Very strange. This is a case where the police are getting soft treatment by the media which they extend to nobody else. Plenty of other institutions don't enjoy this kind of treatment.

It's a contract between two parties

I understand what you're getting at, I just think this particular issue has another layer of complexity. "Pittsburgh Area Woman Killed by Police" is actually a more inflammatory headline in some ways, so there is something else going on here. Given that the police seem to be one of the only institutions that get this kind of kid-glove treatment by local media it is safe to assume there is a reason.

You are more than welcome to design the deck and price/procure the materials (and even build it). It's not rocket science but it does take time and effort, and experience helps. Figure out how much wood you need and call up a lumber yard, they'll happily give you a price on it.

>Labor 15-35 plus material 15-30 = 30-65

Your link said materials are only about a third of the cost (correct), so you have to add that 15-30 again. $90/sf is not a fuck you price. Not sure why you think you know what the "real cost" should be.

I wager this project would take about a month for a two person crew. That's about $10k in labor at the very least. The materials are at least that much, between lumber, decking, concrete, fasteners, etc. Nobody is walking away with a huge profit on a deck job at that price.

>Most people could build a deck themselves in a month just working weekends. These prices have gone bananas bc people are stupid enough to pay them.

No they could not. Most people don't have the first clue about how to approach a project like this on their own. These are the prices because this is what it costs to build such a thing.

Theoretically there is at least one possible universe where this works!

I'm referring to your link, which notes that their $15-30 number is for material which is only 1/3 of the cost. If you use $30/sf for material and $60/sf for labor then you're in the right ballpark. That's nearly twice your $50/sf value.

$15-30/sf is material cost only

The contractor probably takes home like $2000 in profit at most on a job like this

I think you're right that the paintings have gotten better and more interesting

Wow, good one!

You're a real wingnut, just firing off half-cocked insinuations all over the place. Not sure why you imagine anybody would take you seriously. I bet all the other fuckin morons over at the conservative subs love it though

Lol damn you are awful

Lol the Jupiter 8 is like a $20k synth!

It's probably at least $10k in materials and $15k in labor (a month or so for a small crew), plus a fair amount of foundation work (digging, equipment, concrete). $25-30k is a good estimate but impossible to know without seeing your site. If others but for much less they either built smaller or a long time ago.

I get this attitude, but I don't really think an article with that headline would see meaningfully less traffic. Local news is just overly deferential to the police and thus largely incapable of handling this issue fairly.

I'd rather intercept food waste and put it where it belongs than chop it up and pray it goes down the drain without an issue. If you think about it the whole approach is kind of absurd. Imagine chopping up your leftover vegetable waste and stuffing it down the drain rather than just putting it in the compost/trash.

Lol OP is the local crime poster. This is a nice change of pace!

They also really don't provide much improvement in convenience, IMO. Not really worth going to the trouble to install one for most people.

It's mostly an attempt to avoid describing exactly who killed who

Lost their PLCB license maybe?

You sound like a misogynistic shithead

Where are you guys getting this shit? Tucker Carlson?

I'm talking about you, not ostriches

It would be great if the solution was just burying one's head in the sand