Mayor Bowser. is that like the same guy who was CEO of Nintendo of America or is he related to the other Bowser, who sold illegal roms of Nintendo games and was sued by them. I try to keep up with the Bowser family name.

After you said that I have realized I need that irl bowser surname lore

@@ericolens3is CEO*

You may already know this and are just riffing, but Mayor Muriel Bowser is a woman.

@@derekschmidt5705 oh well, it's a Bowsette then...

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​@@titanium456 W

I'm gay! And I eat poo!

I LOLd so loudly I woke up the rest of the house :-D

@@cholten99 Lies!

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Damn, the best part of walking down a street is when the buildings are tall enough to protect you from the sun

Thats probably why I like roads more than streets​@@TessHKM

Everyone talking about the height of buildings, but this video shows Dave's above average height! He's reportedly above six feet tall, but I would like to know more

Well, an equilibrium is important, and good city planning is a must

@@TessHKMyeah and it gets brutally hot in dc in the summer

Wait true I didn't even think about that

Transatlantic accent.

That alastor voice

I love your Stormlight pfp!

​@@animeweeb7828 That is based in the transatlantic accent

Step 1: Frame the Mushroom Kingdom to make the rest of NATO think they attacked you first. Step 2: Trigger Article 5. Step 3: Let the 20-year invasion begin. Step 4: ....

I thought it was mayo bowser

And steal princess peach

She is legit the worst. She's basically kicked out all the legacy washington dc citizens and sold condos to rich people.

Well, we know from her press conferences that she's not capable of spitting fire, she more just drools bile.

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Can’t be any worse then CEO of Nintendo

No relation... To Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser. Or "hacker" Gary Bowser who was sentenced to 40 months in prison for pirating Nintendo games.

​@@GSBarlevand has to pay millions in "damages" 😐

Smh, these woke politics, even a turtle can get a job now. Back in my day you had to fight 40 tigers, 20 elephants, and a homeless cowboy with a semi automatic shotgun.

And the phrase was invented to stop black people from voting in the south in the 1880s, so it’s American through and through. (How depressing.)

You can’t punish people for something that wasn’t a law before they did whatever is newly punishable.

@@RealGalaxyGamers ...They’re making a joke about the Grandfather Clause, Dude. Y’know, The work-around of making black people still unable to vote even after they were supposed to be able to?

The Grandfather Clause: Invented to allow lower-class white people to vote despite news laws restricting "other" lower-class people from voting in the early 20th century.

Though I do wish it was referred to as a legacy clause instead. Language matters!

But that comes at a cost. Property is astronomically expensive there because you can’t build up. So you have to be wealthy to own a home there.

You can either have affordable rent, or a "human" city, not both. I am assuming you were just ignorant about this, and not an elitist who prefers to keep lower and middle class people out of your neighborhood. Either way, now you know.

​@@billhancock8881 That's not a true dichotomy. You can lower rent through other means without sacrificing the identity and soul of your city. That's a very short-term way of thinking which isn't even necessary. The height restriction eliminates skyscrapers and high-rises, not anything above a couple of floors lol. Modern apartment complexes with full amenities exist in DC and continue to be built. Destroying the identity and soul of a city just so you can shove more workers inside it sounds more elitist and ignorant than anything I've said. I'm not ignorant of whatever knowledge you think you've bestowed upon me. "Either way, now you know" cringe lol

Yeah, I hate to admit I was thinking it was in the state of Washington.

Yeah I thought it was in Washington State. I think i confused it with a different news company though.

I thought it was in Mongolia

They also have posts in Washington.

@@justanotherweirdo11 No, The Washington Post that is owned by Jeff Bezos is in Washington D.C.

Take the L

@@titanium456ok dude

​@@titanium456 Dude out here really hating on a newspaper 💀💀💀

​@@titanium456I love you. I'm gay. I eat poo.

@@titanium456take this ratio lil bro

What is his name?

@@mentalchild360 new intern lol

No she's a horrible actor

​@@MainframeSupertaskerThey literally didn't have to act in this video. What are you talkihg about?

They act as if the Washington Post is a credible news outlet every day.

no paywall!

Or horible ad spamming too

​@@True_NOONhonestly considering becoming a fascist cause they don't have paywalls or ads

@@akgfilming ???

To be fair, this had massive fallout vibes. Kinda carried the video if you ask me.

Not from DC, are you?

@michaelwarren2391 brother I'm from DC like a bear is from cuba

Mayor Bowser is a woman.

@@spiceyboogerspiceybooger6437 oh no female bowser is really!!!!!

⁠shes a female 🤦‍♂️

Exceptional delivery.

@@Haan22Make sure to leave a tip!

