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Post what you paid this week. I will keep the spreadsheet
Starting this because I already keep the file for myself and it may as well be useful. Format I am asking for: rough area, what type of thing, the size, what you actually paid including tax, and the week. No shop names, that is not what this is for and I am not looking to review anybody. What I want is a picture of the spread across the state, because I suspect it is much wider than people assume and I would like to know if I am the only one paying what I am paying. I will post a tidied version back to this thread every couple of weeks. If you spot me making an error in the maths, please say so loudly.
SyracuseSamLOCALDeals and Prices15615 days ago
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The testing difference is the part nobody explains well
I want to be careful here because this is the sort of topic where people overstate things fast, and I am not going to make a claim about safety that I cannot back up. But the piece I never see explained clearly is what testing actually involves and what it does and does not cover. Most of what I read is either an advert leaning on the word tested without saying anything, or a scare story with no documentation attached. Neither of those helps someone trying to make an ordinary decision, and both are apparently very effective, which is the frustrating part. So my question is whether there is a plain, boring, official explanation of what is required to be tested and what the results mean. Not marketing, not somebody assurance in a comment. I would rather read the dull version and understand it properly.
Licensed vs UnlicensedBuffaloBexREGULAR9 days ago2 comments
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Honest question: what would actually make you switch to a licensed shop
I mean this as a real question rather than a scolding. I hear a lot about how people should use the legal ones, and much less about what would actually change somebody habits. So I am asking the people who mostly do not: what is it? My guesses in order are price, distance, and habit, probably in that order, and maybe the fact that the place you have been going to for years already knows you. Whether those are the real reasons is not for me to say, which is why I am asking rather than telling. No lectures in the replies please, from either side. I am trying to understand it, not settle it.
Licensed vs UnlicensedFlushingFrankLOCAL10 days ago2 comments
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Home grow in a one bedroom apartment. Is this realistic or am I dreaming
Situation: one bedroom, two roommates, and calling the layout compact is generous. I am not asking whether I am allowed to, I am asking whether it is physically sensible in a space this size, and whether the people who share it with me are going to hate me for it. The two things I keep coming back to are smell and electricity. I have read that both are manageable and I have also read that both are the reason people quit after one attempt, and I cannot tell which of those is the honest answer. Also I have no window that gets real sun. If anyone has done this in an actual small city apartment rather than a spare room, I want the unglamorous version. Including if the answer is that I should not bother.
GrowingAstoriaAshREGULAR11 days ago0 comments
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What is everyone doing about sleep
Buffalo, up at three most nights, would like to hear what works for other people that is not a supplement pitch. I try not to claim things so I am just asking.
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Retired, curious, and slightly out of place on forums like this
Everyone here seems to know the shorthand and I am reading with a notepad. I am asking the basic questions on purpose because someone has to. Any other newcomers around?
Culture and LifestyleUticaUrsulaREGULAR11 days ago1 comment
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First indoor run in a Rochester basement: what I got wrong
Wrapped up my first proper indoor attempt and I kept notes the whole way, mostly so I could be honest with myself about the mistakes. There were plenty and none of them were exotic. Biggest one was humidity. A Rochester basement is a damp room pretending to be a dry room, and I did not respect that until it was a problem I had to solve in a hurry rather than one I had planned for. Second was overwatering out of anxiety, which every single guide warns about and I did anyway, because reading a warning and internalising it are different things. Third was that I moved too many variables at once, so when things improved I could not tell you which change did it. Next run I am changing one thing at a time and writing down the numbers daily instead of when I remember. Happy to share the notes if that is useful to anyone starting in a similar space.
Growingroc_grow_585REGULAR12 days ago2 comments
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sorts are fine, search is not
found what i wanted in two clicks on the boards, could not find a thread i posted myself last month. thats a search problem not a me problem, probably.
Site Feedbackbx_bodega_718REGULAR12 days ago0 comments
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Suffolk and Nassau are not the same thing
People say the Island like it is one place. Thirty years of jobs out here says otherwise. Curious how different it looks county by county for everyone else.
