RNAi [he/him]@hexbear.net to traingang@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 months ago[dunk tank] R*ddit, man, I can'thexbear.netimagemessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up187arrow-down11
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minus-squarebuckykat [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up68·8 months agoWhat the hell is “failed to gentrify” supposed to mean?
minus-squarebuckykat [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up46·8 months agoThe street is human scale and the power lines aren’t all buried in the extremely earthquake prone ground, how awful
minus-squareLlituro [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·8 months agoit is possible to work on the internet and power lines without digging up the sidewalk
minus-squarebuckykat [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·8 months agoAnd the earthquakes that happen every week or so are much less likely to damage those lines
minus-squareAwoo [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·8 months agoI don’t think this is true? Surely not? Tokyo has underground railway and that’s fine.
minus-squarebuckykat [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 months agoI imagine those are built more robustly than a buried copper or fiber line
minus-squarehexaflexagonbear [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·8 months agoI’m guessing Japanese has a term for the process by which small towns and exurbs got absorbed into Tokyo, the word roughly translates to gentrify, but it doesn’t quite work.
minus-squarebuckykat [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·8 months agoVery charitable interpretation
minus-squarehexaflexagonbear [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·8 months agoAlways my first assumption when I see something very goofy written by a person who isn’t speaking their native tongue lol.
minus-squarebuckykat [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·8 months agoI assumed it was a cracker expat because reddit but looks like you might be right
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What the hell is “failed to gentrify” supposed to mean?
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The street is human scale and the power lines aren’t all buried in the extremely earthquake prone ground, how awful
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it is possible to work on the internet and power lines without digging up the sidewalk
And the earthquakes that happen every week or so are much less likely to damage those lines
I don’t think this is true? Surely not? Tokyo has underground railway and that’s fine.
I imagine those are built more robustly than a buried copper or fiber line
I’m guessing Japanese has a term for the process by which small towns and exurbs got absorbed into Tokyo, the word roughly translates to gentrify, but it doesn’t quite work.
Very charitable interpretation
Always my first assumption when I see something very goofy written by a person who isn’t speaking their native tongue lol.
I assumed it was a cracker expat because reddit but looks like you might be right