The secret is: there is a lot of subsidized housing, and the article primarily talks about said subsidized housing. The cost of non subsidized housing is in line with Hamburg.
Readit NewsRescis commented on Meetup has been acquired by Bending Spoons meetup.com/blog/a-new-hom... · Posted by u/devops000
Hi! I'm a founder of lu.ma which a lot of Meetup hosts have migrated to in the past year. We're kind of a mix between Meetup + Eventbrite. You can see some tech events we've featured here — lu.ma/explore
I'd love to see if I can help you get your community up and running again. Feel free to reach out - victor@lu.ma
In terms of funding / sponsorships, I think it's certainly harder than the market a few years ago since there is just less free money for tech / startups, but we've seen a lot of new tech communities thrive. Also, a lot of people are willing to pay to attend events!
The lack of an easily accessible search function/option to select a city (Seattle) other than SF/NYC/London/Paris/Dubai was a little annoying to me, and then the login gate when I try to click explore again was a little frustrating.
Have never found myself in and cannot imagine a circumstance where I'd need to know my precise location at a point in time years ago, or really even at any time other than the present.
I've found it mildly useful for when I say I'll meet up with a friend but I've forgotten their address, so then look at my timeline to see where it is (since I generally remember the last time I saw a friend, if not exactly where their house was).
Rescis commented on Las Vegas approves 68 miles of underground transportation tunnels reviewjournal.com/local/t... · Posted by u/pantalaimon
Since the first one cost about 47 million, it seems reasonable to guess the others will cost some multiple of that. The opportunity cost of several hundred million dollars seems... bad? Just have a subway!
Several hundred million dollars at best gets you a mile of subway in an American city: https://www.vox.com/22534714/rail-roads-infrastructure-costs...
Experimentation with alternatives is desperately needed.
Similar to how it would be the failure of the user/provider if someone thought it was too expensive to order food in, but the reason they thought that was they were looking at the cost of chartering a helicopter form the restaurant to their house.