Today I learned +

[Mad_Jack]

I learned that in 2003, in Indiana, there was a major road project that was actually completed on schedule and within budget

https://highways.dot.gov/public-roads/marchapril-2004/hyperfix-6570

That's unpossible!

 

[trappedslider]

TIL: That there was a thing called The Chicago Taxi Wars

1920—Taxi Wars

chicagology.com

 

[DrunkonDuty]

Oddly, I heard about them just last week myself.

 

[trappedslider]

Oddly, I heard about them just last week myself.

I picked up the history vault sub, and so i'm catching up on some shows i missed during my move and lack of the history channel. One of the shows is mega-brands that built America (i'm sure some here would call it "capitalist propaganda") and i'm on the episode about car rental companies, Hertz and Avis.

Did you know before they switched to focusing on packages UPS also did errands anything from babysitting to being a chaperon for social functions.

 

[Ryujin]

TIL: That there was a thing called The Chicago Taxi Wars

1920—Taxi Wars

chicagology.com

And now we have tow truck wars, in Toronto. They aren't quite as obvious about it as daylight drive-bys but, then again, that was Chicago.

 

[dragoner]

And now we have tow truck wars, in Toronto. They aren't quite as obvious about it as daylight drive-bys but, then again, that was Chicago.

Chicago has those also:

 

[Ryujin]

Chicago has those also:

Yeah, ours are more circumspect. They generally do their ramming, shooting, and arson after dark.

 

[dragoner]

Yeah, ours are more circumspect. They generally do their ramming, shooting, and arson after dark.

They are in the news, and social media here as I live just south of Chicago; though it is more just gawking at "look what is happening in Chicago" which is a popular topic as nothing is happening anywhere else. Toronto is kinda sorta the midwest too, alot of us have been up there, driving the 401 is legendary.

 

[Ryujin]

They are in the news, and social media here as I live just south of Chicago; though it is more just gawking at "look what is happening in Chicago" which is a popular topic as nothing is happening anywhere else. Toronto is kinda sorta the midwest too, alot of us have been up there, driving the 401 is legendary.

Chicago is a sister city to Toronto though, in my experience, we have much more in common with a place like Seattle. More than once Toronto has stood in for Chicago in TV and movies.

 

[dragoner]

Chicago is a sister city to Toronto though, in my experience, we have much more in common with a place like Seattle. More than once Toronto has stood in for Chicago in TV and movies.

When I went to BC, it did share a lot of feeling with the US PNW.