alexmayyasi

The stats show that SF rents are as high as places like Paris and NYC, but it may be a comparison between a nice, new studio in SF and an ancient, tiny room that used to house a servant in Paris. It's another layer on top of the stats. (Or we need more stats for a full picture.)

Comment · 12 years ago

Please use ctrl-f to skip to this part of the article:

"So if drivers disregard speed limits, why bother trying to set the “right” speed limit at all?"

Then let us know what you think.

Comment · 12 years ago

This article on an urban planner's objection to suburbs on financial grounds (most succinctly put as suburbs are a ponzi scheme) is relevant for thinking about why this project is -- relative to a more suburban/sprawl alternative -- less costly than it seems:

http://time.com/3031079/suburbs-will-die-sprawl/

Comment · 12 years ago

Here's an explanation of the move to data services and writing articles and blog posts.

http://priceonomics.com/introducing-the-priceonomics-busines...

Comment · 12 years ago

I think it's been mine, but I don't have the monies to have gone to fancy hotels all over the world.

Where all have you found the expensive hotels to consistently have free wifi?

Comment · 12 years ago

Seconded! Always fire back at people who try to look down at having a drink on the rocks!

Comment · 12 years ago

I'm interested to hear people's reactions to the article and the Soros trade.

I'd also like to know what the HN crowd thinks about opinions like this recent New Yorker article that asks how hedge funds "get away" with charging such high fees without producing superior returns: