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I will consider 2023 to be a great year if 1010 Church is well under construction with no signs of stalling. We need that new tallest tower more than any of the other projects!

Can you give an example of using freedom to take freedom away in America? I definitely see lots of examples of that coming from socialists who want to give people "freedom from hunger" or "freedom from sickness" or "freedom from homelessness" by taking money from working people and using it to buy food/medicine/housing for non-working people. They take away the freedom of choice from productive members of society who no longer get to choose whether or not they mercifully confer charity upon the less-fortunate. Instead they are compelled to support the moochers by at the point of a gun. So yeah, it is happening in America, but it's perpetrated by the Socialists, not the Libertarians.

Concerning Gold - I think there is a clear distinction between the price of gold that central banks set between themselves (they all have a vested interest in making sure their currencies do not decline relative to gold) and the price of gold for individual investors. There are a lot of people out there buying gold in anticipation of the "big crash" when fiat currency will dramatically decline in perceived value and perceived stability. Basically, gold is like an insurance policy that you half-way hope you never have to use. If the international monetary system collapses, sure you have gold, but your standard of living is bound to decline as well. So it is an emergency store of wealth, just like all the other emergency supplies that people stock up on. Concerning antisemitism: I had not heard that the Libertarian party officially declared itself to be antisemitic, but if they did that's just one more thing in a long list of stupid things they have done. I have no love for the official "Libertarian Party". However, I am a big fan of Libertarian Philosophy and the focus on freedom.

Another swimming pool built in the shadow of a tall building (like Hyatt Centric). They really should have gone with roof-top pool in this case.

Here's the complete list of Year-over-Year wage growth: 1) Cleveland = 13.5% 2) Salt Lake City = 12.6% 3) Providence = 11.7% 4) Austin = 11.1% 5) Pittsburgh = 11.1% 6) Miami = 11.0% 7) Birmingham = 10.9% 8) Oklahoma City = 10.8% 9) Milwaukee = 10.6% 10) Nashville = 10.4% 11) Sacramento = 10.4% 12) Houston = 9.7% 13) Orlando = 9.6% 14) Atlanta = 9.1% 15) Richmond = 8.8% 16) Charlotte = 8.6% 17) Memphis = 8.5% 18) Philadelphia = 8.4%

Don't get caught up on the species. Focus on the meaning! The Tempo Yucca is the guardian of peace and justice in Nashville. That one little orange caution barrel is all that's standing between us and complete societal breakdown!

Do you ever just stop and think about how lucky we are to live during the era of the Tempo Yucca?

Wrong!! Hustler Hollywood Tower announcement is imminent! Height = 69 stories. All units have jacuzzi in the living room and on the balcony, are pre-furnished with hot pink inflatable furniture, leopard-print shag carpet, and have mirror ceilings throughout.

So a sight plan was submitted for the dairy factory site on Church Street? What's the name of that project? I think I missed that thread. Edit: Never mind, I found it: 1401 Church. Too many projects to keep up with!!

Confucius say: Crowded elevator smell different to midget. That's an argument for increase height if I ever heard one. Hoping this project doesn't get downsized!

Wow, that photo really made me want one of those signs for my bathroom door! Excited to see dirt/rocks to start moving on this one.

Yuccaaaaaa!!!

So I'm supposed to give the Fed credit for trying to fix a problem they created? I don't think so... Homey don't play dat. If owning gold is so "non sensical", then why does every major central bank own so much of it? Why was it necessary for FDR to issue an executive order making it illegal to own gold in the US in 1933? Why didn't the Fed ever give back the gold that was taken by force from the American people? The obvious realities we see around us do not correspond to your CNBC talking points.

Good point! We should do testing on all new arrivals to make sure. I don't think new arrivals would enter construction at a drastically higher % than existing residents, but it would be an attractive profession that pays good wages and doesn't necessarily require a degree. But full disclosure: the Libertarian immigration policy is not driven by any particular workforce-related goal. It's more of a moral imperative to gather all the freedom-loving peoples of the world into one country. I just think one of the beneficial side effects of a constant influx of new arrivals is a well-rounded workforce. What does political state have to do with it? I doubt the local political issues that we assign out-sized importance to here would factor into many immigrant's decision-making process at all, considering how bad the economy/oppression situation is in so many other countries. 10% would be easy, 20% might even be possible. True - there could be short term-disruptions as supply catches up. However, that much larger demand for housing will serve as justification for massive new investments in construction supply related industries, so supply and demand will eventually even out. My point is that the labor supply is being artificially constrained by our immigration laws, so if we ditch those laws, then we can finally get enough people in here to meet the demand and find equilibrium in the market. Are you talking about wood used in construction in the US? Because if so, you are wildly out-of-touch with how the forestry industry works in North America. The vast majority of wood used for construction/paper comes from plantation forestry where trees are grown in multi-decade cycles. It's the ultimate renewable material and it wood construction serves as a form of carbon sequestration (for anyone who believes CO2 is a problem), so if you are worried about the environment, you should be pro-wood construction. If you're talking about tropical rainforest deforestation, then you should know that the motivation is almost always to re-purpose that land for agriculture, not harvest the wood. There is some wood harvesting, but ranching/farming in Brazil and Palm-Oil plantations in Malaysia/Indonesia are the largest offenders in terms of tropical rainforest destruction. We don't need to slow the economy down to deal with inflation, we just need the Fed to stop increasing the money supply and injecting liquidity into capital markets. Instead of setting the interest rate, they need to let the market set the rate and remove all limitations. This entire boom-bust cycle of inflation and asset bubbles and credit bubbles is 100% due to market manipulation by the fed and de-coupling the dollar from gold, allowing an expansion of the money supply and devaluation of the dollar.

