Changing our cityscapes so that 44% of Americans lived in walkable areas would be the greatest sea change in American urbanism since the automotive revolution.
There's a far better case for banning social media for people 65+ than for people 16-18
"We think that building housing is part of the solution. We think net zero is part of the solution. We think a car-light development is part of the solution. We think building a sense of place and community is part of the solution."
-- leader of the Squamish nation www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/o...
one of my favorite recurring subplots in housing discourse is NIMBYs talking about any major dev project like it’s a form of settler colonialism and meanwhile actual indigenous people are like “we are going to build the biggest apartment buildings you have literally ever seen”
the fantasy of an unmobilized group that can reverse your fortunes if you just say the right words, is convenient when you can’t work with your actual coalition
Matthew Lewis -- living in the era of cults and consequences
paul khruangbin (Dan Lehner)
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If god had wanted me to be butch, she wouldn’t have made me so fond of rhinestones.
The price of housing is set by supply and demand. The #1 best thing we can do to make housing affordable and protect tenants is permit a ton of new housing in the places people want to live so that landlords will be forced to compete against each other on price and quality.
Yeah, the moment you give yourself license to be cruel to people if they meet a certain criteria, you’ll just keep expanding that criteria to feed the endorphin rush being cruel gives you.
"We think that building housing is part of the solution. We think net zero is part of the solution. We think a car-light development is part of the solution. We think building a sense of place and community is part of the solution."
-- leader of the Squamish nation www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/o...
I'm very struck by the research asking Americans if they prefer to live in a walkable area even it means having a smaller home. Pew has lowest percentage I've seen, with 44% of Americans preferring walkability, & even that is way higher than the share who actually have access to such housing
