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@kevinskiles

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Architect and Developer of cutting edge, design driven multi-family housing and custom homes in CA. 3x chair of Mill Valley Planning Commission, ultramarathoner

San Francisco, CA
Joined June 2010
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@kevinskiles
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@p8stie Taco trucks that show up to our jobsites with delicious barbacoa and Mexican coke
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@PrivatEquityGuy I know one. Lives in rural NorCal. Wakes up at 9am. Has coffee, does crossword puzzles until 11. Reads reports and updates portfolios for 2-3 hours. Plays w kids and goes hiking for the rest of the day. Crazy.
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@BrianLaManna_ 15 min nap at 2:30 every day
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@johnkvallis @moicanoufc Are you kidding me?!?! This is the greatest - I hope a trend is started w all athletes hyping great philosophers in the post game interview. “I just want to thank Aristotle for reminding me that A is A and Marcus Aurelius for imploring me to ask of each thing - what is it in its
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@allgrungerock I remember being in college and thinking this was just normal to have all this great music being created and that it would continue like this forever.
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@TripleNetInvest 111 Sutter would make a great conversion to resi. One of the few office buildings that would. If anyone is up for it I’m your architect.
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@bungarsargon You are so brilliant when you ask - do you really think a person who doesn’t have $400 emergency fund doesn’t understand which president was better for them. Point out this instance disconnect as many times as you can.
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@bariweiss @VDHanson @nfergus @SohrabAhmari @TheFP Several smart people I love (I buy your books and subscribe to your columns, I want my kids to go to UATX- much love) on Twitter seem to be missing the major point of @martyrmade podcast w @TuckerCarlson 1. Having security guarantees covering militarily weaker countries who are
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@kevinskiles
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@ScottAdamsSays All just to avoid the following questions : did you meet w Burisma execs? how much money did you earn through the partnerships your son created w China?
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@kevinskiles
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@JDVance1 All time post! Rage Against the Machine, brought to you by Citibank
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@JesseKellyDC And constant lawfare against rising popular leaders who challenged the ruling senatorial elite. Nothing like today, we’ll be fine.
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@bennyjohnson Kid went on the warpath and got himself a scalp
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@KamalaHarris @politico @pauldemko amazing! My grandparent's CA or my parent's CA had no such problems. What has changed?
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@RobertKennedyJr Hell yes! I love those lakes. When I was in high school I saw first hand how the Clinton river was used as an open sewer for industry to dump waste into. It was revolting and I knew it was wrong. So glad this is a priority!
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@rohindhar Generational buying opportunity over the next 18 months. I’m starting to get more serious about coming in. We did so many great deals 2012-15. Starting to look similar.
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@Kaitlin_M_Ruiz This is a noble vision. You need to assist in making it happen.
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@DavidSacks They’re going to go after Hunter as an unregistered foreign agent. That’s the yarn that pulls the whole tapestry apart. Biden will cave under that pressure.
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@kevinskiles
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@Chris_arnade Chris I love your book (have now bought 4 for friends) and like your twitter feed. I don’t think the political solution for the back row is ever coming from the left. It’s a combo of energized local govt and local charities / churches. Not massive federal govt the left favors.
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@martyrmade I think you’d have to wait to win, be in office a little bit and then do it. If you announced it during the campaign, some astonishing revelations would suddenly appear in the NYT and on CNN.
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@TripleNetInvest Tough building. We toured it in 2015-16 thinking about buying it w a family office I worked with. Bad core layout, low ceilings and really obsolete systems. And block has gotten much worse. I kinda like the building in a weird way, I know how to make it look way better - but the
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@MarcSGilbert I appreciate the restraint of not going for the full $1000 Zillion.
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@JJOneOfOne This is my single favorite UM football play of all time. With all respect to Desmond, Woodson, manningham, Wheatley, breaston…..wow the list goes on and on. This one is my favorite.
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@ComicDaveSmith @TuckerCarlson Holy smokes. This is the most articulate conversation I’ve listened to about what it’s like being “through the looking glass” in this strange world we’re living in the last few years.
