I enjoyed it. Seems like a cool little town. How about the 203489234 lawyer offices surrounding the courthouse? I feel like that’s a waste of cool historic buildings that could house more shops and restaurants. Whatever though, that’s above my paygrade.
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he actually is starting in winston-salem!
just shared his plans in this live stream, says he wants to maximize his time in nc
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I couldn’t see Austin for all the decrepit signs everywhere. Big tall Texas-style skyscrapers and wooden signs everywhere. I 
the sign ordinance. Raleigh = city in a forest (first and foremost). 
I do wonder how the garishly horrible vape store & hookah lighting passes our Raleigh sign ordinance.
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Agreed about the vape store “branding” I see in Raleigh. I think that garish is being too polite.
More like other worldly! 
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We’ve been by that. It’s definitely cooler looking than ours. Maybe we can trade? Do they want an alleged Kimpton?
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“One of the most successful pedestrian streets in the world, the Strøget in Copenhagen was filled with cars until a 2 year pilot project in 1962. The opposition argued ‘no cars means no business’ but the street has been a massive retail success, the city’s busiest shopping street”.
(source)
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There so ugly it’s cute.
They’re like cockroaches…everywhere…
Los Angeles:
New Orleans
San Diego
Charleston
Mobile
Denver (converted to efficiency apartments or condos, because Denver)
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Kills me whenever I see folks lamenting the impending loss of our hair-curler saying it’s so “iconic” and “unique” lmao. I always have to chime in and say that it’s inarguably NEITHER of those things 
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It’s as iconic as all of the SkyHouse Apartments that are also built in a particular model and scattered across Sunbelt boomtowns.
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In the QC…this resi tower has another ~40 floors to go before topping out. The parking lot on the bottom left should be starting construction in a few months and will rise to around 35 floors.
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That was a mockup from Neom. The world’s longest infinity pool on top of a bridge that’s also a hotel. Not likely to happen but still technically on this planet
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go pack!?
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After the failed transit funding vote years ago, Nashville plans to unveil a new 4 line Bus Rapid Transit System–including a route to the airport. Weird…almost sounds like some other city but as far as I’m aware this other city hasn’t even moved much dirt on their project. 
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That’s weird, they were able to make this happen within their current budget. I was told that raising taxes, especially property tax, was the only way these projects get funding.
Our BRT will probably break ground after another half a percentage increase in property taxes are approved, then several years to allocate those funds, but by then everything cost more, so another bond.
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