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Developed as an educational tool for the San Francisco Bay Area Renters' Federation The SF BARF? Seriously?
by aaronbrethorst 11y ago
Developed as an educational tool for the
San Francisco Bay Area Renters' Federation
The SF BARF? Seriously?
- djcapelis 11y agoWhat? It's a great description of the rental market here!
- whiteboarder 11y agoThe name is intentional. It gets them free publicly by being quirky.
- roflchoppa 11y agothe bay area rider forum already claims BARF. also why do you sound so surprised? http://bayarearidersforum.com/ http://bayarearidersforum.com/
- falsedan 11y agoWelcome to SF.
- beamatronic 11y agoWe also have the Fremont Area Rapid Transit
- schoen 11y agoI don't think there's an agency with precisely that name, but I recently got to ride the narrow-gauge rail of the Ferrovie Autolinee Regionali Ticinesi. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_Bus_and_Rail_Company_of_Canton_Ticino https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_Bus_and_Rail_Company_...
- davidw 11y agoHeck, you want that acronym, this is a neon sign company, near Treviso, Italy: http://www.fart-neon.com/ http://www.fart-neon.com/
- TeMPOraL 11y agoIt almost sounds like "fart xenon", which would be the best description of an ion engine I've seen so far :D.
- schoen 11y agoHi David, I'm glad to see that your time in Italy went so well!
- davidw 11y agoI've driven by that place, and... it's kind of hard to not notice, especially at night when it's lit up: https://www.google.com/maps/@45.631347,12.2397643,3a,20.9y,100.21h,89.79t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1stpHc33XUdbrSAl6pi2VqTw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1 https://www.google.com/maps/@45.631347,12.2397643,3a,20.9y,1...
- raldi 11y agoIf you read an article about two housing groups in San Francisco, one called BARF and one called the Coalition to Increase the Housing Supply of the Bay Area, which one would you be able to remember a week later?
- wldcordeiro 11y agoCompare like to like: BARF vs CIHSBA the point still rings true.
- kabdib 11y agoSeattle has the South Lake Union Streetcar. Which should have been the tram, with the advertising logo "Ride the SLUT!" A bunch of party-poopers didn't like that idea. :-)
- aaronbrethorst 11y agoI'm well aware of that one :) http://www.ridetheslut.com http://www.ridetheslut.com
- khgvljhkb 11y agoYou'd enjoy travelling in Scandinavia. End station in Swedish is "Slut-station" http://hugelolcdn.com/i700/103510.jpg http://hugelolcdn.com/i700/103510.jpg
- zem 11y agopeople keep bringing that up!
- ianamartin 11y agoSorry for off-topic here, but this made me smile and reminded me of something from a long time ago. The League of American Orchestras used to be called the American Symphony Society.