@jacksonp42
Urban Planner (by education, somewhat by employment). YIMBY. Humanist. Fan of science, nature, and science fiction. Unfortunately unable to look away from the train wreck that is American politics. Posted opinions my own unless otherwise indicated.
rendering of a 5 storey building complex
rendering of community space
earth building, affordable, inclusive, baugruppe ... in Munich. TERRA VIVA bauimpuls.info
Apropos of the orange satan driving oil up to $108 a barrel, my bicycle still gets 75 miles per burrito.
I have no idea what gasoline costs, don't care.
Sunlight travels 93 million miles to reach the earth
None of them through the Strait of Hormuz
billmckibben.substack.com/p/sunlight-t...
If you’re pushing housing in lowrise n’hoods, eliminating useless sideyards is the unlock for the urban design everybody says they want.
In exchange for sideyards that no one uses, you get better units, lush interior courtyards, space for trees and play, higher density and lower energy use.
Interesting notes on the historic link between our built environment and racial segregation in California (plus an incidental earthquake reference in the last image; hey, it's California).
"California—and several other localities—technically have a law on the book that allows cities to set a weight limit for vehicles on its roads, which many newer, larger SUVs exceed. The laws are largely unenforced, but could that change?"
Super fun read for your Sunday!
We asked the question: How did S.F. homes get so colorful?
The answer was a journey, involving battleship paint, psychedelics and a rainbow home a block from the Painted Ladies. (Which were once zoned for demolition! 🤯)
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www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...
Refusing to build supportive housing for those who would otherwise be homeless means more unhoused people living on our streets and in our parks, AND much higher public costs paid by all of us. It’s as simple as that. #UrbanTruth
If you built the highlighted yellow region of the Bay Area to the density of Manhattan, you could fit the entire population of the state of California in there. Don't tell me California is full!
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Not to mention our lungs and brains will be better off.
Virtual meeting details (March 25 at 4pm ET)
On March 25, YIMBY Action is hosting a virtual event featuring Phil Levin, founder of Live Near Friends!
‘My village has become deserted’: how Russia’s war is emptying its rural communities
How Jeffrey Epstein Seeded The Great Crypto Grift and The Modern Right-Wing Culture
Crypto and Bitcoin were vehicles for Epstein and his cabal of dystopian racists to make money, undermine democracy, subvert regulations, and usher forth right-wing populism.
thelefthook.substack.com/p/how-jeffre...
Corpus Christi is nearly out of water and will likely hit a crisis point within months. If nothing is done, and so far the Texas GOP don’t seem to be taking it seriously, the entire city would essentially shutdown hurting fuel and gas prices
Glory to you and your chair!
Sounds great 👍
Just think of all the ways Balboa Park could be transformed to allow for faster access by cars.
As this was happening you were told shoplifting and home invasions were grave threats you needed to abandon any pretense of sympathy to address.
high labor costs, expensive and anomalous standards, poor planning, and regressive taxation (the city pushes all of these costs on newcomers instead of taxing broadly to fund infrastructure upgrades which benefit everyone)
conclusive evidence we bombed the elementary school
Los Angeles landlord Twitter is crashing out as they realize that YIMBYs are supporting Nithya Raman because we want to end the housing shortage and that we don’t really care about protecting incumbent landlords’ profit margins.
No one knows what rural is I swear to god! A city of 94k is not rural!
#InternationalWomen’sDay
Our BBC podcast You’re Dead To Me has covered many extraordinary women from history, as well as broader themes in social & gender history. It’s a funny show, but we take it seriously, so why not give it a try? 😁
Here is a recent episode
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/y...
At least 10 people have died in Los Angeles County Jails this year (2 months). An unpleasant reminder that in-custody deaths are common AND very few people do anything about it.
abc7.com/post/los-ang...
Vertical farming makes economic sense, yes - for industrial locations that don't have multiple 'L' lines right out their front doors
www.costar.com/article/6886...
This is vibes-only but...single-stair just feels safer. Instead of a single wall of windows and a long hallway, like you find in a double-loaded corridor building, a single-stair building has the stairs right outside your unit. And you've got windows on 2 or 3 sides, not just 1.
Just thinking about how much nicer it would be if they banned traffic completely on parts of Hollywood Boulevard
Talk about creating a walkable, chill paradise on the Walk of Fame
Breaking: SC newspaper verifies portions of Trump accuser's story. Textbook journalism. Local journalism. Support your local news outlets. www.postandcourier.com/news/epstein...