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the price difference between two shops eight blocks apart is insane
two places. eight blocks. same afternoon, same thing, and the gap was big enough that i went back and checked i had not misread the tag. i had not. i keep being told this is rent, taxes, volume, whatever. maybe. but eight blocks is the same rent, roughly the same everything, and the difference was not small change. at some point the explanation has to be that one of them just decided it could. what i want to know is whether this is a city thing or if the rest of you see the same spread. no names in here, just numbers, i am not trying to start anything.
Deals and Pricesbx_bodega_718REGULAR13 days ago0 comments
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Things that look good and also work, a short list
I am aware this is a niche request. Most of what I like is form over function and I have been burned. Anyone found the overlap?
Gear and TechBushwickBreeREGULAR13 days ago0 comments
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Is it cheaper eight miles south?
Half my week is in the city and I cannot tell whether the difference is real or whether I am comparing two random days. What are people seeing?
Daily DealsYonkersYazREGULAR13 days ago1 comment
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Out here it is a car conversation whether you like it or not
Nothing on the Island is walkable, so every question about visiting turns into a question about the drive. How are people out of state handling that when they come out here?
Visiting New YorkLongIslandLouREGULAR13 days ago0 comments
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Post what you paid this week. I will keep the spreadsheet
Starting this because I already keep the file for myself and it may as well be useful. Format I am asking for: rough area, what type of thing, the size, what you actually paid including tax, and the week. No shop names, that is not what this is for and I am not looking to review anybody. What I want is a picture of the spread across the state, because I suspect it is much wider than people assume and I would like to know if I am the only one paying what I am paying. I will post a tidied version back to this thread every couple of weeks. If you spot me making an error in the maths, please say so loudly.
Deals and PricesSyracuseSamLOCAL15 days ago3 comments
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City counters versus counters up here
Same week, two very different experiences eight miles apart. One felt like a phone store, one felt like a hardware store. Curious whether that is a city thing or just the two I happened into.
Dispensary TalkYonkersYazREGULAR14 days ago1 comment
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Commuting for a job like this from Yonkers
Half my week is already in the city so the commute is not new, but I am not sure it is worth it for these listings. Anyone doing it and willing to say whether the maths works?
JobsYonkersYazREGULAR15 days ago0 comments
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Storage in a small apartment with roommates
Two roommates, one kitchen, no space that is really mine. Where do people keep things so they are out of the way and out of reach? Not looking for product picks, just the practical side.
Edibles and ConcentratesAstoriaAshREGULAR15 days ago1 comment
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I read the last board meeting so you do not have to
I do this most months and figured it belonged here. I sat down with the agenda and the materials from the most recent meeting and took notes, and I am going to link the documents rather than characterise them, because my summary is not the record and I would rather you read the record. Two things stood out to me. Several items are procedural in a way that sounds boring and is not, because procedure is how a timeline slips by a quarter without anyone announcing a delay. And a couple of items got moved without much comment, which is worth watching in the next set of materials rather than reading anything into now. I am not going to tell you what any of this means for the rules where you live, because I would be guessing and I am not qualified to guess. If you want a specific item pulled out and linked, name it and I will find it.
Law and PolicyAlbanyArchiveREGULAR16 days ago3 comments
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Who is publishing numbers I can actually check?
Plenty of confident figures floating around and very few sources attached. Does anyone know of reports that show their method? I will politely ask for a source every time, sorry in advance.
Industry and BusinessIthacaIvyREGULAR16 days ago1 comment
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Is medical still worth it or has that ship sailed?
Fifty-three and sceptical of every rollout I have seen. Curious whether people who went the medical route feel it still gets them anything, or whether it stopped mattering. Genuine question.
Medical CannabisFlushingFrankLOCAL17 days ago1 comment
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Eight miles apart, two different worlds
Half my week in the city, half up here, and the small talk is completely different in each. Anyone else living in two places on purpose?
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Driving between counties with it in the car: what is the actual rule
genuine confusion, not looking for a loophole. i am in the car constantly, different county most weekends, trailhead to trailhead. so there is a thing i do not understand: what is the correct way to have it with you in a vehicle here. sealed? trunk? does the county i started in matter, or the one i end up in? everything i find online is either a lawyer ad or somebody very confident in a comment section, and those two sources disagree. i would rather be boringly careful than confidently wrong, so i am asking. if someone can point me to where this is actually written down rather than telling me what they heard, that would help a lot.
Law and Policyhv_hiker_845REGULAR18 days ago0 comments
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cold weather ruins everything up here
anything with a battery gives up in a truck in january. curious what holds together for other people in real cold, because mine keeps not doing that.
Gear and Technc_plow_518REGULAR18 days ago1 comment
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Same name, two very different jars
Bought the same name twice, months apart, and they were not remotely alike. I am not claiming anything is wrong, I genuinely do not know how much a name is supposed to mean. Is it batch to batch or is the name just loose?
Strains and ReviewsBuffaloBexREGULAR18 days ago1 comment
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the drive home is the part i actually like
long roads, no radio, windows down after a trailhead. the culture around this is all city noise and mine is a two lane road in october. anyone else out here?
Culture and Lifestylehv_hiker_845REGULAR19 days ago1 comment
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Can somebody explain the home grow rules in plain English
Second post from me and I am afraid it is another beginner question. My son keeps telling me I am allowed to grow a couple of plants at home now, and every time I try to confirm that for myself I end up in a document written for lawyers, or a forum post from someone in another state entirely. What I would like to know is what the actual limits are supposed to be, whether it matters that I rent, and where the reliable place to read this is. I am not asking anyone here to be my solicitor and I would not treat a reply as one. I would just like to be pointed at something official that a person can read. I have a very sunny south window and a lot of newly free time. That is the extent of my qualifications.
Law and PolicyUticaUrsulaREGULAR20 days ago2 comments
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Southern Tier feels like it gets skipped in these conversations
Most threads here are city-shaped, which is fair given the numbers, but I would like to hear from people between Binghamton and Elmira. What does access look like where you are?
RegionsIthacaIvyREGULAR20 days ago0 comments
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Island prices, and the drive tax on top
Whatever you save you spend in gas out here, so the sticker is not the real number. Anyone else adding the drive into the comparison?
Daily DealsLongIslandLouREGULAR20 days ago1 comment
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Cash, card, or a fight about it
Half the counters I have been to want cash and the machine in the corner charges you for the privilege. Is that a rule somewhere or just how it shook out? Asking, not accusing.
Dispensary TalkLongIslandLouREGULAR21 days ago2 comments
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Crossing a county line and watching the price change is a whole New York experience
I split my week between here and the city and I have started treating the drive as an accidental economics experiment. Same person, same week, same everything, and the number changes depending on which side of a line I happen to be standing on. Not by a little either. What gets me is that nobody involved seems to think this is strange. Ask about it and you get an explanation about costs and rent and taxes, and fine, but that does not really explain the size of the gap. Does anyone else deliberately time their errands around this? I am not proud of it but I absolutely do.
Culture and LifestyleYonkersYazREGULAR22 days ago0 comments
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A place to park primary documents
I keep linking the same agendas and filings in different threads. Would a pinned document thread per region be useful, or is that clutter?
Site FeedbackAlbanyArchiveREGULAR21 days ago1 comment
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Cost per serving is the only number I trust
I put a few things in the spreadsheet by price per serving instead of price per package and the ranking changed completely. Anyone else doing the maths this way?
Edibles and ConcentratesSyracuseSamLOCAL22 days ago1 comment
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Tourists ask me at work constantly
I get asked about this across the bar three times a week and I never know what to say beyond shrugging. Would love a short answer that is accurate enough to repeat.
Visiting New YorkAstoriaAshREGULAR23 days ago1 comment
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Things I have heard in the back of the car this month
Drive for a living, so I hear everything. This month it was mostly people arguing about parking. Not one interesting conspiracy, I am disappointed.
RandomFlushingFrankLOCAL23 days ago0 comments
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Cheapest thing that is not junk
Student budget, so I want the floor, not the ceiling. What is the least you can spend on something and not have it fall apart in a semester?
Gear and TechSyracuseSamLOCAL24 days ago0 comments
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Student hours, is anything part time?
