volunteer GGWash contributor in DC.
https://ggwash.org/contributors/prodrigue
pete rodrigue
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seems like voters in R-1-A and R-1-B zones voted disproportionately for Kenyan McDuffie.
(not a perfect correlation obvi, and they're still counting votes)
pete rodrigue
this piece by Patrick McAnaney was really interesting: ggwash.org/view/103581/...
yellow map: areas where McDuffie did better.
blue map: wealthy R-1-A and R-1-B zones that have only allowed detached housing for ~100 years
pete rodrigue
Why has housing construction ground to a halt in DC? Market-rate and affordable development are both crashing ā but not for the same reasons.
1. London Underground station flooding has reportedly been reduced by around 90% thanks to a group of engineers: beavers.
After conservationists reintroduced a family of beavers into a nearby city park, the animals built dams and restored wetlands that now absorb and slow floodwater naturally.
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Skaters say city-run skate parks canāt replace the history and culture that grew in spaces like Freedom Plaza.
Here's the precinct map of D.C., and you can see that @janeese4dc.bsky.social has so far cleaned up in almost all central parts of D.C., which includes Ward 1 and Ward 6, much of wards 4 and 5, and most of east of the river. This is an impressive showing by any measure.
