Bella Chu

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John Snow and safe street stan. Lover of 17th to 19th century cities but with more trees and less cholera. Not official record.

Bollards made of large rocks in NYC Wall Street district.
Eva Kail. Vienna urbanist.
Male carpenter “teddy bear” been on dark purple salvia blossom. These bees are large and a reddish gold color. They are gentle natured and often harassed by other bees.
Bus 276 to downtown Redwood City.
Neri Jose Alvarado Borges, a legal US resident, has an autism awareness tattoo on his leg as a tribute to his younger brother. He was put in a concentration camp for life because US ICE said this was evidence of gang membership.
Image showing election results. Scott Wiener won the general election with 77.8% of the vote and the primary with two democratic challengers with 73% of the vote.
There’s a reason toddlers are at peak cuteness. It’s because Nature knows that toddlerhood is when you are most likely to take your child to a public park and leave him there with a note that says “I’m a little shit and they couldn’t take it anymore.” - Bunmi Laditan Toddlers are A**holes: It’s not your fault.
Rich colorful street scene in Japan. Ghibli style.
A young child on a push scooter with colorful tassels hanging from the handles is approaching an intersection. There is a large car blocking the view so that a driver approaching the crosswalk would be unable to see her.
Apartment building. Simple box with cornice and mural on the blank side.
A cream and grey Trek mixte bicycle with a Copenhagen wheel, grey panniers and a wooden basket in front of a bakery. There is a colorful bag of delicious cupcakes in the basket.
SamTrans bus EPX with colorful wrap.
SamTrans Lunar New Year of the Snake bus wrap at the Redwood City Bus Depot. It’s colorful and whimsical all at once.
Chart showing US life expectancy vs healthcare expenditure. Americans spend 2 - 5 times that of other nations with much worse outcomes.
Graph showing the relative rates of road deaths for the United States vs peer nations. The US has completely diverged and now has the most deadly roads among peer nations, including Russia. Yes, that Russia.
Christmas tree. 7.5 feet tall and about 3’ wide at the base. A wonderful pine smell (which is giving me asthma symptoms), dark green foliage covered in colored lights and ornaments of various shapes and sizes.
Chart showing very high rate of road deaths as a cause of child death.
Deadly bike lane that claimed the life of a young scientist on Saturday, November 18 as she rode her bike over the overpass.