*banned 4 MarkDown love* @design_RG@qoto.org

@_lunawinters @raining_night
Ever trying cycling? any bike, just riding if you have a safe place to do it.

Great exercise, relaxing. My favourite.

@Vishsai @raining_night

That's my experience too. People get busier, you meet them in work situations only, it's acquaintances mostly, and even those we lose as we move on, change places or jobs, etc.

@BhavanaVarun
Cats are still at heart wild. They agreee to cohabit with us humans, getting shelter and food security.

But it's an equal relationship, no one belongs to the other; we cohabit.

I am fine with that, and find doggies silly in comparison.

Someone was saying in a post here that Cats really are running the internet. 😉
@ajeeshrp7 @Gargron @catpostingbot

@ajeeshrp7

You are welcome. I follow many cute, lovely cats on birdsite, was missing them until I found this one.

@BhavanaVarun @Gargron @catpostingbot

@Full_marx
Lisbon, Portugal has nice trams too, the city is wonderful, walkable and affordable too.

Many Tech, digital nomad and retirees are moving there.

I love the city. 🇵🇹 ❤️

https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Lisbon street cars
@jump_spider

@ajeeshrp7 @BhavanaVarun @Gargron

Observing Cats is wonderful. The way they completely relax in assorted positions, places, stretching, it's just something to aspire to.

Once I found the Cat posting bot at @catpostingbot , life here in fedi became immensely more comfortable. Follow ? 😉

@Full_marx
More pics!

https://speechfoodie.com/san-francisco-street-cars/

Tram is a common name for them too. In SF there's some, the touristy ones, that are actually attached to a Cable under the street. They grab the cable with a device under them similar to huge pliers, and the cable is pulled by machinery in fixed stations.

End of the ride, there's a turntable, they disconnect the cable, turn around, reconnect the cable to return in the other direction.

@jump_spider

@Full_marx
Oh, by all means, do visit. It's a cool town, ignore the yuppies, try to find some lower cost accomodation, some cheaper places to eat or cook your own.

Walkabout there is fun.

The Tram - there's the Cable car, which runs up and down some really steep hills, very popular with tourists, but pricier than a normal ride.

Go down to the lower area, near the Bay, and you can ride Stret Cars for the price of a ticket anywhere in town.

Those are lovely, SF bought a bunch of them from other cities who were moving to newer vehicles, and kept them intact.

They have street cars that came from Torino, Italy, and still have aLL the internal ads, and signs like "Uscitta" to mark the exit doors.

Take a look, too many lovely pictures to post here, one is not enough. 😃

https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=San+francisco+street+cars&FORM=HDRSC2

@jump_spider

@jump_spider
Hope you get a nice offer, and enjoy the area if you do move there.

My son worked in SF, games design studio, and we visited a couple times, years ago. I really liked the city, in terms of how it is physically.

Not many high rises, pretty older wooden Victorian homes, some nice big parks, the Pacific coast on one side, the Bay on the other.

Not boring at all, with some huge hills to make bike trip route planning a needed step. (avoid them big hills!)

But is has gotten worse, cost wise, since we last visited.

Vancouver, here in Canada, is also with housing costs out of control, and the jobs don't pay much -- the area is scenic and reputed to be a great place to live.

At the costs of housing they have, younger people will do much better to run away like they are, from Vancouver, from the whole Bay area, to find places with lower living costs and where they can start a small business, ply a dream trade, a bakery or restaurant, etc.

@Full_marx

@Full_marx
There are many homeless, some live in vehicles, you can see vans loaded with things, bags, etc.

Mental health problems too, and no easy treatment options.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/16/san-francisco-homeless-increase-tech-ipo

@jump_spider

@jump_spider
It's true, SF is a delightful city, it has always been, but the character is changing since the huge influx of tech jobs and the purchase power they bring.

Creative types, lower paid workers are being pushed out, moving across the Bay to Oakland is pretty common. And even there costs have inflated.

@Full_marx

@vincent Great! 😃

Saw a great one yesterday at birdsite.

https://twitter.com/AwwwwCats/status/1194977169983836161

@_lunawinters

Very nice, thanks for the photos. Bon appetit!! 🍴
@Solelytuned@mastodon.social

@susi123 Times are hard, Susi.

Hang on, hopefully things get better.

2020 will probably be a hard one, the noise, poison and conflict from the US election will spread everywhere.

Pray that better times come; I wasn't expecting such evil in power nowadays.