EdwinLarkin

1. At least it's drinkable and not poisoned like in China. 2. No it is not. Have not you seen the dystopian reality of Beijing from last month? 3. Chinese healthcare is hazard on its own. 4. I have. China is not attracting anyone on a comparable level like the EU or the US. Also you dont get to stay and work in China even if you married someone from there.

China is not worse than it was 50 years ago however it's development is unsustainable and superficial.

It is factually true. Chinese have access to poisoned shitty water that everyone has to boil first and that's not only because of that chi bullshit.

Meanwhile I have access to delicious spring water from Alps.

China has achieved only superficial changes that will bite them in the ass in the future.

That's ridiculous.China is the one in irreversible decline.

Most people in the West get to enjoy freedom and access to utilities money cant buy in China.

1) For once most people in the west have access to safe and good tap water.Chinese urban dwellers dont.

2) Most people in the west live in places with significantly better air quality than chinese.

3) Most people in the west get to enjoy freedoms chinese cant even talk about

4) West is attracting young people from all around the world.

Chinese middle class will demand the same standard of living like people in the West and CCP will be unable to give it to them.

1) Strikes

These are in some countries more common than you can imagine

2) Safety and Comfort

Full of smelly,weird people

3) Reliability

Sitting in a car in winter/hot summer during a car accident is much more enjoyable experience than waiting outside in the cold/hot until they fix the train/bus.

4) Does not go where I want to go / When I want to go

Public transport is usually useless at night or during public holidays.

5) Subject to stupid politics

For example during this pandemic in my country they demand FFP2 and having COVID-19 test.It's ridiculous.Uncomfortable and expensive. None of that bullshit when you own a car.

6) Useless for spontaneous leisure activities

I can take the car to go for a short trip / weekend getaway without much planning.It's fast and easy to do. If I had to use public transport I would need to plan for it and could not go / leave whenever.

Car == freedom. I can literally get up in the middle of the night and be at my parents house in 30 minutes.

With public transport I could barely make it in 3 hours.

European here.

Owning a car means freedom.Public transport is slavery. Being at the mercy of the government was highlighted during this pandemic when governments enforced rules to limit mobility.

I'd rather sit in traffic not wearing FFP2 and be able to visit my parents in another city whenever I want than rely on ineffective and unreliable public transport.

It's a real tragedy but nothing out of ordinary.Most of the world is not safe and the possibility of a war or regional conflict is high.

People in US or China dont appreciate their safety enough.And safety is a prerequisite to prosperity.

There are only a handful of nations that border hostile powers and can thrive and they all exercise" armed to the teeth" strategy.

What's the opportunity here? Inflation and scarcity will make it impossible to get good deals but it looks like it's going to be good time to sell.

I sit on 2 apartments in downtown and am thinking about selling one of them.

I dont get this sentiment at all.If you are paying people to glue Ops and Dev you are already not the main target for Heroku.

Heroku is for companies that are willing to pay for convenience.

Dont try to force altruism on me.I'd rather retain my standards of living.

Point-to-point travel is much faster and more efficient with planes than with trains.

Essentially all this is is a tax on quality of life. Quality of life will decrease for rich nations for nothing as all the environmental gains will be offset by emerging economies.

China will continue to build more and its population will also continue to consume more.

Railway systems usually dont play well with capitalism as there is very little competition (given that infrastructure and the train operator is usually a state owned company).

Aviation is simply much more efficient.

What does it even mean to account for externalities?

The relative time on the airport is not high.You can literally come to the airport just a few minutes before your departure (and many people in fact do this). Also most airports are in my opinion much better organized than train stations.

Any source on this or it's just your assumption that trains are faster and more reliable? I doubt that would be the case in France especially when it comes to trains.

No it does not.if it is faster to fly most people will choose to fly.

In my opinion the existence of radical left or socialists is a testament of capitalism. These forces exist as a regulation force on the market.

SF salaries are ridiculous compared to anywhere else. Not even Switzerland can compare. The only places where you can earn just as much as you do in SF is consulting anywhere in the rich world or those few positions in Chinese megacities.

I am actually surprised SF did not lower salaries exactly for this because there's nowhere else to go if you want to at least keep your SF salary.

His income will continue to rise but so will cries for progressive taxation on income or assets. It's a never ending story of jealousy and wealth inequality.

Depends how walkable the city is.The more walkable it is the more people you will see on the sidewalk.Sidewalks are for pedestrians not for fast moving vehicles.

Yes.The only billionaires that should exist are the party members of the communist party /s

For the same reason why larger countries dont invade smaller countries in this day and age. It benefits both sides to have some diversity.

Without a global agreement/government I dont see the issue of climate change getting solved anytime soon. In many countries in Europe we are required to return plastic bottles to stores for recycling.

Meanwhile in China they ferry water in plastic bottles everyday to people because tap water there is undrinkable.

That's ridiculous.Inflation caused by raising minimum wage did not really happen. You dont really increase the cost of vegetables or bread because more people can buy it.

If we are worried about inflation we can use the same economies of scale to give people that depend on minimum wage things they would not be able to afford.

Housing,healthcare,education,food.

It's important to keep our humanity and dignity. Convenience and economies of scale are not worth it if we doom our fellow humans to be at the mercy of companies.

Czechoslovakias were often referred to as "Czechs". Go figure.

That's impossible.Tech is currently unregulated anarchy. Big Tech is allowed to do whatever it wants despite obviously using predatory pricing.

How's D for simple microservices where one would use Go?

I feel like there's a lot of people here that really hate going back to the office because they already moved out of location and are desperate to avoid any commute if possible.

There can be balance.It's not one or the other.