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I think the Boeing HQ move to NOVA was silly. I don't get it.
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How do you guys see the future of our major US cities? With the high level
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Mo Better Hoos
05/16/2022 12:29PM
You’re waaaay overstating the case. Remember, if it bleeds it leads.
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SixerHoo
05/16/2022 2:03PM
Embiid was robbed of the NBA MVP. Can we agree on that? **
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Mo Better Hoos
05/16/2022 2:07PM
Hell no. Jokic has better counting stats and is the most efficient player
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wahoo138
05/16/2022 6:09PM
All I know is, if you put me in charge of an NBA pickup game and I got
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WahooRQ
05/17/2022 08:53AM
Don’t follow the NBA. My handle isn’t about those Sixers.
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SixerHoo
05/16/2022 3:07PM
Oh! Ok **
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Mo Better Hoos
05/16/2022 5:06PM
WTF? Seriously? **
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Seattle .Hoo
05/16/2022 1:54PM
It's funny. I suggested stronger gun control and the poster ...
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Blah
05/16/2022 2:05PM
He's hand-waving is what he's doing. Just making a statement and expecting
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Seattle .Hoo
05/16/2022 2:09PM
I said "no" because it doesnt work, boss. Many cities who have a high rate
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Mo Better Hoos
05/16/2022 2:08PM
OK so do you think relaxing those laws would help? **
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HoodatB
05/16/2022 2:10PM
More guns. The solution is always more guns **
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Hoo TV
05/16/2022 2:59PM
And tax cuts **
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BocaHoo91
05/16/2022 3:04PM
How about a national mandate boss? Did you ever think ...
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Blah
05/16/2022 2:10PM
I am not being political. How did this discussion become political?
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Mo Better Hoos
05/16/2022 2:13PM
Your initial post **
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111Balz
05/16/2022 3:05PM
On a hidden discussion board devoted to politics **
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The Grand WazHoo
05/16/2022 5:35PM
Yes, they buy them in surrounding states and counties.
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hooshouse
05/16/2022 2:26PM
It doesn't mean a national mandate for stronger gun control won't work.
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Blah
05/16/2022 2:17PM
What cities? **
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Seattle .Hoo
05/16/2022 2:14PM
Atlanta, Baltimore, Philadelphia, St Louis and Newark **
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Mo Better Hoos
05/16/2022 2:16PM
And yet I have friends and relatives who live/work in Atlanta, Baltimore
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Seattle .Hoo
05/16/2022 2:19PM
These cities continue to have a rise in crime and violence....it can't be
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Mo Better Hoos
05/16/2022 2:24PM
You'll notice how the More Gun Laws crowd conveniently ignores any
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Hoodafan
05/16/2022 3:10PM
I know this sounds too obvious
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BKhoo
05/16/2022 2:44PM
Yep and this is obvious, too; not every city has the same problems. Gasp!! **
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Seattle .Hoo
05/16/2022 2:51PM
Democrats' fault, the lazy urban librul bastards! **
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Hoo TV
05/16/2022 3:03PM
Rise relative to when? But again, income disparities, educational
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Seattle .Hoo
05/16/2022 2:37PM
Do you think cities are surrounded by glass bubbles? Where do you live? **
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Seattle .Hoo
05/16/2022 2:10PM
Yes....it's a true social problem; one can argue a public health problem
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Mo Better Hoos
05/16/2022 2:03PM
Where's your data and what problem are you trying to solve? **
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Seattle .Hoo
05/16/2022 2:07PM
I dont have any analytics or data....I am basing my opinions on those who
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Mo Better Hoos
05/16/2022 2:12PM
If you're trying to solve a problem then anecdotes are worthless. **
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Seattle .Hoo
05/16/2022 2:13PM
I am not. I was posting the question to get you all thoughts on the topic **
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Mo Better Hoos
05/16/2022 2:18PM
I think the biggest problems are income disparities and affordable housing. **
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Seattle .Hoo
05/16/2022 2:20PM
A lack of sustainable opportunities. **
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Mo Better Hoos
05/16/2022 2:25PM
RW trope - cities suck and the heartland is great - just disregard the meth
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HptHokie