Broke, in Syracuse, need something that fits around classes. Are the openings I see actually part time or is that wishful thinking on the posting?
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Best late-night food within walking distance of a shop, go
Purely practical thread and I will not pretend otherwise. I am a student, I have no car, and my evenings are organised entirely around what is walkable. So I want your list: what is the food, where roughly is it, and is it open when it says it is open, because half the hours online are fiction. Syracuse contributions especially welcome but I will take anything statewide, I travel occasionally and I plan those trips around eating. Bonus points for cheap. Actually, no, cheap is the whole point.
Culture and LifestyleSyracuseSamLOCAL25 days ago2 comments
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Thirty years in trades, watching this one get built out
The buildouts I have driven past look expensive and slow, which is familiar. Curious what people working adjacent to this are seeing on timelines. Not claiming to know the business side.
Industry and BusinessLongIslandLouREGULAR25 days ago0 comments
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Fifty-three and still not used to smelling it on the block
Not a complaint exactly, just an adjustment. Twenty years ago this would have been a whole thing and now it is Tuesday. Anyone else our age still recalibrating?
Culture and LifestyleFlushingFrankLOCAL26 days ago1 comment
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Is there a plain-English glossary for all these terms?
Every listing throws terpene names at me and I have a spreadsheet for prices, not chemistry. Does someone have a beginner explainer that is not trying to sell me anything?
Strains and ReviewsSyracuseSamLOCAL26 days ago0 comments
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prices in the bronx this week, tell me im wrong
saw the same range three times in a row and then something twenty dollars off it. am i reading the market wrong or is it just random block to block
Daily Dealsbx_bodega_718REGULAR27 days ago1 comment
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Talking to a doctor about it without the awkwardness
I brought it up at an appointment and it went nowhere, mostly because I did not know what to ask for. Has anyone had a conversation that went well, and what did you say?
Medical CannabisUticaUrsulaREGULAR27 days ago0 comments
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Every dispensary interior in this city looks like the same Apple Store, why
Professional hazard, I look at rooms for a living. And I cannot stop noticing that a huge number of these places have converged on one identical look: pale wood, white walls, black sans serif type, one plant, everything under glass, lit like a phone store. Once you see it you cannot unsee it. I understand where it came from. If you are a brand new category and you want to look legitimate and calming rather than sketchy, minimal and clinical is the safest possible choice. It photographs well and it offends nobody. But it also means walking into somewhere in one borough feels the same as another, and the neighbourhood may as well not exist. The places I have actually enjoyed being in were the ones that looked like they belonged to their block. Has anyone else noticed this shifting, or are we stuck with the white box for another few years?
Culture and LifestyleBushwickBreeREGULAR28 days ago2 comments
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hudson valley is three different places pretending to be one
between the river towns, the bigger cities and the roads out west of me the experience is nothing alike. anyone else find their county has nothing in common with the county next door?
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Could we get a source convention for claims?
Half the value here is people correcting each other and it would go faster if claims came with a link. Not a rule, just a habit. Would anyone else be up for it?
Site FeedbackIthacaIvyREGULAR29 days ago2 comments
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Getting there after a closing shift
I finish at eleven most nights, which rules out basically everything. Anyone else on a hospitality schedule figured out how to make this work without giving up a day off?
Dispensary TalkAstoriaAshREGULAR29 days ago0 comments
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Nearest dispensary means ninety minutes up here and nobody accounts for that
every thread about convenience on this site reads like science fiction to me. people complain about a fifteen minute walk. my nearest option is a real drive, and in january it is a real drive with a plan, because if the weather turns i am not making a casual trip for anything. so when a map says there is coverage in my county, sure, technically. coverage and access are not the same word. same thing with delivery, which sounds great until you look at what actually comes this far out. not looking for sympathy, just want it on the record when people talk about how much has been built. some of us are measuring it in hours, not blocks.
Generalnc_plow_518REGULAR1 month ago0 comments
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plow season is my whole personality, part four
snow in the forecast and i am already smug about it. how many of you have a season that eats your entire year? mine is five months.
