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Compared to a low cost of living region, that's a pretty high cost of living.

Also, property taxes are famously high in Illinois.

That lowers the market price of houses.

It certainly does.

I just want to note that HTTP only existed 5 years without curl or wget.

> If someone said 'pure Linux' and it meant the core without loaded modules I wouldn't be shocked. Not sure how useful it would be, though.

That probably wouldn't be a useful distinction because almost every module can be built in


Assault rifles were banned for 10 years.

They were not legal to buy until the 1980s.

That's not true, on a federal level. Colt was selling a civilian model of the ar15 to the public in the 60s

> Loose dogs can injure or kill random people they come across.

Loose people injure and kill a lot more.


Yes, but society(at least, western society) has generally agreed that the cost/benefit of loose people is reasonable and that of loose dogs are not.

American Football is Canadian.


> The solution is: make purchasing legitimate copies an easier and better experience than piracy.

They didn't.


But they did it. Buying, installing, and updating the game is incredibly easy. That’s exactly why I haven’t downloaded pirated games for at least 15 years.


There are good landlords. Unfortunately many of them aren't and there's not really a good way to know before.


Licenses aren't always required in all areas. But there seem to be fewer of those areas than there used to be.



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