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@CountDraculaIM Some of my fondest moments of childhood is watching the first 20 min of Addams family (7:00-7:20) before the bus picked me up for school. We had a B&W tv in the kitchen, my folks prob saved $200 there, and that was the only time we were allowed to watch tv while eating.
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@thehoffather @bungarsargon One of the smartest analysis I’ve heard
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@mkhammer Oh I can’t wait to see their faces on election night in Nov. I hope Trump makes this into a commercial and runs it all over the Midwest and closes the ad with ‘how many times do we need to see this before you realize how much they hate you’
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@TenreiroDaniel I’m staring at the sunsetting over mt Tam as I read this. You’re so right
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@LHSummers Please go stand in front of a mirror, take a couple deep breaths and repeat ten times “I did this. I am responsible. Offshoring and outsourcing have consequences. I ignored those consequences so I and all my rich and powerful friends could make a lot of money.”
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@jmaxmann @TripleNetInvest The core, center hallway alignment, and window lines/plate depth work for typical apartment floor plans. And the upper four floors would be totally badass penthouse apartments w outdoor terraces we don’t see in SF much. It would feel like a high end NY coop building
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@DealJunkie_RE @TheRealEstateG6 I do this. For it to work you have to take it all the way thru construction. And in NorCAl where I am, requires a lot of local intell. And bring vertically integrated, I’m an architect and GC.
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@TripleNetInvest I was the architect that converted that from a warehouse to super hip office space back in 2000. Loved that project! But it has been a rough road w bad timing. E*trade was supposed to be the tenant, never moved in and ate a huge security deposit in 2021. Now this…
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@JenniferSey @nytimes I just don’t think we can accept the “mistakes were made” narrative. The @nytimes @cnn @msnbc need to be removed from serious consideration as mainstream “news”. They’re bankrupt as a source of information. Basically- they’re the Bear Stearns of this generation. Let’s move on.
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@bobbyfijan I like to use price of a cup of coffee as my leading neighborhood indicator. And how many words they use to describe “coffee” on the menu. “Pour over mild roasted fair trade organic Sumatra blend” is a yahtzee
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@kevinskiles
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3rd floor framing almost complete on first building in Napa. Ventana on First #opportunityzone #napa have a great weekend everyone!
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@rohindhar I think we’re going to have two downtowns - one centered around the transamerica pyramid (Jackson SQ, north FiDi, Embarcadero center) one centered around Chase center (mission bay, dogpatch waterfront). My thesis is all the wealthy business owners in Marin (law, VC) hate
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@BSMotorCity @unclegrambo Top 5 basketball plays of all time
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@lisamurkowski @adndotcom When did Ukraine become an ally? Remind me the name of the treaty congress approved - thanks.
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@mcc418 @MikePenceVP @NYMom7 that's my fav part. I also think she knows his cheating is so far from "over" being reminded just annoys her
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@moseskagan Yeah - it’s ok to deal the poisonous fentanyl, but you’re gonna needs a 3 compartment sink, a mop location and that threshold doesn’t look accessible. Here are the sixteen agencies your permit app will get routed through. Should be ready in 18-24 months.
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@calleymeans @RobertKennedyJr @Benioff The game is up. No one who has listened to the podcasts w @calleymeans and @CaseyMeansMD believes ANYTHING being written in legacy media about food or health
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@ScottAdamsSays I don’t watch the polls anymore, the measuring stick is “what lies are they telling about what trump said”. Insulting dead soldiers = Trump at +5%
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@kevinskiles
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@elizabethforma love it! 2 gals bought and owned by the financial services industry
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@kevinskiles
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@iRunFar Rickey is pretty much “pacing” them both I guess. How cool. What stories btw those three.
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Just signed up to go to @ReconveneLA ! so glad I can make it again this year. Looking forward to catching up with everyone, discussing multi-family developments underway and all things SF real estate. Thanks for hosting us @moseskagan
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@RachaelBL @bariweiss @oberlincollege This needs to be made into a movie.
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@mnolangray Single stairway is huge. For smaller lots it’s the only way to make 3+ story multi-family work.