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Splitting things is harder than it sounds
I use it for sleep and I would rather take half than a whole, but cutting evenly is a guess. Does anyone have a sane way to do this that is not a kitchen scale on the counter at midnight?
Edibles and ConcentratesBuffaloBexREGULAR1 month ago0 comments
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driving in from upstate for a weekend in the city
half my summer is the car and i never know what is fine to have with me on the way down. i am not asking anyone to tell me the law, just what people actually do about it.
Visiting New Yorkhv_hiker_845REGULAR1 month ago1 comment
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half the gadgets are a solution to nothing
bought a thing, used it twice, its in a drawer with the rest of them. tell me what you actually still use after six months, not what looked good in the photo.
Gear and Techbx_bodega_718REGULAR1 month ago2 comments
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The design language of all of this is fascinating and bad
Everything is either pharmacy white or nineteen seventies revival, nothing in between. I notice packaging before I notice anything else and lately it is all shouting. Is anyone doing something quieter?
Culture and LifestyleBushwickBreeREGULAR1 month ago2 comments
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Long Island has how many shops? Explain this to me
I do not want a lecture, I want an explanation. There are a lot of people out here. There are a lot of towns out here. And yet what I can find within a reasonable drive is a very short list, and my brother in law upstate has better options than I do, which makes no sense to me on population alone. I have heard people blame the towns, I have heard people blame the paperwork, and I have heard people blame the courts. Those are three different stories and I would like to know which one is actually doing the work here, or if it is all three stacked up. Somebody who has followed this closely, walk me through it in plain language. I am good at understanding things, I am bad at reading filings.
GeneralLongIslandLouREGULAR1 month ago2 comments
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Keeping notes on what I actually notice, not what the label says
I started writing three lines after each session: smell, how long it took to feel anything, and how I slept. After a month my notes and the marketing on the jar agree about half the time. Anyone else track it this way?
Strains and Reviewsroc_grow_585REGULAR1 month ago2 comments
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Capital Region: what the local agendas actually say
I read the local board agendas for fun and there is usually more in them than in the news write-ups. Happy to link documents rather than paraphrase if people want them for their own county.
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Coming from hospitality, is it the same grind?
I know how to work a counter and handle a rush, which seems transferable. Has anyone here moved over from bars or restaurants and found it any better on hours or pay?
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Do the posted hours mean anything?
Drove out on a Sunday afternoon to a place that said it was open and it was not. Is that normal or was I unlucky? I would rather ask than assume the worst.
Dispensary TalkFlushingFrankLOCAL1 month ago1 comment
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The city and the rest of the state are having two different conversations
Something I notice constantly on this site and it took me a while to name it. In the city the complaints are about too much: too many places, too much noise, too much of everything within four blocks. Then I scroll to a thread from someone upstate and the complaint is the exact opposite, that there is nothing within an hour and no sign of anything coming. Both of those are real and they produce completely different opinions about whether any of this is working. I think we sometimes argue past each other because we assume the other person is looking at the same landscape we are. I am not sure what to do about it other than say where you are posting from. It changes how I read everything else you write, in a good way.
GeneralAstoriaAshREGULAR1 month ago2 comments
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What does the medical route actually involve now?
I keep hearing it is different from just walking in, but I have never seen it explained end to end. Does anyone here have experience with the paperwork side and what it changed for them?
Medical CannabisBuffaloBexREGULAR1 month ago1 comment
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Two roommates, one couch, endless negotiation
Living room is the size of a shoebox and somehow there is a seating hierarchy. Tell me your worst small apartment standoff so I feel normal.
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Where do the public filings actually live?
I have found bits and pieces but no single place that collects the paperwork in a way a normal person can read. If anyone has a link that is an actual primary document, I will happily read it.
Industry and BusinessAlbanyArchiveREGULAR1 month ago1 comment
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How long am I supposed to wait?
Everything I read says start low and wait, but nobody says how long is long enough before you decide nothing is happening. I waited an hour and then talked myself out of it. What do you do?
Edibles and ConcentratesUticaUrsulaREGULAR1 month ago2 comments
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What do you tell friends visiting from out of state?
