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New York State's highest court ruled today that car rental companies may not refuse to rent to young adults, apparently making New York the only state in the country where an 18-year-old will be able to get a car from Hertz, Avis and other major agencies.
Many rental companies, including the largest in the business, had set a minimum age of 21 or 25 for renters. But the Court of Appeals stated unanimously that the agencies' rules violated a 1977 state law that explicitly prohibits companies from refusing to rent to young drivers, provided that they are at least 18.
However, the court noted, the law allows rental companies to charge higher rates to younger drivers to offset the higher accident risk they pose. Rental company officials said it was not clear how much higher those rates would be, so the prospect remains that while young adults may have a legal right to rent cars, they may not be able to afford to do so.
Probably because it hasn't been fought in court. I as a business owner can descriminate to my hearts content until someone (could be state, could be customer) sues me over it. I can't say for certain however.
Surprisingly little, actually, as compared to LA / NYC / Baltroit, etc. I have never, for instance, seen a subway car (or subway stop) here that had been tagged. Part of that is due to the city aggressively repairing said damage, but when I say "never" I literally mean "not one single instance."
EU is riddled with it. be more like EU!
true story: Rome is disgusting and full of graffiti.
Florence was much cleaner and only had a little; apparently Florence used to be pretty bad. The trend there actually seemed to be altering street signs.
So, I was just reading an article where the author laments the loss of white collar jobs in Erie, PA. After the blue collar jobs go away, the higher paying support jobs (lawyers, engineers, etc). So sad. It details the long, slow death of a town now that the large employers have left, and how some look to Trump to revitalize the area, etc. But, I've been looking to get out of NY, so I looked at NE PA as a place to move. Hey, depressed area, property has to be cheaper, right?
Then, reading the wiki page for Erie, I discover a surprising fact: Since the mid-1990s, the International Institute of Erie (IIE), founded in 1919, has helped with the resettlement of refugees fromBosnia, Eritrea, Ghana, Iraq, Kosovo, Liberia, Nepal, Somalia, Sudan, the former Soviet Union, Syria, and Vietnam. The inclusion of refugees in Erie's community augments religious diversity and prompts community events such as cultural festivals. It is estimated that 20% of the city's population has refugee background, as of 2018.
Further reading from other sources reveals crime is up, unemployment is high, and drug use is skyrocketing.
Gee, they bus in the trash, and wonder why the professionals get the hell out of Dodge?
Wait! I thought multiculturalism was the reason America was great and not rugged individualism, freedom, and low taxation? They've got multiculturalism, high taxes, government handouts and programs, they should be excelling in Erie.
The difference is immigrants vs. refugees. Immigrants have to work to come over, pay passage here, etc. In other words, self motivated individuals and families. Refugees are brought over with nothing, and don't have to pay their way, prove they are not undesirables (i.e. criminals).
The Turks we have here are all first generation immigrants. All but one have gotten US citizenship. All are workers.
The two refugees we hired were both lazy *****, and both quit within a couple of weeks. The Syrian dude actually crudely propositioned the HR lady. At work, during office hours.
The difference is immigrants vs. refugees. Immigrants have to work to come over, pay passage here, etc. In other words, self motivated individuals and families. Refugees are brought over with nothing, and don't have to pay their way, prove they are not undesirables (i.e. criminals).
The Turks we have here are all first generation immigrants. All but one have gotten US citizenship. All are workers.
The two refugees we hired were both lazy *****, and both quit within a couple of weeks. The Syrian dude actually crudely propositioned the HR lady. At work, during office hours.
I think it depends on whether refugees are legitimate or not and government policy.
Australia had a wave of Vietnamese and Cambodian refugees after the Vietnam war and they were supported by the government for their initial settling-in period but it was made clear to them that they would need to become self-supporting after that period. Most of these did just that, got jobs, worked hard and ensured that their children did well in school and would have a good life. Despite some initial opposition to the large influx at the time, in hindsight they fitted in about as well as could possibly be expected given that they were low-skilled workers and few spoke English.
Today 's "refugees" in contrast don't want to integrate or work and seem to expect a completely free ride, including being given a house!
Australian house prices are ludicrous so this naturally rubs many of us the wrong way.
true story: Rome is disgusting and full of graffiti.
Oh, we have graffiti, too. It's just that the spray-paint ban has forced artists to up their game.
I took a photo while downtown at Willis today which illustrates the point:
In other cities, that newspaper box would have been covered with crude, amateurish graffiti done in the spray motif. Here in Chicago, we've evolved to use the paint markers that you get at the arts & crafts store, and the technical quality of our graffiti has improved as a direct result of this. Penmanship may not matter in the western DA 'burbs, but around here, our taggers give a **** about the little details.
No. The Toyota is a sensible, single shot, bolt action rifle, suitable for everyone. In small caliber, so as to be "safe".
You have to cut a Ferrari or Maserati in half. Those are the high speed assault rifles of the automotive world. Why does anyone need that many horsepower? And why does it need to go so fast when the speed limit is as fast as you ever need to go.
Will someone please explain the origin of the "woman sitting at a small folding table set up outside in a park-like environment, with a banner on the front conveying some message, below which is printed 'change your mind'" to me?
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