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How weird to see this on HN, I just bought a house 8 minutes down the road from the chosen site. It's completely unrelated, this is the first I've seen this new
by somehnguy 4y ago
How weird to see this on HN, I just bought a house 8 minutes down the road from the chosen site. It's completely unrelated, this is the first I've seen this news.
- itishappy 4y agoWelcome to the area! Hope you like snow. :)
- thehappypm 4y agoI got married in Cazenovia. Love that region!
- s0rce 4y agoThat sounds like a mythical place hah, I grew up on the otherside of the lake in Toronto!
- mercy_dude 4y agoYikes Toronto. I grew up there (immigrant parents first destination before moving down south) but despise it now for what it has become. An over expensive cesspool of the house owning NIMBY class with terrible traffic and disregard for driving rules or anything really that Canada I grew up in used to stand for like good manners. Lived in Syracuse as well before moving to the west coast. Don’t miss the snow or the cold. Only if there wasn’t so many wildfire.
- breitling 4y ago>An over expensive cesspool of the house owning NIMBY class with terrible traffic and disregard for driving rules It's actually even worse than that now. With the massive influx of immigrants recently, there are now 2+ families sharing one apartment. It's turning into the worst of the ghettos in many areas. Traffic is worse than ever. GO trains are fuller than ever. Many people are escaping to Alberta. No respite in sight
- s0rce 4y agoSame here, lived in WA, CA and now NV (Reno).
- prepend 4y agoNext time you eat a coney at Heid’s please say a prayer for prepend.
- derekbaker783 4y agoWill do.
- JshWright 4y agoEven more unrelated to the topic, but check out https://syracuse.io https://syracuse.io if you want to get connected with the local tech scene (and Slack channel)!
- uup 4y agoI wouldn’t want to live next to a chip foundry personally. Any type of of large industrial operation is going to pollute the air. Check out this interactive map about the likelihood of cancer [1]. Living in areas with high industrial air pollution is highly correlated with cancer. [1]: https://projects.propublica.org/toxmap/ https://projects.propublica.org/toxmap/
- wtallis 4y ago> Any type of of large industrial operation The dataset you linked to doesn't seem to show any of the chip fabs already operating in the US. Do you have any reason to believe that chip fabs (as they are run these days) are major polluters on par with other industries?
- uup 4y agoThese are the EPA limits for semiconductor fabs: https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2008-07-22/E8-16746 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2008-07-22/E8-16746 You’re free to live wherever you choose.
- kethinov 4y agoIsn't this just an argument to avoid living in cities? Basically any large concentration of people is going to result in businesses existing that produce air pollution. Everything in life is trade-offs. It sure would be nice to live in pristine untouched nature but also somehow have all modern conveniences and also somehow have a high income that is most commonly found in cities... Like yeah I'm sure some people can square that circle, but most people need to live in places with more pollution than the countryside so they can make a living.
- uup 4y agoThis is not an argument against living in cities. This is only an argument that you shouldn't live next to sites with significant industrial operation if you care about your risk of cancer. Look at the map I posted. There are plenty of places in plenty of cities that don't have elevated cancer rates.