How is it sad everyone knows what a newspaper is u just don't have a use for it anymore because it's in ur pocket in seconds Are u nostalgic towards newspapers?

@@Stopcommentingthesamecommentsyeah man The crosswords… Your dad just staring blankly at a newspaper as his soul slowly gets taken The absolute funniest things When 2 stories are actually connected So fun

@@StopcommentingthesamecommentsWho isn’t nostalgic toward newspapers?

Ok boomer

​@@boombattlefields9123say you're old without saying so

Take the L

@@titanium456 wdym

@@titanium456?

​@@douglaspeters2567He means that he's 3 years old and typed that with his greasy chicken nugget hands after seeing someone do it in Fortnite

​@@douglaspeters2567they are spamming it on a bunch of comments, i dont even know why

"what's a newspaper"

That seems like a great way to rid of any nuance from news lol

​@@mrbanana6464They dont even try to hide the bias most of the time

@@mrbanana6464 I mean, I don't like watching the news in general I prefer to read it, but finding a good free source that isn't boring, biased, or whatnot makes it not worth the effort IMO These shorts, are short and sweet so I understand the basics of pressing issues - while also being relatively unbiased From what I've seen, both sides of arguments presented get fair coverage here - it feels like a third party reviewing the happenings instead of one side or the other and I greatly appreciate that Would it be better if I read more into the happenings of our nation? Yeah - it would, I can't deny that. Would I get anything helpful out of it? Probably not - nothing more than a few shorts can explain. Not like I can do much of anything - knowing the general idea is enough for me

I pity you

@@LTB_PravdaIt often presents conservative arguments as stupid in every way except literally.

Why the heck would you want to? Isn't New York housing already unaffordable enough.

NYC has its own similar rules, which is why all the buildings are tapered. It's some formula about shading the buildings next to it.

​@@ke6gwfits called the Floor Area Ratio. It was an ammedment to the previous Setback Law which required buildings to have setbacks based on the street width and the height of the building. The higher it went, the more setbacks a building needed to have. This was a result of over building in Downtown which caused the streets to be dark and unpleasant. By giving a building setbacks, it allowed light and air to get down to street level. Fast forward to the 60's. NYC is trying to grow and remain competetive with other cities in the US (namely Chicago). The city needs more buildings, but land is scarce, so they need to build up instead of out. The Floor Area Ratio concept is created which allows a developer to build higher and with fewer setbacks as long as they provide a certain amount of open space adjacent to the building. This could be in the form of a public plaza, a pocket park, or by buying the air rights of landmarked buildings adjacent to the new building. Probably the most famous example of this was the original WTC, which incorporated a massive plaza into its plan in order to allow the twin towers to be much taller than what was allowed by code for that area of the city. Other examples incluse the Chase bank building in downtown, the Seagrams building, Lever house and the old Pan Am building.

It's just a joke, but most people just don't see them as necessities anymore

whatever is after gen A will probably not be shown what newspapers are

I remember knowing about floppy disks and had one and a computer that could accept it. But still had no idea how to use it. I can't imagine a kid trying to use a newspaper and getting it all messed up

People who were born the year the iPod came out are now old enough to drink. There are adults who have gone their whole life without touching a CD or cassette tape.

@@supergatorhator Why do you hurt me??? *sadface*

How is it "reasonable" for the government to introduce an arbitrary law that restricts infrastructure and livability to satisfy a noisy group of self-important curmudgeons? Aesthetics are a personal preference, not something the government should be legislating. Where did this culture of "Instead of taking ownership of my own life and the decisions I make, I'm going to ask the government to ban anything I don't like looking at" come from?

@@TessHKM I agree with you on an ideological level but everything has to have a limit. I can't take responsibility for the height of a building like I can take responsibility for my own health. Aesthetics are partly subjective, in that we can disagree on what looks good, but almost everyone can agree on what is ugly. Sometimes aesthetics have to take a backseat to more practical concerns like space and cost and that's fair enough but this case didn't restrict development in any real way, buildings that size were incredibly rare and expensive at the time anyway and it was more of a preventative measure. In some cases the local government needs to say this is a public place and as such the public has a right not to live in a mind numbing, dystopic looking concrete mess. Much like people playing music too loud in public areas it's a nuisance and it affects people's quality of life.

