Nine Shift

New Evidence Office Space To Decline

Here's new evidence office space will decline. 

In a NYT article last week with the great headline "Commercial and Residential Move in Together,"
real estate developer Helena Durst said "It's getting harder and harder to do office construction.
Housing is so much more valuable now, even in Midtown (NYC), it's taking over." 

With people living downtown, and apparently forcing out lower return/profitable office space, office space will decline.  Few people will live downtown and then commute to an office in the suburbs.

It's clear, and the NYT writer Matt A.V. Chaban confirms it, that mixed-use development is THE zoning of the 21st century. 
He writes, "More developers are combining commercial and residential space....an increasing common practice throughout....the world."

Our street this week.

 

Shut Down All Youth Prisons

When I was mentoring two young African American brothers, one stole some cigarettes.  
They also broke into a school and stole $800, which they returned the next day.
One of the boys is on the autism spectrum. 

They went to youth prison.  
Growing up, when my brother engaged in a similar really minor offense, 
the judge said "Don't do that again."  He didn't.  That was cheaper. 

Here's the story recommending all youth prisons be shut down.
And the money used better to both make our communities safer, and help get the boys on the right path.

 

 

Are Auto Sales In Decline?

Here's the story from Business Insider:

"Auto sales hit a record in 2015, after cheap-debt-fueled increases year after year. But in September, unit sales fell from a year ago. Year-to-date, sales are up merely 0.5%, on strength earlier this year. Inventories at dealer lots are growing. Manufacturers are piling on incentives to move the iron. Ford will close its Mustang plant for a week to deal with oversupply. The industry has been talking about a looming “car recession” for months. And unless a miracle happens, auto shipments are going to follow auto sales."

In 1916 train ridership hit an all-time high, but yes the future was the auto.  Today auto sales may have hit an all-time high, but yes the future is with trains.

Boys to be Punished for Donald Trump's Sins

We will predict that boys will receive even worse grades than usual this semester and next semester.

As retribution for the legitimate but misplaced anger at Donald Trump, we predict teachers will unconsciously take out their anger on boys in their classes. 

Stay tuned as we try to get GPA by sex in the next six months.  The end result will mean 50,000 or more boys being denied access to college just because of the Trump factor in gender discrimination against boys in school. 

 

Nobody buying Boy Scout popcorn.

The War Against Boys is Getting So Sad

The New York Times, feeding on the feminist frenzy against males that Donald Trump has provoked, is launching an all-out assault against boys. 

Here's the three stories it is running today:
*The Fear of Having a Son
*How to Be a Man (written by a woman of course)
*A New "Gender" Editor being named by NYT,

Look for an all-out assault by other media on boys, with boys paying a huge price in the coming years.

Julie and I harvested wild cranberries for the first time last month. Oh, how wonderful.

How Feminists Are Costing Dems Gen Y

The Democratic Party is losing Gen Y.  And Feminists are playing a huge role in costing Democrats the majority of Gen Y.

It began with Madeline Albright telling Gen Y women there's a special hell for them if they don't vote for Mrs. Clinton.
Here's the latest.

The Washington Post via Fox News reports, "University of Michigan has implemented a “designated pronoun” policy to allow students to choose the way they want their professors to refer to them in class. As a protest measure, one student created a new identity: His Majesty."

Here's the kicker (literally): The student, a male of course, said some professors have sent him emails showing support. But one professor has promised to punish those who abuse the policy.

So professors will flunk (how else will he be 'punished') students, mainly males, for stating their own preferred pronoun, as requested?   Really?  REALLY?   
It's a whole new way to kick out males from higher education.  But even more, it is alienating females in Gen Y as well.