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Comment · 6 years ago
The instacart strike is national but the amazon one is only at one warehouse on Staten Island, so most deliveries will probably be fine.
Comment · 7 years ago
You're right, it'd be a real tragedy if they built too many homes and just anyone could afford to live in Vancouver.
Comment · 7 years ago
> Sagarwala, according to the ruling in Washington, D.C. U.S. District Court, received an H-1B visa in 2012, but those visas are tied to specific employers. So when she sought to change jobs in August last year, the prospective new employer, outsourcing firm HSK Technologies, had to go through the visa application process again.

So she had lived in the US for six years and still had to beg the government for permission to change jobs? I had no idea it was this bad.

Comment · 7 years ago
They've got an interesting definition of city... Seattle is all one city, but DC has Georgetown, Capitol Hill, and Dupont Circle in addition to a label for the entire city.
Comment · 7 years ago
Probably because he went to Reed College there before dropping out.
Comment · 7 years ago
> I often wonder why new highways / lanes of highway don't get assessed in economic terms, but I suspect much of the day-to-day work would not be justifiable in such terms.

This is so frustrating. It feels like debate around a mile of bus lanes or rail can drag on forever, but spending billions of dollars on highways just happens.

Comment · 7 years ago
Jack is short for John.
Comment · 7 years ago
Title is misleading--the article only discusses metro areas. I'm interested in seeing the stats within city limits.

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