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San Diego International Airport (SAN) has undergone lots of changes over the last two decades. More recently the old Terminal One is being demolished since it’s replacement is now open. #sandiego #airport #san https://video.nostr.build/c33183954aa5197a53f806231f9b3295d6234449b658cba0fd5184577a122de0.mp4

San Diego City is broke. Again. Yes, decades of governmental waste and mismanagement always keep us near penury. Most recently, fiascoes like the 101 W Ash Street real estate melt down (in which, at one point, tax payers paid $18,000 a day for an empty building, only latter to pay more) is one example. The City tried to force through another sales tax, but it failed. The city blames the failed measure as the reason it will have to make everyone’s lives here more expensive. They, however, never blame themselves or point to their inept handling of tax payer money. This fleecing of locals takes many forms, including raising downtown parking fees in many areas to $10 an hour during Padres games and there like. The bilking starts two hours before the event and ends four hours after it is over. The San Diego City council and the mayor (Todd Gloria) have permanently f*cked over its citizenry with this decision. #sandiego #toddgloria

Every great city has its grime. This is decrepit alley is in Tribeca, New York City. #newyorkcity #graffiti

View of monsoonal storm over the mountains east of San Diego. This image was taken in the city’s trendy North Park neighborhood. #sandiego #northpark

The City Heights neighborhood of San Diego recently had traffic circles installed along one of its busiest corridors. Today a friend of mine remarked that all the related signage is ugly. I responded that i haven’t really thought about that, but in my opinion the overall corridor is unsightly. To fix this, and mitigate the severity of the traffic circle signage, I recommend the City plant lots of trees I and down the street. It needs green. It needs a canopy. #sandiego #cityheights #urbanism

Economic times are hard. Never before the last year have i seen lines of cars in this part of town (City of Lemon Grove, California) waiting for free food. This is a modern version of a soup kitchen. Heart breaking. #workingpoor #lemongrove #california #sandiegocounty https://video.nostr.build/2c04e0bf4244fea70765e225d9443e147be69459f0ff629dbdde1a0b69cc2072.mp4

Some of San Diego’s old streetcar suburbs, like North Park, are occasionally dotted with decrepit old early twentieth-century homes. Fascinating photography subjects but a bit sketchy to investigate given they are usually dens for some rough-n-tumble street urchins. #sandiego #northpark #urbanism #abandoned #old #sketchy #california https://video.nostr.build/5168fc242a30ba9b8b66822243c7b13a2ab67034b62fa2edc4d0fda47e6c0d5c.mp4 https://video.nostr.build/5168fc242a30ba9b8b66822243c7b13a2ab67034b62fa2edc4d0fda47e6c0d5c.mp4 https://video.nostr.build/5168fc242a30ba9b8b66822243c7b13a2ab67034b62fa2edc4d0fda47e6c0d5c.mp4 https://video.nostr.build/5168fc242a30ba9b8b66822243c7b13a2ab67034b62fa2edc4d0fda47e6c0d5c.mp4

Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge borders some of the southern edge of the city of Imperial Beach in San Diego County. In the background of the second picture you can see a bit of Tijuana, Mexico. #imperialbeach #tijuana #sandiego #california

Iris Transit Center, San Diego. #sdmts #sandiego #publictransit #bus

Werewolves & Women #werewolf #werewolves #art All she did was put on the creepy wolf mask she found in the old house. Surely, what could be the harm?

Ruins along Avenida Revolución, Tijuana, Mexico. #tijuana #mexico

The forlorn corner of Calle Sexta and Avenida Alvarado, Ensenada, Mexico, 2025. #ensenada #mexico

2007 June, the destruction of the old Union Pacific Railroad building, Omaha, Nebraska. #omaha #nebraska #railroad

It’s preposterous that the average parking space on most city streets is only 18 feet long! The one pictured is probably only 17 feet-long!! Where in tarnations am i supposed to park my 25 foot-long Power Stroke beast of a truck? (Actually it’s 27-feet long when the trailer hitch is attached.) Do the powers that be expect me to buy some smaller vehicle? Small is so beta. Big trucks and lift kits, baby! All parking spaces should be thirty-five feet-long minimum!