Geez, tough crowd.  Typos aside, I found this infographic fun and interesting.  No, there doesn’t seem to be much correlation between obesity and walking/biking to work, but I was shocked to see that other countries (e.g. Germany) suffer from the same obesity epidemic as the US.  I wonder what variables would be more useful in examining this phenomenon.  Country size/commute distance?  McDonalds/capita? Meat consumption? GDP? White collar/blue collar?

Great project.  You’re right, some (the whopper w/ cheese for me) are strangely appetizing.  I have to disagree with @Atley Kasky about this being a copy of scanwiches!  The motivations and end products couldn’t be more different.  Scanwiches felt very “look at me, and all the fancy sandwiches I eat”, where as this one makes an actual statement about the state of our fast food nation.   

hey ekwetzel, I’m an east coast transplant to Seattle myself, and a former OG farmer!  Small world.  I would check with Seattle Tilth (http://www.seattletilth.org) about best local varieties.  They have a hotline you can call.   To be honest though, I haven’t had any luck with anything but cherry tomatoes here in Rain City.  Great article!  If one thing is for certain, more variety = more better.    

We’re pretty much screwed…we’re so far behind this curve, there’s no catching up; especially considering that by 2050 (if an act of God hasn’t wiped us out by then), China will have built 10 NYCities and will have far surpassed the US as leading consumer of everything.  India’s not far behind.  Then again, if Walter Matthau and the Bad News Bears taught us one thing, it’s that anything is possible. 

I gotta lean towards rehab…there’s just so much building material that’s already been made and still in perfectly good shape.  Yes, it’s time intensive (and therefor cost intensive) to take an old building apart with the goal of salvaging materials for re-use, but a) old shit is cool and b) new construction doesn’t take into account true costs.  (i.e. the environmental impact of building/transporting new stuff; the cost of dumping all the old building material, etc.)  

I gotta say…as a 30yr. old, married, middle-class, Yankee, I’m starting to feel the societal pressure of home-ownership.  not only is this economically laughable, but the thought of “settling down” to that extent terrifies me.  There’s something very attractive about the trailer thing…then again, there’s many somethings very unattractive.  A yurt, however…now I could get down with a yurt.  

How can we send these “kids” some gear?  It’s an awesome feeling to be empowered, but feeling supported can be even awesomer.  

Geez, tough crowd.  Typos aside, I found this infographic fun and interesting.  No, there doesn’t seem to be much correlation between obesity and walking/biking to work, but I was shocked to see that other countries (e.g. Germany) suffer from the same obesity epidemic as the US.  I wonder what variables would be more useful in examining this phenomenon.  Country size/commute distance?  McDonalds/capita? Meat consumption? GDP? White collar/blue collar?

Great project.  You’re right, some (the whopper w/ cheese for me) are strangely appetizing.  I have to disagree with @Atley Kasky about this being a copy of scanwiches!  The motivations and end products couldn’t be more different.  Scanwiches felt very “look at me, and all the fancy sandwiches I eat”, where as this one makes an actual statement about the state of our fast food nation.   

hey ekwetzel, I’m an east coast transplant to Seattle myself, and a former OG farmer!  Small world.  I would check with Seattle Tilth (http://www.seattletilth.org) about best local varieties.  They have a hotline you can call.   To be honest though, I haven’t had any luck with anything but cherry tomatoes here in Rain City.  Great article!  If one thing is for certain, more variety = more better.    

We’re pretty much screwed…we’re so far behind this curve, there’s no catching up; especially considering that by 2050 (if an act of God hasn’t wiped us out by then), China will have built 10 NYCities and will have far surpassed the US as leading consumer of everything.  India’s not far behind.  Then again, if Walter Matthau and the Bad News Bears taught us one thing, it’s that anything is possible. 

I gotta lean towards rehab…there’s just so much building material that’s already been made and still in perfectly good shape.  Yes, it’s time intensive (and therefor cost intensive) to take an old building apart with the goal of salvaging materials for re-use, but a) old shit is cool and b) new construction doesn’t take into account true costs.  (i.e. the environmental impact of building/transporting new stuff; the cost of dumping all the old building material, etc.)  

I gotta say…as a 30yr. old, married, middle-class, Yankee, I’m starting to feel the societal pressure of home-ownership.  not only is this economically laughable, but the thought of “settling down” to that extent terrifies me.  There’s something very attractive about the trailer thing…then again, there’s many somethings very unattractive.  A yurt, however…now I could get down with a yurt.  

How can we send these “kids” some gear?  It’s an awesome feeling to be empowered, but feeling supported can be even awesomer.  

Nice, now I’m actually terrified.  Ignorance was bliss.  

acknowledging local government.  what a great concept.  

ditto toeknee, confident = good; aggressive = bad.  When I ride around Seattle (a very biker friendly city), I assume that every person behind the wheel is drunk, 1/2 asleep, late for something, and yapping on their cell-phone.  I especially liked advice #1: reading cues from pedestrians (esp. women with baby strollers), other bikes, squirrels, etc.