The Maps and Geography Thread

[Bo Diddley]

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I don't think Minnesotans know what it means to be hot.

Hot. I'm probably one of the biggest cold babies I know.

[beefytee]

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I don't think Minnesotans know what it means to be hot.

[All-American]

Why is the west so expensive, generally speaking?

Restrictive policies on building, imposed primarily by the demands of current homeowners. There is obviously plenty of land on which to build. But if you increase the supply you (a) ruin someone's view out their window, (b) require additional resources to provide services to the increased population, (c) diminish the value of the houses already built, etc. It is a unique brand of NIMBYism that explicitly favors the haves and excludes the have-nots, with the divide widening year by year.

I crunched the numbers not that long ago on our house (in Colorado). Based on what Zillow estimates our home value to be now versus when we bought, the amount of appreciation each month exceeds our entire mortgage payment-- principal, interest, and escrow for insurance and taxes. To buy a home in Colorado in the past decade is to have housing for, effectively, free.

Even as a direct beneficiary, I still find it infuriating.

[Bo Diddley]

Pretty cool map.

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That is so awesome.

[Donuthole]

Pretty cool map.

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Not so dissimilar from the original state of Deseret, tbh.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Pretty cool map.

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[All-American]

The Maps and Geography Thread

Spot on for Colorado, though.

Whatever man. It is the Disneyland of Mexican restaurants.

[Jeff Lebowski]

If you have to go down the list to a donut shop - to find the "worst attraction" in your state - Oregon is doing pretty good. Personally - I would have gone for the carpet in the airport.


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Those donuts are totally overrated tho.

[clackamascoug]

Agree about Voodoo Doughnuts too! Stand in line forever for a gross and super unhealthful, gimmicky doughnut served up by a member of Antifa?! Hard pass!!

If you have to go down the list to a donut shop - to find the "worst attraction" in your state - Oregon is doing pretty good. Personally - I would have gone for the carpet in the airport.


https://www.simplefloorspdx.com/blog...portland-icon/

[CardiacCoug]

Agree about Voodoo Doughnuts too! Stand in line forever for a gross and super unhealthful, gimmicky doughnut served up by a member of Antifa?! Hard pass!!

[PaloAltoCougar]

I'm a little bummed that on our trip to Vermont I was unaware I could have visited the world's tallest filing cabinet.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Spot on for Colorado, though.

Same for Washington.

[Donuthole]

Spot on for Colorado, though.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Grand Canyon. Lol.

[Scott R Nelson]

Not sure I've ever been to "Mormon Temple" in Utah.

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I'm guessing he means Temple Square.

And Route 66 doesn't even touch Nevada. The whole thing is bogus.