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@AbigailShrier This consolidated blowback from all the Twitter folks I respect that were clarion about covid stupidity and the trans-gender psychodrama against Darryl @martyrmade is so bewildering to me. In no way is he downplaying or denying the holocaust. Like, can’t we analyze WW2 political
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@JesseKellyDC I always wondered how everyone in the 1970s who was powerful, in music industry and around Karen Carpenter allowed her to starve herself to death in front of everyone. This is so similar and so sad.
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@RobertKennedyJr I can’t wait for @RobertKennedyJr and @CherylHines to be first couple.
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@rweingarten @AFTunion Randi you do such a great job looking out for the teacher’s interests. I only wish the students had as powerful an advocate looking out for their interests.
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@CaseyMeansMD Incredible. @TuckerCarlson is right - you and @calleymeans are going to change the world!
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@RaminGREP Yep. I’m in same position in my 50 unit deal in Napa,ca. no amenities. So I’m adding things wine fridges, cabinets in closets and skylights to compete. Prob 3k per unit added cost. If it adds $25/month in rent - that’s a double.
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@kevinskiles
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@CNN so the exclusive here is that a billion $ media co tracked down and intimidated dude who made a gif. #CNNBlackmail #journalismintegrity
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@kevinskiles
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@Chris_arnade And my dog. Because he melts everyone
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@JohnKingSFChron Who is paying for all of this??
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@CynicalPublius Optimism!! I’m so with you. I tell my 3 kids all the time (even on days when I don’t believe it) - you’ve got the greatest opportunities anyone has ever had in the history of the world. And your generation is going to be a huge positive impact. I want this to be true so bad for
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@kevinskiles
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@moseskagan @stillwell We make it part of the invoice. 1st page is the itemized invoice. 2nd page is a signed conditional release in the amount of the invoice.
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@historyinmemes I knew every street in my small town. Never had a map in the car and we’re talking 1990, pre cell phone. (Also - Michigan, so snow 3-4 months and no one had 4wd).
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@credealjunkie I have a lot of thoughts here. I’ve done both for 20+ years. If he doesn’t have some technical skills reading Civil, Struct and Arch plans, or doesn’t have a JV partner who has those skills - he’s gonna get smoked. It’s very normal for me to VE 10-20% of construction costs by
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@moseskagan @otter401 The point of CEQA is to add millions of $$ to the cost of creating apartments. That IS the whole point and always has been. It’s a wealth transfer device from the younger generation or newer arrivals to the existing homeowners
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@sushil_js @HousingSpock Totally agree. My wife and I aren’t “from” the town we live in and raise our kids in. But we still volunteer in all kinds of ways (schools, church, city government) to try to maintain its quality and leave it better than we found it. It is OUR HOME, because we live here.
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@DanJohnsonCRE Always does. Anyone who says SF is the next Detroit has never walked in slushy grey brown ice/snow on a gray March Detroit afternoon staring at abandoned buildings.
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@the_lettuce_cat VTOL will be a solution here. I bet a 45 min hop from Chicago to Muskegon or Grand Haven will be operational w/in 10 years
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@seandsweeney I disagree with this take. My capital is 10-15+ year hold capital, low leverage construction loans and we are breaking ground in markets that are hard barrier to entry (one of them is your former town in CA). We’re building for a $/unit that is below recent sales and will NEVER
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@stoolpresidente His face is saying “where’s my pudding? You told me if I stood there for 90 minutes I’d get pudding”
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@DanCrenshawTX Right, but Europe is supposed to our partner in the whole “western civilization” project. If they are going to reject basic principles of the enlightenment, shouldn’t the US either encourage them toward the light or distance them and seek new partners?
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@martyrmade It’s about MONEY. Michelle could raise an unlimited amount. And all wealthy foreign powers would be huge money players. Not what I want to see. But reality.
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@JessyMichele @WhiteHouse @realDonaldTrump Great things are possible when the people affected by the laws passed are a higher priority than the people passing the laws. Great job all around. Proud of all of you!
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@Bubblebathgirl Who wrote this speech? Derek Zoolander?
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@Heminator They don’t have kids in public schools (if they have kids at all). That’s the explanation.
