Disney probably got burnt out on its expansion program, including trying and failing to build a theme park in Virginia.

Well, do you hear them complaining?

State Troopers. This is starting to become a political issue as some communities are now populated enough to become their own borough, but are choosing to stay unincorporated for tax reasons.

Also, Alaska merged the municipal and county functions into boroughs.

Also also, Alaska has land that doesn't belong to any borough but is unincorporated, which makes Alaska the only state to have land within its state that isn't in a county.

You're a goddamn Quasimodo.

Someone does the math and figures it isn't that much more money to sell an integrated PS2 over an integrated DVD player.

Well, what are you trying to share?

If it is to be on the lookout for a rapist, then having the description of the rapist would be important.

Beyond that, it just feels like a random story meant to instill fear rather than do anything. At least for Uber, you can call for help in the app or just call 911 if shit is going sideways like this.

Which is why it is so expensive.

The company is one of the largest internet media companies that turns a profit. People are investing in a company that makes money.

I like Korean Tacos, and this sounds like a different twist on the same idea.

Yeah, but if you start banning the cutting of virgin forests, you can eventually get a sustainable industry. Sure, the tree farms aren't as biodiverse as you want them to be, but it is better than the alternative.

But what is the carbon offset of a brick?

It depends where it comes from. A lot of American wood now comes from industrial forests/tree farms.

How has 2017's Public Question 1 failed in creating this system?

On the flip side, you have the Senate and the fillabuster rule.

60% seems to cause a lot more complaints.

It's a Christmas miracle!

It is hard to drain a place that is being flooded by a river.

The issue with Hoboken is coastal flooding, not local rainfall. To fix flooding in Hoboken, they are going to need walls preventing the Hudson from coming into the terminal. That is why they are costing the project in the billions. It is also why you need more than just better drainage at the terminal.

However, the goal of the NJTA project is to replace all the bridges from the Newark Bay Bridge to the Holland Tunnel approach. The project isn't just to add a lane, but replace the whole viaduct.

But the replacement of the I-78 viaduct isn't a paving job. They aren't spending the money mainly on asphalt, but on bridges and other structures. Most of the work to protect Hoboken from flooding is going to be different structures like retaining walls. You are going to need a heavy structural firm to do either job, so you are likely going to have the same set of contractors.

But you keep going back to discussing it like the Contractors only get one or the other.

So it is only a choice between the two projects. Why?

My logic is that you have the same contractors for large Turnpike jobs as you do for large NJTransit jobs, and they make the same money when working for either client. Therefore, they don't really care which agency gives them work.

Why is that logic bad?

Who is they?

The New Jersey Turnpike Authority is a self funding agency that makes money from tolls on its road. It is using that money to fund this program over decades.

NJTransit is an independent agency, but it relies on the state to cover deficiencies in its budget. This isn't a judgement against NJTransit, as mass transit typically requires subsidies. If NJTransit were to build this project, it would be funding from the state.

Why is it a choice between these two projects/programs only?

A lot of the same contractors that do road work do this kind of work as well. It isn't a contractor issue.