05/16/2022 1:56PM
Can't have everything **
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Hoo TV
05/16/2022 4:00PM
If we're talking violent crime, it was much higher in the 1960s and 1970s
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Seattle .Hoo
05/16/2022 2:01PM
Actually, crime in NYC was the highest in the early 90's. Much higher than
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Hoogle.com
05/16/2022 2:09PM
Not something to worry about. The rich libs only stay in the nice parts
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Hokieesith
05/16/2022 1:39PM
Seems Libs and the right are both good at that **
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BKhoo
05/16/2022 3:11PM
I was really hoping a dude like Obama would had made it a priority of his
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Mo Better Hoos
05/16/2022 1:53PM
Where do the rich faux conservatives live? **
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HptHokie
05/16/2022 1:47PM
Waxhaw, NC? **
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Hoodafan
05/16/2022 2:59PM
Haha. Those are the wannabe rich faux conservatives
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Hoojack
05/16/2022 3:29PM
LOL **
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HoodatB
05/16/2022 2:04PM
Doesn't matter. **
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Hokieesith
05/16/2022 1:56PM
I didn't know Rudy Guiliani was a "lib." **
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Blah
05/16/2022 1:46PM
How do you guys see the future of our rural areas? With the high levels of
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Old Dorms Rule!
05/16/2022 1:33PM
^this is about right **
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Capital City Hoo
05/16/2022 4:03PM
I dont think blaming or pointing fingers helps anything....people are being
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Mo Better Hoos
05/16/2022 1:41PM
Are you suggesting stronger gun control? **
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Blah
05/16/2022 1:53PM
No. That does not work or help things. The criminals will always find a
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Mo Better Hoos
05/16/2022 1:54PM
I'm neutral on the topic, but how do you know this as a fact?
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Blah
05/16/2022 1:58PM
I am not demanding anything. I am simply putting the topic out here for
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Mo Better Hoos
05/16/2022 2:06PM
Let's try a national mandate for stronger gun control. Why are you ...
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Blah
05/16/2022 2:09PM
I didnt say I am against it....all I said is that it doesnt work in cities
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Mo Better Hoos
05/16/2022 2:15PM
Good. You're not against it. If you're truly concerned about ...
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Blah
05/16/2022 2:19PM
I think back in NOV more people were returning to NYC than leaving and i
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HooAskedYou
05/16/2022 1:27PM
You mean ripping out statues and changing aunt jemima and uncle Ben’s rice
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TomKazanski
05/16/2022 1:26PM
Pic
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ryno hoo
05/16/2022 1:29PM
Assuming we don’t slip into Yugoslavia in the early ‘90s, very bright.
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hoolstoptheheels
05/16/2022 1:24PM
Questions: how do cities collect a commuter tax for employees that work
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Hoogle.com
05/16/2022 1:34PM
So, if I log onto a server, I pay income tax to the jurisdiction of the
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hoolstoptheheels
05/16/2022 1:43PM
Hide your daughters. Barricade your house. Cory Booker is coming for you. **
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Blah
05/16/2022 1:22PM
This a serious question or a troll post?
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tchoo
05/16/2022 1:19PM
It's a serious question...hoping to read what you great minds here have to
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Mo Better Hoos
05/16/2022 1:30PM
Arent crime rates still lower than historical levels (e.g. 70s-90s?)
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tchoo
05/16/2022 2:17PM
Just to add. Mental health must be addressed. Id reckon the majority of
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HooAskedYou
05/16/2022 3:41PM
Instead of 2 I'd say make birth control...
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GoochlandHoo
05/16/2022 3:26PM
I'm neutral on the topic, but isn't gun control one of the suggestions?
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Blah
05/16/2022 1:40PM
Why can't it be a serious question? Many are fleeing cities and frightened
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ryno hoo
05/16/2022 1:21PM
Like Kyiv comrade? **
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Blah
05/16/2022 1:23PM
LOL. I know those record levels of violent crime and urban decay. I hear
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WahooRQ
05/16/2022 1:09PM
Yes, according to the Maga faction of my family, NYC doesn't have
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HoosWillWin
05/16/2022 1:26PM
ACTUAL PICTURE OF DOWNTOWN PORTLAND TODAY.....!!