​@@johnmccrossan9376 height of a building by not looking at things you don't like and regulating your emotions better. So what if lots of people can agree on what looks ugly? Therefore what? Everybody agrees Arby's sucks ass and, should they be outlawed to protect people from subpar roast beef sandwiches? Besides, if you listened to "people" they'd say Thomas Kincaid is the best artist of all time. When did we suddenly decide that aesthetic claims are inherently given merit by the law of large numbers? People have the right to criticize the government. People have a right to freely practice their desired religion. People have a right to representation when they are accused of a crime. People do not have a "right" to avoid seeing things they think are ugly. If that's the level of emotional reaction you have upon encountering architecture that doesn't appeal to your aesthetic sensibilities, that is something that should be dealt with between you and your therapist, not inflicted upon normal people. I'm sorry for being so inflammatory, but it honestly riles me up when, in the context of a historic housing & livability crisis driven by a generationally privileged group who convinced themselves they had the secret sauce to design every possible imperfection out of society, act like the "benefits" of such policies even remotely deserve consideration next to the obvious harms they have cause and continue to cause.

These sort of things increase the cost of housing, and in my opinion make cities aesthetically worse as well

@@AlexMoreno-zj7po alright but in the opinion of the people who already lived in those cities it was better and tbh I can see why

DC's height limit makes it feel like a place built for humans. It gives it a pleasantness more common to European cities. I have good memories of walking around when I lived there.

⁠@@andromedaspark2241 That’s such a good way of putting it. There’s something so comfortable about being in DC that I could never quite put a finger on. But you’re right, it’s feels like it’s built for humans. It’s a thriving city but unlike other cities it’s not “how big can we make our apartment buildings,” it feels like real thought goes into every part. I know nothing about city planning or architecture so there’s my two cents worth nothing.

@@andromedaspark2241it’s true, I am Canadian and went to DC 7 years ago and I noted something felt “off” but in a good way and I am thinking it’s because of how liveable the city centre is compared to a place like Toronto!

The height act (and other zoning height restrictions in DC) means that the people who can afford to live in DC have good views, but less people can afford to live here because there aren’t as many housing units. Also, it doesn’t democratize access that much. Most people still can’t see the monuments or Capitol building from where they live

@@pizzajona i understand why you're concerned that fewer people can actually live in the center, but the metro in DC really is pretty good if you live further out. (It used to be; haven't been there recently) Cities with condensed residential spaces aren't more affordable or democratized. Every major city I can think of has huge rents. You already have to live way out in VA or MD to get a decent rent, like every city suburb anywhere. Might as well leave everyone on the street access to the sky instead of skyscrapers (worth noting high floors can be a problem for fire and rescue in a disaster)

I think they slight let down dads there

It was more like NO!

He was grandfathered into the act, the others had to follow the height restriction act. 💀

​@@mfaizsyahmiYOU MADE LAUGH SO HARD 😭😭

​@@mfaizsyahmiyou win

Both. They look 5 feet tall, he looks 6 foot 3.

@@mfaizsyahmifun fact, reply of the year right here!

I live 10.000 km from DC I've never been there yet i know almost all of this

My favorite part as well. 😂

I mean, it's the capital building and Madison is better off with lower buildings. I like skyscrapers, but not every city needs them.

Washington doesn't have urban sprawl, it's too physically small

@@CouchPotatorIt has millions of people. If you’ve ever been near the Greenbelt, you’ve seen sprawl.

Not really, that hasn't helped Newyork & Chicago. Has it?

@@dennisny6439 The amount of new housing NYC gets has helped to somewhat slow down rents ruining which kick people out, but in lots of cases our cities don’t build enough housing quick enough to sustain lower prices.

Or it could turn into a parking lot desert. Meaning you loose the benefit of bigger buildings because you need to drive everywhere

It’s not possible. There’s no such thing as a respected WaPo journalist.

@@Nick_B_Bad how's the weather in St. Petersburg? Would have thought you were only a Fox News MAGA Sheep disciple, but judging by your post history you follow WaPo and comment on everything they produce. I know you think you're getting your propaganda out there- but all you're doing is helping the channel with your engagement.

​@@mason96575hey some people actually like to consume disagreeable content to actually understand opposing view points 😂

@@mason96575man this is a pretty advanced Zionist bot. Very impressive

sorry, what about the very normal people who live in the rest of the city? this is a bit like going "london should be shut down and parliament should meet in different cities every few months" like what about the other people there?

That sounds like a logistical f*cking nightmare.

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Common sense left his head

And somehow this is going to solve problems by magic? Washington DC exist so that Congress could meet in a place that was not a state. So your plan is to build 50 capitals. Along with 50 sets of apartments to go with the capitals so that Congress and all of their support staff would have some place to stay. And all of this is going to make Washington work better how? The only one I can see helping is a lot of real estate developers. Then, of course your plan means it’s going to be 50 years before they go back to the original state. Which means I guess all of that infrastructure would have to be rented out? Or pay billions of dollars to keep it in good condition till the next 50 year cycle. Or maybe just build new every time ?