building up through that year which distinguishes them from newly-built units?

They might want to buy an EV and have a charging station in the garage.

Yes. That’s my point. If those things are what motivates a person, then whatever deterrent factor a law might have probably doesn’t mean very much.

It's not too bad if you take the Acela ba dum tsss

Unity Woods closed . Online only or in person with their instructors, not sure where

Dinosaurs = birds close enough

I recently had the Popeye's and the ChikfilA chicken sandwich for the first time. OMG.

If I carried a gun, I might have killed for one of those

Ive been to the Nu Android warehouse and loved it. Looking for stuff like that

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