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@DonaldJTrumpJr Running a 10 minute mile needs to be instituted as a policy for every single service member regardless of rank. You fail - you’re out. And it won’t cost us good flag officers. I’m sure Eisenhower and Curtis la may could do it even as generals.
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@Jason Only RFK has a shot against Trump. Harris or any of the b team dems have no shot. The DNC will NeVER allow RFK anywhere near the mom, so No panic at all.
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@RobertKennedyJr This !!!!!!!!
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@antonia_mdprjct This no case/recessed base detail is easy to draw, but really hard to execute well. As a design/build co, we have to do both. We nailed it on this house.
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@rohindhar Definetly vacant bldgs. I don’t want to go through the tenant hassles again while trying to fix up buildings.
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@bariweiss Get him a job at University of Austin! I don’t think these historically elite colleges realize their legacy/power/brand can be transcended. Their just a bunch of fancy buildings without the great profs and brilliant students
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@ByronYork This is basically a concession. He knows he lost
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My 10 yr old son has started referring to me as “my guy” and “big fella”. Should I just enroll him in a commercial real estate brokerage course now so he can get his license and start putting these skills to work?
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@mnolangray @HousingSpock I say this all the time - impact fees are a tax on future residents to avoid charging current residents the cost of the services they are demanding and also a wealth transfer from future owners to the current owners. Totally insidious.
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@SageCanaday funny story on this topic. I made FB friends w a French runner I met during a race in Europe. He posted a race report so I had a friend of mine who speaks French translate. He refers to me as “portly American friend who seemed to bound down the mountain” I think it’s hilarious!
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@seandsweeney Trees. Love SD but they have no trees
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@SethDillon @elonmusk is proving how fragile this international thought police regime is. We should not be afraid and continually resist. They’re only powerful when no one pushes back
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7 years
@lord_balls and the ring leader of this letter, hardrock, charges a non-refundable fee to enter their lottery which has absurdly low odds
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@bobbyfijan Looks sweet. Do you know if they were able to deliver it within 25% or so of conventional construction cost?
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@kevinskiles
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@CohenSite Oil refineries. Massive heavy industrial yards. Bad 1940s housing stock. Bad schools. Violent crime. Richmond is the only part of the SF Bay Area that resembles Detroit. But- like Detroit, there is a very small awesome neighborhood on the water called Point Richmond. Very nice.
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@Chris_arnade One person at a time. I volunteer for my local govt to get zoning relaxed so we can build ADUs. And my family has touched dozens of low income seniors lives thru rebuilding together org. Honestly, I think this is the way
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@FrankLuntz I have no idea who is running strategy comms for Biden but this is absolutely the worst tactic against trump. Biden has never earned an honest dollar in his life. He has now opened that up for direct comparison w a guy who has made billions in RE, media and now a social media co.
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@negative_IRR Yeah ummm. Pro forma is a generous euphemism. We pulled out of the market 4 years ago. It’s “how much money can we raise and then hit the piñata with fees”
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@moseskagan R = y + g. As long as people believe in ‘g’ ain’t gonna be a lot of ‘y’
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@SenSchumer This is your base dude. Your voters and supporters. Own it.
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@ADeermount My man JK Polk paying 15MM for all of CA, AZ and NM is pretty hot. Can’t even buy a 4bd house on an acre w a view of the ocean for that now.
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@martyrmade And I see hunger for alternate viewpoints in my kids and their friends. They know they live in a weird place where all the adults repeat the same polemics. I think we’ll be fine…..
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@alexisxrivas @coverbuild Several things great about this design : No shower doors, no threshold to shower, hanging vanities, lights that aren’t sticking out from the walls or dangling from ceilings. Clean and restful! People love those feelings in bathrooms
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@mkhammer Just took my daughter on a trip to UGA, UNC, Charleston to look at colleges (we’re from nor cal) for very same reason.
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@sanaeknits Great thread! Your analysis is spot on about Petaluma and Santa Rosa. And def use side streets not “bike route” streets in Santa Rosa. I’ve gotten flats from all the garbage on the shoulders of the major streets they route bikes on
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