"it reflects the fact that the benefits of living in big cities are enormous. The jobs are better, but so too are the restaurants, the cultural activities, the dating opportunities, and almost anything else you can think of. People are willing to pay for it. The high cost of living is a price signal—that is, the fact that people are willing to pay it is an indicator of the value they put on it"
https://heatmap.news/economy/tokyo-anti-car-pedestrian-paradise—
#UrbanPlanning #tokyo #cities #cars #CostOfLiving #CostOfLivingAdjustment
How Tokyo Became an Anti-Car Paradise
The world’s biggest, most functional city might also be the most pedestrian-friendly. That’s not a coincidence.
Update on #UCSCStrike #CostOfLivingAdjustment
the tl;dr version, March 3
#UCSantaCruz striking grad students were fired Feb 27
#UCSantaBarbara joined strike that day, #UCDavis began grading strike
Six other campuses are preparing to strike: #UCIrvine #UCRiverside #UCBerkeley #UCLA #UCMerced and #UCSanDiego
Not sure what's up with #UCSF
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/29/18831164.php
For Wildcat Strikers at UCSC, There's No Turning Back : Indybay
At least 82 graduate students at UC Santa Cruz withheld Fall grades and, as of February 28, are out of a job next quarter. 54 who had already received Spring appointments were dismissed, and the rest simply won't get hired. But the movement has declared that the fight isn't over, and "Together, we win!". More teaching assistants will withhold Winter grades, and over 542 graduate students have pledged to refuse teaching assistant positions vacated by dismissed graduates. In response to this administrative escalation, graduate students are calling for the cancellation of classes on Monday, March 2, and for everyone to join them on the picket for a press conference in the morning.
John Refior
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