![]() For a long time, that envy inspired mostly emulation. “There’s a lot of pent-up envy of San Francisco from a lot of other cities that think of themselves as more important,” one local told me recently. It grew rich, and seemed to climb out of the Great Recession with both influence and a mandate. ![]() It invested in lush, landscaped parks, tree-lined boulevards, and world-class museums where there had been none. No city excelled at the assignment more than San Francisco. metropolis has been what’s often called urban renewal: transforming old frameworks into beautiful, dynamic settings for prosperous middle-class life. Since the end of the industrial period, the main path of the U.S. ![]() The change has been unsettling because the city’s broad project is widely shared. Now the same place is viewed as an emblem of American collapse. Kennedy, Jr., lamented the many Americans who “are on the precipice of ending up on a corner like this.”) Nine years ago, when HBO premièred the series “ Silicon Valley,” a deadpan comedy lampooning the Bay Area’s life-style blandishments and hapless global power, the city seemed to exist in a helium balloon, floating ever upward. (“It’s really collapsed because of leftist policies,” Ron DeSantis repined in his spot. Throughout the summer, Presidential hopefuls came to town to stand on grim street corners and record their horror for the cameras. In May, a local pet owner claimed that her Himalayan sheepdog began “wobbling” after eating feces possibly containing opioids and marijuana. “They took down the guardrails around personal responsibility,” the Wall Street Journal columnist Daniel Henninger declared on Fox News. Drug-overdose deaths are surging reports of theft on downtown streets, including an almost two-hundred-per-cent increase in car break-ins in 2021, have crossed the national media to censorious response. As the pandemic recedes, nearly a quarter of offices downtown are said to be vacant, the worst rate in the nation. Part of me wants to just pay someone to build this simple pulley mechanism on a fucking aluminum bar from scratch, but I am confident someone sells it and I'd be reinventing the wheel.In the past few years, accounts of San Francisco’s unravelling-less like a tired sweater than a ball of yarn caught in a boat propeller-have spread with the authority of gossip or folklore. I want a solid aluminum bar with as few moving parts as possible, and I say that because I see the ones on Amazon have nothing but fragile plastic with no way to service once they inevitably break. Some of those reviews for the Harbor Freight ones talk about lifting a brick with the tool, which is the opposite of what I need. I'm looking at some of the industrial options, Harbor Freight namely, but worry they will be too heavy and not very easy to squeeze. I'm not adverse to a higher price tag as long as this fucking thing will still be functional in a year. I don't particularly care about lifting heavy items, as that's barely feasible for me even if the grabber tool could hold up. I'm balls deep in Amazon reviews and getting really frustrated seeing "best sellers" touting 30k+ reviews which are mostly from 2017, with recent reviews being either absent or extremely negative about the product. I was able to maintain some semblance of cleanliness in my apartment, which made me feel so much better not needing to rely on others as much as I already do.įinally it broke, and I'm looking to get a better one. I had it hanging next to my bed and it made a world of difference. It buckled when lifting even a light t shirt, but it worked. I feel really annoyed at Amazon for how they pushed this item when it clearly was not of quality. ![]() I was (extremely kindly) gifted a grabber which was an Amazon best seller. Hiya, I have chronic pain and bending over is especially painful. The mods are somewhat flexible with the rules as long as the OP explains in the comments. Please remember to abide by Reddiquette.To make it easier for the community to help, also include your budget (if any) and what country you are buying in.Ħ please be descriptive with your posting, posts must include the products brand, years owned or date of purchase, circa the decade is acceptable on items older than 1990Ĩ /r/BuyItForLife is not a place to advertise your business or sell your product. Requests Must be flaired with the request flair and if you are satisfied with the answers please mark the post as such.Ģb be sure to first use the search bar and check the sidebar before making a request. Products that are well-made and durable (even if they won't last a lifetime) are accepted.Ģa Requests are posts where you are looking for help/recommendations on a certain type of a product or Opinions on a certain item. ![]() For practical, durable and quality made products that are made to last.ġ This is a subreddit emphasizing products that are Durable, Practical, Proven, and Made-to-Last. ![]()
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