Microblogging and ADU policy, @cayimby. Tweets about why housing is expensive and how to make it affordable. Also, skateboarding and pictures of houses. He/him.maxdubler.com San Francisco, CAJoined November 2012
So we've adopted strict zoning rules to separate factories burning things from homes and schools, only to create 100's of millions of tiny moving factories that burn things. Bang up job guys 👏
latimes.com/environment/st…
In America, people, on net, leave the richest cities in the country to move to poorer ones.
That is historically a really bizarre phenomenon. And housing costs are a clearly central explanation. usatoday.com/story/news/nat…
Urban progressives have decided that functioning markets, restoration of property rights, and competition are totally non-solutions when it comes to housing.
Except that everywhere real pro-supply reforms are tried, they work. (Austin, Minneapolis, Auckland etc).
Urban progressives have decided that functioning markets, restoration of property rights, and competition are totally non-solutions when it comes to housing.
Except that everywhere real pro-supply reforms are tried, they work. (Austin, Minneapolis, Auckland etc).
At top speed @SFBART could shuttle passengers directly between SFO and OAK airports in 8 minutes.
This is faster than the 11 minutes it takes to ride on the SFO AirTrain from Terminal 3 to the Rental Car Center.
Therefore SFO and OAK should be one airport connected by BART.…
So one thing I constantly hear from left-NIMBYs is, "developers would lose money from housing being affordable, so they would just stop building before housing got too affordable."
This doesn't make any sense if you think about it for longer than three seconds.
So one thing I constantly hear from left-NIMBYs is, "developers would lose money from housing being affordable, so they would just stop building before housing got too affordable."
This doesn't make any sense if you think about it for longer than three seconds.
there is no greater sign of a fraud than endorsing community gardens as a solution to any problem other than not having something to do with your sunday morning
there is no greater sign of a fraud than endorsing community gardens as a solution to any problem other than not having something to do with your sunday morning
💯 I’d even go so far as to say that except for the pussies in bio, extremely buggy UI, endless inane bluecheck replies and bot content choking every viral post, irrelevant and bizarre ads, and proliferation of nazi accounts, it’s never been better!
💯 I’d even go so far as to say that except for the pussies in bio, extremely buggy UI, endless inane bluecheck replies and bot content choking every viral post, irrelevant and bizarre ads, and proliferation of nazi accounts, it’s never been better!
What do we mean when we talk about "affordable housing"? Sometimes people get confused about this. We made this video 3 years ago to explain why saying "yes" to more homes helps solve the affordability crisis for people at all income levels.
The sheer amount of creativity and joy that North American planning eliminates, with its strict separation of uses.
We should let people do things. Homes above shops. Shops next to homes. Homes on top of homes. People instead of cars.
The sheer amount of creativity and joy that North American planning eliminates, with its strict separation of uses.
We should let people do things. Homes above shops. Shops next to homes. Homes on top of homes. People instead of cars.
this is true. the reason that prices for rent in Kansas City are lower than in NYC is that is that the landlords in Kansas City are generous and kind, whereas the ones in NYC are cruel and greedy.
this is true. the reason that prices for rent in Kansas City are lower than in NYC is that is that the landlords in Kansas City are generous and kind, whereas the ones in NYC are cruel and greedy.
You see YIMBYs talk about how dumb vacancy-truthers and NIMBYs are, and you're like "no, they can't actually be that dumb."
And then you see one in the wild.
You see YIMBYs talk about how dumb vacancy-truthers and NIMBYs are, and you're like "no, they can't actually be that dumb."
And then you see one in the wild. https://t.co/3PisxeXMtO
Just got one of those “memories from 8 years ago” photo notifications.
This was our BARF/Yimby zine in 2016 to explain to local Dem party people how to approach housing supply drama.
Since this hearing several legislators from majority party (and minority party) have expressed interest in getting the @TheCACoast under control. They are using their limited authority to exert way too much power than what was intended. It’s time to bring them back to Earth #2025
Since this hearing several legislators from majority party (and minority party) have expressed interest in getting the @TheCACoast under control. They are using their limited authority to exert way too much power than what was intended. It’s time to bring them back to Earth #2025
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23K Followers 709 FollowingTaking you deep inside the minds of NIMBYs(Not In My BackYard). They 🐶😙, I translate. Send me your NIMBY screenshots 🙊. PhD NIMBY Studies, UC Berkeley 😉.
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