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Seattle .Hoo
05/16/2022 2:43PM
I knew it! **
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HoosWillWin
05/16/2022 3:52PM
Maga people should put the same time and energy into their own places
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Capital City Hoo
05/16/2022 1:42PM
Agree. Also 2020 made people question a LOT of assumptions. **
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Seattle .Hoo
05/16/2022 2:53PM
My wife and I head to NYC on Saturday. Picked up a pair
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BocaHoo91
05/16/2022 1:12PM
My family is going the following weekend. We love NYC. **
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HoosWillWin
05/16/2022 1:27PM
You and the wife planning to spend a lot of time in Brownsville?
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JMHoo
05/16/2022 1:21PM
Most of the places you list have been gentrifying rapidly
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Capital City Hoo
05/16/2022 2:11PM
Link
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JMHoo
05/16/2022 2:16PM
I'm sure you could find similarly high crime neighborhoods in every major
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BocaHoo91
05/16/2022 3:02PM
They prefer truth over your crime facts! **
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Hoodafan
05/16/2022 2:52PM
Too funny. that "article" is the NYC equivalent to "keep your head on a
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Capital City Hoo
05/16/2022 2:33PM
You probably couldn’t afford to live in Bed Stuy now you racist idiot. **
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WahooRQ
05/16/2022 2:04PM
Keep your head on a swivel.
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Faz d. Hoo
05/16/2022 1:16PM
If you find yourself under attack in the Sutton Place area,
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BocaHoo91
05/16/2022 1:48PM
I see gentrification **
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Charleston Cav
05/16/2022 12:55PM
There has been a 3 to 4 decade trend towards urbanization in the US
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nyhoo
05/16/2022 12:51PM
People moving from NY to FL. That ain't news. And pot-smoking in the
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Seattle .Hoo
05/16/2022 2:34PM
Have you ever had young children ?
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nyhoo
05/16/2022 3:05PM
Yes, I have. But "what about the children" seems like a trope as well. **
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Seattle .Hoo
05/16/2022 6:29PM
Well that makes no sense at all. Quality of life is all about the children
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nyhoo
05/17/2022 03:21AM
The correction trend seems to be favoring close in suburbs or hip college
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WahooRQ
05/16/2022 2:10PM
A correction was inevitable but I don't anticipate a reversal.
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Faz d. Hoo
05/16/2022 1:15PM
I think the Boeing HQ move to NOVA was silly. I don't get it. **
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Seattle .Hoo
05/16/2022 2:40PM
Wait until your friends live through a full summer and a bad
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BocaHoo91
05/16/2022 12:59PM
Would be curious about a per capita analysis of your assertions. Drugs?
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HoosWillWin
05/16/2022 12:42PM
Yes, but the drug trade in parts of major cities are inflamed with a very
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Mo Better Hoos
05/16/2022 12:45PM
I know The Wire makes it seem that way. However, what makes
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HoosWillWin
05/16/2022 1:25PM
No. I don't have "recorded data" or analytics...but I know a lot of people
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Mo Better Hoos
05/16/2022 1:33PM
Sure you do!
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Fuzzy Dunlop
05/16/2022 1:39PM
Hmmm....I thought the climate was on the cold side in Canada...no? **
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Mo Better Hoos
05/16/2022 1:56PM
Urban violence is a myth.
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ResistHoo
05/16/2022 12:35PM
I don't know the reason,but the Charlottesville metro area has grown by 13%
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Hoogle.com
05/16/2022 1:30PM
Are you talking about the MSA which does expand based on population growth
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Hooooooooooooooo
05/16/2022 1:51PM
Newspaper article. **
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Hoogle.com
05/16/2022 2:02PM
Yes, great points! Cities are dying unfortunately. **
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ryno hoo
05/16/2022 12:31PM
Buh who's the President ryno? who is it? answer it! ANSWER IT!!!!!! **
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HokieDan95
05/16/2022 12:39PM
I think they'll be just fine**
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BocaHoo91
05/16/2022 12:31PM
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