lycosid

lycosid t1_ix848qv wrote

Here’s how the tracker apps work, to my knowledge: Each bus is outfitted with a GPS tracker that links to the app and should give you real-time information on your bus’ location. If the app picks up a bus on the tracker, it will give a pretty accurate arrival time +- like a minute depending on traffic, number of stops, any special needs passengers, etc. If the app does NOT detect a GPS tracker, it will revert to the scheduled arrival time - the assumption is that the tracker is malfunctioning and the bus is actually on-schedule. What’s much more likely ime is that either the bus driver called out and there is a gap in the route or the bus got so backed up that the app thinks it’s scheduled for a later arrival time. If I don’t see a bus icon on the map, I assume it’s not coming at the scheduled time.

In general, bus service in Richmond is pretty reliable, at least compared to other mid-sized American cities. It sounds like you got really unlucky that multiple buses were out in a row.

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lycosid t1_iu8is1f wrote

Twofold:

  1. A house is a house. It’s got walls and minimum standards of livability under the law. A car or a tent can be a home, but not a house.

  2. Home can have a value connotation (think “home is where the heart is”) that advocates are trying to avoid by using the more neutral term.

Functionally, whether someone uses homeless or houseless they are talking about the exact same thing and everybody knows what they’re talking about, so it doesn’t really matter which you use unless you’re trying to be very specific.

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lycosid t1_isxkvi3 wrote

I think a lot of people get stuck in this mindset because so much of early dating (both in a relationship and early in life, generally) is about vibing over culture, but on the core values at issue in deep relationships, things like how you raise children, how important jobs and career ambitions are to you, or how open you each are to new experiences, those cultural preferences say almost nothing.

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