Comments by "pongop" (@pongop) on "City Beautiful" channel.

  1.  @skysurfer5cva  Please make our city better! lol. It and the government have always been so backwards. We're finally making some good changes in terms of design and planning, but criminalizing the homeless and canceling Art Hop are stupid.
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  2. Lol stop rubbing it in! I'm reminded of an early COVID meme that said, "we get it! everyone in Europe has balconies!" from those videos of people playing music and talking to each other from their balconies.
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  3.  @sigmaballsnetwork  Are they any relation to Barney Rubble?
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  4. Yes, Davis of course! I'm glad to know SLO is on the list too! I love the Central Coast and might want to live there. Maybe we'll be neighbors! Hey, Prof. Can you hook a fellow educator up with a high school teaching job? =) Yay, Madonna Inn! I thought that looked familiar. I finally got to stay there a couple years ago! Awesome to know about SLO. Thank you for the video!
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  5. I love the history videos!
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  6. Great Rousseau quote! It's still true!
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  7. Cool video! Now I'm hungry for Indian food.
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  8. I knew some towns had banned chain restaurants and businesses, but I wasn't aware of drive thru bans. Great idea! And cool that SLO bans them. And yet another reason I need to move to SLO!
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  9.  @Lucciii32  Humans are primates. We are social and we evolved and adapted mainly through cooperation, as did our primate cousins. We have the potential for both civility and brutality. It's hard to pinpoint and say for sure what is human nature.
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  10.  @Crocophant572  That sounds amazing
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  11. Cool video! I would love to see a video on ancient and indigenous cities as well. There are so many great topics! Indus Valley cities had advanced plumbing and sewer systems. Native American and other cities were aligned with celestial events. The Mayans created huge networks of cities from the jungle, linked by white streets and causeways that light up at night by reflecting moonlight. Cahokia being one of the largest cities in the world. The unbelievable beauty and cleanliness of Tenochtitlan. Mesopotamian, Greek, and Roman cities. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon! The oldest cities in the world. So many amazing possibilities, and you would make it so awesome!
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  12.  @dirtydan2721  Schools teach sex ed. LGBTQ people, relationships, and sexuality exist. Therefore, it's part of sex ed. The better educated everyone is, the better off society will be. Then we won't have ignorant, homophobic dopes like you spewing your virulent stupidity over the place. You should go live in Afghanistan. I think you would agree with the Taliban's educational policies.
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  13.  @dirtydan2721  What if your kid ends up LGBTQ? You're obviously not talking to them about reality, and if the schools don't, then no one will, and your kid will have a much more difficult life and will be more likely to develop mental health issues and commit suicide.
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  14.  @dirtydan2721  You also have the right to send your kid to a private school of your choice and stop denying critical education to the public school students.
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  15. Thank you for another interesting video on an important topic. I would love to see your take on floating cities!
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  16. The Venus Project
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  17. Just thought about this video again on these headlines "Florida Gov. DeSantis signs bill revoking Disney’s special district status." We'll see what happens...
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  18. Can you get DoorDash in the Vatican?
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  19. I'm picturing a halved jelly donut.
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  20. Yess, shout out to the beautiful Pacific Northwest! Tacoma! The NW, California, and Hawai'i are the best parts of the country! Too expensive, though.
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  21.  @megaboz42  Good point. But speaking for myself (different than most), I hate indoor malls, so I don't use them. I used to go to the Fulton Mall, however (before they changed it -- now I don't go anymore). With parking on the outside of the Fulton Mall, even more walking was required. So I did get some exercise by using the Fulton Mall, and I don't from indoor malls. I also used to ride my bike through the Fulton Mall, which was safer and more pleasant than taking the downtown streets, and I also got exercise that way. Also by strolling/biking the Fulton Mall, I got to enjoy the fountains, artwork, and historical monuments.
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  22. Cool, there's a vegetarian restaurant on one of the Paris streets! Now I'm hungry. Maoz Vegetarian. It's up a Mediterranean/falafel restaurant chain. I looked it up lol.
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  23. Everybody who isn't from a small town wants to live in a small town until they actually live then. Then they realize that everybody knows your business, there is a lack of opportunity and social mobility, most people are narrow-minded hicks, and that it's kind of awful in a lot of ways. That said, I wish Stars Hollow were a real place!
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  24. I'm from Washington State (which also had a Vancouver), and we pronounce both cities as Ian Maki said (van-COO-ver)
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  25.  @fredashay  Lots of people around the world ride bicycles in all kinds of extreme weather. Americans are just babies. Myself included. But my sister isn't and she rides in all kinds of weather.
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  26. Co-ops are awesome! There are some amazing co-ops and intentional communities around the world.
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  27.  @jeremyepstein7977  It's not a restriction; it's the purpose around which this intentional community was created.
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  28. Interesting video! I keep seeing ads to visit the Santa Maria area as a less expensive alternative to staying closer to the ocean. I want to live on the Central Coast, but it's expensive, so I've looked a little at the more inland areas like Santa Maria. This is very helpful. Thank you! And yay for SLO!
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  29.  @ThatOneNerd14  Very true. If you look up Food Dessert in the dictionary, you'll get a picture of Fresno's north vs south sides.
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  30. Clueless!!! 😍
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  31.  @BrandonWilliams-wf6hg  You're thinking of Europe.
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  32. Thank you for making all your videos so inclusive!
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  33. Lol how are the Suns going to threaten to move to Seattle? The Seattle Suns? Something about that just doesn't sound quite right.
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  34. Great video! Thank you for keeping it real and discussing so important topics. Yeah, Parks and Rec! There's also hotel near the town hall with a courtyard that they filmed scene in.
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  35. This is one of your best videos! As a history/government/social science teacher, I may be biased though.
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  36. There were/are underground tunnels underneath all this too! And that history is even more fascinating (and secretive) than the Fulton Mall story.
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  37. Yes, Hearst Castle and the Central Coast!
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  38. In Gilmore Girls they say that the correct plural of "cul-de-sac" is "culs-de-sac" rather than "cul-de-sacs." I looked it up and both ways are actually correct.
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  39. Shout out to us surviving the Central Valley heat!
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  40. Thank you for the great lesson!
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  41.  @catlerbatty  So true! Universal design benefits all of us!
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  42. Stop rubbing it in already! Lol
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  43. There was an FDR Jr?!
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  44. In my city, the wealthy side of town has bike lanes and nice, separate bike trails through nature. The rest of the people have to ride on the regular hot streets with the crazy drivers.
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  45.  @abdullahal-turaifi2692  Thanks! NEOM looks cool! I hadn't heard of it. Akon City is a similar project in Senegal that I'm excited about.
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  46. Thanks for another great video! I would love to see your take on floating cities next! =)
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  47. Dave Amos! This is LITERALLY the best video on how cities are designed.
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  48. Jolibee! Great video!
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  49. Fresno and Modesto! That is interesting to know about the plats and it makes sense because Fresno developed with the railroad. Cool! Tacoma is also awesome!
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  50. Lol good point!
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