Just thinking about my walk home every day on Colesville
Just thinking about my walk home every day on Colesville
thereβs gonna be so many once session ends
the #1 drawback to corridor based development is you subject a greater portion of the population to every single negative externality of cars
to be diplomatic, i think this should be very low on the list of metro's station improvements. want a cheap and easy way to improve rider experience? inflict some economy of language on those loquacious ass PIDs.
I suppose it's an honor that the Maryland Association of Counties is "sounding the alarm" on the bill @acornpark.bsky.social and I wrote ahead of our hearing on Thursday. we've arrived π₯²
let your delegates and senator know: it's time to Bring Back Main Street ggwash.org/view/102510/...
I would say correcting for decades of biased and loaded planning language is an extremely reasonable take that not only helps to make communities more welcoming, but also communicates our priorities and needs more clearly
once again Montgomery County inspires the world π«‘
unhinged local google maps content below:
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youngstown truly a vacation of a lifetime if you're in a double-unemployed household
overcaffeinated writing general assembly testimony to vintage string cheese incident... a beautiful snow day monday morning if i ever saw one
still thinking about how i had a beer and a plate of ravioli and meatballs at the golden dawn for 15 bucks around this time last year
"Vacancy-chain research does not suggest new buildings can replace the type of deeply affordable housing that public subsidy enables. But the potential for market-rate construction to help even low-income renters is significant."
O that I were a mockery king of snow
I am begging all of the NIMBYs out there to spend all of their time and energy opposing the Trump Ballroom instead of much-needed housing in our cities
Greater Greater Washington endorses Andrew Friedson for Montgomery County executive
Greater Greater Washington endorses Janeese Lewis George for DC mayor.
π 92% of Maryland voters say home prices are a problem.
Two-thirds of Marylanders support the Starter and Silver Homes Act as a solution.
Baltimore County councilman delays housing project at train station until interested parties reach compromise. One of the groups is called "No Apartments No Compromise."
Nice to see media depict this as a stall and not as responsiveness to "community."
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"It seduces."
- Seduction
truly tired of people using their tremendous wealth and influence to turn this county into a mausoleum for the living
I see once again the NIMBYs of Chevy Chase have found a way to wokewash their megarich misanthropy into a concern for the environment
our delegates and senators need to hear from us! join me and @acornpark.bsky.social for our second-annual @ggwash.org Lobby Day in Annapolis next month where weβll talk to our legislators about the need for more homes. more info and RSVP here: secure.everyaction.com/0JXNmCrPD0-l...
only day 9000 of snowcrete sidewalks
These buildings outside downtown Silver Spring, Maryland are a glimpse of a past that actually existed, and therefore of a possible future. They are so interesting because in them, you can see how the timeline split right around this period.
Maryland voters also support tenant protections, including stronger fire safety requirements, rent stabilization, good cause eviction, and ending breed bans in rentals. These can, and should, go hand-in-hand with more housing production! ggwash.org/view/102300/...
Maryland voters want solutions, and they like what Governor Wes Moore has proposed in his Housing Growth and Affordability Agendaβlike making it easier to build duplexes and townhomes, as well as smaller single-family homes on smaller lots. ggwash.org/view/102300/...
@acornpark.bsky.social and I have been working on this project for a few months now and I'm stoked to share it with you! once again, Marylanders say housing prices are a problem and support reforms that the General Assembly is considering *right now*β
Once again, opposing housing near you is a fundamentally conservative proposition, and a lot of people on the broader left who share the thoughts in this video need to take some inventory of themselves.
the akira album art should've given this away
the pee is real