Cousins come in every summer and they ask me things I do not actually know the answer to. What is the honest, boring version to tell someone who is only here four days?
Visiting New YorkYonkersYazREGULAR1 month ago2 comments
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Four years in, is anyone actually happy with how this was rolled out
Genuine question, not a rant, or at least not entirely. It has been years now and I cannot work out whether the plan was slow on purpose or just slow. I drive all day and I hear the same conversation in the back of the car from people who could not be more different from each other, and the one thing they agree on is that it did not go the way they were told it would. I am not asking whether you like the idea. I am asking whether the thing that actually got built resembles what was promised where you live. My guess is the answer depends enormously on your zip code, which is sort of my point. So: where are you, and does it feel finished to you? I will read every reply even the ones that tell me I am being a grouch.
GeneralFlushingFrankLOCAL1 month ago3 comments
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Spreadsheet check: what did you pay this week?
Broke student, keeps the numbers. Post what you paid and roughly where in the state, no names needed, and I will keep the running averages in the thread.
Daily DealsSyracuseSamLOCAL1 month ago2 comments
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Does anyone else buy based on the label and regret it later?
I picked up something last week purely because the jar looked good, which is a designer problem I accept. It was fine, but I could not tell you a single thing about how it was grown. How do you actually decide?
Strains and ReviewsBushwickBreeREGULAR1 month ago2 comments
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Grad student. I will ask you for a source. Sorry in advance
Hello. I am a few years into a graduate program in Ithaca and I have been reading this site for a couple of weeks before making an account, which I gather is the polite thing to do. I should warn you about my one annoying habit: when somebody states a number or a rule as though it is settled, I am going to ask where it came from. It is not scepticism aimed at you personally, it is just that I spend my working hours being asked the same thing and it has rewired me. Half the confident claims I have read online this month contradict the other half, so somebody has to ask. In exchange I will do the reading and post back what I find, including when it turns out I was the one who was wrong.
IntroductionsIthacaIvyREGULAR1 month ago0 comments
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forty minutes minimum, every time
north country reality check: nothing is close and half the year the roads decide your schedule anyway. curious what the nearest option looks like for other people way upstate.
Regionsnc_plow_518REGULAR1 month ago2 comments
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What should a first visit actually be like?
I am sixty-two and completely new, and I would rather know what to expect than stand there looking lost. Do you queue, do you talk to someone, how long does it take? No names please, I just want the shape of it.
Dispensary TalkUticaUrsulaREGULAR1 month ago2 comments
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Three fans and a humidity problem I am slowly solving
Rochester basement, notebook for everything. My readings swing more overnight than I would like and I would rather measure than guess. What are people using to log it?
Gear and Techroc_grow_585REGULAR1 month ago1 comment
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the bodega cat has opinions about my schedule
came in at 2am, got judged. thats it, thats the post. bronx my whole life and the cat still acts like i owe it money.
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bronx, been here my whole life, here to argue about prices
grew up here, still here, will be here. found this place looking for what people are actually paying because every time i ask in person i get a different number and a shrug. fair warning, i am going to be that guy in the price threads. not to be difficult. it is just that i can walk fifteen minutes in two directions and the numbers do not make any sense, and nobody i ask can explain why. maybe somebody here can. otherwise i am friendly, i promise. mostly.
Introductionsbx_bodega_718REGULAR1 month ago0 comments
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Retired teacher, sixty-two, completely new to this and slightly embarrassed
I taught fourth grade for thirty-one years and spent most of them telling children to stay away from all of this, so you can imagine how it feels to be typing here. My knees hurt, I sleep badly, and my daughter suggested I look into it, and now I have a browser with eleven tabs open and no idea which of them to trust. What I do not have is anybody to ask. My friends either think it is wonderful or think it is a catastrophe, and neither group seems to actually know anything. I am not looking for someone to tell me what to buy. I would like to understand the vocabulary first, because right now every page I read assumes I already know what it means. If there is a beginner thread I should have read before posting this, point me at it and I will go quietly.
IntroductionsUticaUrsulaREGULAR1 month ago3 comments