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Here’s a friendly reminder that having a gun to protect yourself on the Metrolink in the St. Louis area is a felony as far as I know. The people who patrol the stations and sometimes trains of the rail system are not actual police officers, but hired private security who don’t have the authority […]
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During university in Tokyo I lived for some time in what could be called a micro-housing. This was a more ideal option than a bigger apartment, because it costs less to rent (it was maybe around $600 USD equivalent a month in Shinjuku ward), it cost less to heat or air condition than a bigger […]
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The spending bill passed by the USA ‘s federal government in March promised funding to help fund Albuquerque’s electric bus rapid transit system. The hope is that Albuquerque Rapid Transit (ART) will open fully sometime in winter. This bus rapid transit system has been in construction for about 2 years, and it opened partial service […]
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One main reason that I left the area of the USA that I did, was because of the not so good infrastructure. For example, there were many water main breaks in different parts of the water system at different points during the year, there would be boiler advisories in different areas of the metro area […]
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John Stuart Mills wrote in his work On Liberty, “The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others.” This is a great principle for a government to follow. When people pollute the environment, either on their behalf or […]
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