NPRjunkieDC

NPRjunkieDC t1_j4wjk13 wrote

Reply to comment by Chaseyoungqbz in Local farm to buy a cow? by truce_m3

Many thx . I've read a lot since it's one of my favorite subjects. My husband is vegetarian + dairy . I stopped eating beef maybe 7 years ago. I eat eggs, occasionally shrimp and crabmeat , or chicken. Mostly eat animal protein when we eat out . I like pork too. My Dr asked me to do Prolon FMD once a month this year .

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NPRjunkieDC t1_j4wawpv wrote

Reply to comment by Chaseyoungqbz in Local farm to buy a cow? by truce_m3

When you mentioned other substances were also very bad . In large numbers 33% is huge.

IMO it's not so much avoiding carbs but adding vegetables/salad at every meal if possible .

What about butter? I use it generously and am overweight but no sugar or lipid problems

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NPRjunkieDC t1_j4w93h3 wrote

Reply to comment by Chaseyoungqbz in Local farm to buy a cow? by truce_m3

Excess protein is not healthy . Carbs like pastries aren't healthy either . Or Soda. But OP is talking about a cow . I didn't say that eating beef is the worst ecologically since this isn't exactly the point, I think .

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NPRjunkieDC t1_j4mrub5 wrote

After 1945, they invested the drywall + synthetic insulation . Windows nowadays have a 25-year warranty vs. 100+

Drywall is great if you need to knock out a wall.

The busiest bus route in DC is 16th St. I lived steps from the bus stop, and we couldn't hear the buses stopping and going every 2-3 mins. A few times with total silence, I heard "the fare is one dollar and...".

The stone walls were so thick on the facade and great windows, so heating and cooling was easier.

In some cities even 1960-1970 ok but most old developments in DC is pre-1920

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NPRjunkieDC t1_j4mhgyo wrote

Construction is a race to the bottom that has accelerated even quicker in the last 20 years .

Cheaper materials, bad workmanship, and greed are the worst ingredients for a building, and that is happening in DC .

Also, the best locations were taken a hundred years ago. So if you want to live centrally located, these buildings are the best . On 16th, in Kalorama/AdMo, in Logan Circle, etc.

The spaces are larger , windows stronger, more natural light , hardwood floors, etc.

New buildings shine like Legotown near Union Market. Doorman, gym, whatever but no bones .

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NPRjunkieDC t1_j4mcrfa wrote

My only advice is to buy in a building built before 1945. In DC, that means before 1920.

I live in a building from 1906 . Opened kitchen to dining, so no wall. Opened up more spaces so very open. Added laundry.

In Georgetown, another condo turned the kitchen into a second full bath , put a new kitchen in the old bedroom that was opened to the existing living room, and again great flow . That building from early 1900s too.

In Atlanta, I bought a condo from 1927 a few months ago and did serious work. Moved laundry too.

https://imgur.com/a/1aBc0tZ

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