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We’reTexas

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  1. It made X and became Elon’s latest source of racist outrage.
  2. Dominican Kenny Powers.
  3. Sonoma is more laid back than Napa, but I’m not sure a “reasonable” tasting room exists nowadays, unfortunately. That said, Bedrock and Auteur are good tasting rooms in town and it looks like they are still $45 a person. Hanzell is a classic with great views just north of town, but probably more expensive. Girl and the Fig is kind of the nice restaurant in the town square. Personally, Valley Bar and Bottle is one of my favorite restaurants in the Bay Area, but it’s laid back. They have an even more casual seafood shack, Valley Swim, which I also recommend. And right nearby is El Molino, where we go to get something close to Tex-Mex, but probably not what you would care for. It may not be what you are looking for, but Enclos is a restaurant in the square that opened last year and went straight to two Michelin stars. Have not been so can’t vouch. As for hiking, it’s going to be hot AF so would suggest driving towards to the ocean, but otherwise off the top of my head the Taylor Mountain Preserve near Santa Rosa has good views and hopefully good breezes.
  4. I think it slightly surpasses CA as a whole, but I don’t think that really means anything. But to your point in a post above, the recall and new DA (and mayor) ended police department’s work slowdown and in some respects - particularly property crime - drove massive improvements. The politics of progressive prosecution are complicated and lead to some petty infighting.
  5. How was the Roumier? Looks immaculately stored. Also you just going to leave us hanging on the Coche?
  6. Yeah hit 67 up here today.
  7. Think it will move in that direction after finishing up with land acknowledgements.
  8. Duh, you’re right - I was thinking of Justine.
  9. I personally like spending a leisurely afternoon in da Point. Old Point is the main bar and they sometimes have music. Crown and Anchor a nice pub. Dry Dock has solid po boys and some salty Yats hanging out at the bar. That’s honestly about it, but walking along the levee on a nice day is great.
  10. ^^^Me and the boys back in Gtown trying to find a single bar we used to frequent back in 2010 #ripSaloun
  11. That’s a really nice house - think it will go closer to $3M based on comps, but to your point that’s a huge house for Berkeley and relatively not a bad deal compared to the nicer neighborhoods of Houston, Dallas and Austin (especially).
  12. Someone’s really interested in Berkeley!
  13. He warmed up last night, right? This is not comforting.
  14. No one is because there is no feasible way to end it, in part because of the self destructive nature of rent control itself.
  15. Yes, chief, I just explained the difference to you. You are on the wrong side of history on this one by basically every metric. edit: lol “how would you know” it’s just math at a very direct point that we in California hone in on every year. lol “but it’s NYC” like 2/2s in Palo Alto don’t go for $2m, GTFO.
  16. Yeah, no. 1. Doubling down on rent control - yes, maintaining status quo and advocating for more (rent control on all housing regardless of construction date and vacancy control as well). We have decades of research on how disastrous this is, with St Paul providing us with real time data. Pure Left NYMBYism. edit: you had this absurd notion that rent control being long established it was a good thing - to be clear all data has shown is has not been overall except for the direct incumbent renters who benefited. No HCOL jurisdiction with rent control has maintained affordability over the last few decades. They also usually downzoned. What a coincidence. 2. lol You’re not going to set me straight with anything. Market rate development is about $1k/sq ft in San Francisco and when the city gets involved it goes to $1.3k/sq ft. Same elsewhere - No one disputes this. No one serious, at least. You cannot spend your way out of the housing crisis. 3. “Concerned neighbors” and labor unions. Google CEQA and have yourself a time. Still riding high off this victory:
  17. Was extremely brief for the topic, but it was last month (below). As housing affordability is my top political issue, I find the blowback on this thread (not from you) quite amusing.
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