I hope this is a joke, because that Yucca needs to remain right where it is! It's no exaggeration to say that the Tempo Yucca is the most significant cultural icon in Nashville today, easily surpassing "Ghost Ballet" and "Sticks" in aesthetics and positive impact on the quality of life. Tempo Yucca for Mayor!!

Ahh-Haa!! The Yucca lives!!!

Wow, the big take away from that study (in my opinion) is just how poorly Memphis ranks in so many categories, and the stark contrast versus Nashville's favorable rating. No wonder the economic fates of the two cities are so wildly divergent!

As I understand it, all of the Tall & Skinnies in NYC were made possible by the developer purchasing extensive air rights for all the surrounding shorter buildings (a possibility that Bos2Nash suggested)... So that would definitely be a means for Tony to increase the utility of his land by controlling the air above his neighbors. He might not even need to control all the air rights over TSU... just enough to produce the desired effect around his new tower.

Flash forward 10 years in the future: "We stayed at the Hustler Hollywood hotel on Church street, and we had a great view from our 35th floor balcony".

Dude, true happiness comes from learning to enjoy buildings that are out of context! Now let's build a 700-footer at the intersection of Rosa Parks and Jefferson street!!

A similar situation exists in The Nations today and it turns out that fuel terminals do make good neighbors, apparently. People are eager to live near them. The worse offender is the cement plant near the Jefferson Street bridge because that thing makes more noise. And let's not forget the proximity to the waste water treatment plant that can "affect" the air quality during stagnant weather conditions. The railroad tracks and river are also a source of noise, although infrequently. My take on it is that people moving here have accepted these industrial neighbors as part of urban living, or even proof that the living is in fact urban and not suburban. I think the terminals provide authentic grit without being a blight because they are well lit at night and monitored by security.

I was doubtful of that claim about nashville being #1 for pollution, so I checked at the EPA Air Quality website and downloaded their summary data for 2021. Link below: https://www.epa.gov/outdoor-air-quality-data/air-quality-statistics-report Here's what I found after sorting the data for each major pollutant reported on in that data: (ranked with worst city/CBSA as #1, then getting better as you move down the list) CARBON MONOXIDE [CO 8-hour max reading] 1. Pittsburgh = 4.2 2. Los Angeles = 3.4 3, El Centro, CA = 2.9 4. El Paso, TX = 2.6 5. Phoenix = 2.6 6. Las Vegas = 2.3 7. Anchorage, AK = 2.5 8. New York = 2.2 9. Cleveland = 2.1 10. Houston = 2.1 ~~Nashville came it at # 15 tied with Atlanta and Washington DC who all had readings of 1.7 NITROGEN DIOXIDE [Annual Mean] 1. San Bernardino, CA = 30 2. Phoenix = 26 3. Denver = 26 4. Los Angeles = 25 5. Bakersfield, CA = 23 6. Las Vegas = 22 7. New York = 19 8. Fresno, CA = 19 9. Atlanta = 17 10. Chicago = 17 ~~ Nashville came in at #21 tied with Austin, Oklahoma City, Miami, Dallas, San Diego, Richmond, and Milwaukee who all had readings of 13 SURFACE LEVEL OZONE [8-hour Max reading] 1. San Bernardino, CA = 0.112 2. Los Angeles = 0.097 3. Bakersfield, CA = 0.094 4. Visalia, CA = 0.094 5. Fresno, CA = 0.090 6. Truckee, CA = 0.090 7. Denver = 0.089 8. Salt Lake City = 0.087 9. Stamford, CT = 0.086 10. Las Cruces, NM = 0.086 ~~ Nashville came in #152 tied with Austin, Richmond, Raleigh, and Omaha who all had a reading of 0.066 SULFUR DIOXIDE [Annual Mean] 1. Hilo, HI = 9 2. Borger, TX = 6 3. Pocatello, ID = 4 4. Fairbanks, AK = 4 5. Ogdensburg, NY = 4 6. Pittsburgh = 3 7. Amarillo, TX = 3 8. Steubenville, OH = 3 9. Kingsport, TN = 3 10. Chicago = 2 ~~ Nashville's annual mean averaged out to zero like a lot of cities. It seems the Sulfur Dioxide list is dominated by cities who are affected by single-point emission sources. Like Hilo, Hawaii who gets blasted by SO2 from the Kilauea volcano. Fairbanks is plagued by thermal inversions during the winter that trap pollution in the valley. Pittsburg and Chicago appear to be the only cities with high SO2 due to just being large polluted cities. The others all had chemical or petrochemical plants located nearby. PARTICULATES 2.5 MICRONS [Weighted Mean] 1. Visalia, CA = 20.7 2. Bakersfield, CA = 20.0 3. Klamath Falls, OR = 18.6 4. San Bernardino, CA = 17.8 5. Fresno, CA = 17.2 6. Miami, OK = 15.9 [caused by limestone mining?] 7. Hanford, CA = 15.6 8. Modesto, CA = 15 9. Yuba City, CA = 14.5 10. Los Angeles = 13.8 ~~Nashville was #45 with a reading of 11.1 Of course, California features prominently in the Particulate list not only due to unfortunate geography (mountains) that concentrates pollution, but also wildfires and even pollution drifting across the Pacific ocean from China.

"Have you ever wanted to live in a low-rise wood-framed stucco building conveniently located between the railroad tracks and a homeless shelter?? Introducing: The Nell, with easy proximity to the Greyhound Bus station! All sight-lines are guaranteed to be obstructed by taller buildings within 10 years, so move in today and enjoy these views before they are gone!!!"

Where is the link to the article?

This will certainly become the premier destination for Ceviche in Nashville!