Clayton
4.6K posts
@ClayDesert
positive skeptic, CRE environmental professional, good time not a long time
The new "Red Tape Index" ranks US cities by how fast they approve permits. A few surprising results in here, but Ft. Worth, TX first and Cambridge, MA dead last are pretty much according to script. redtapeindex.com/cities
@zachpogrob It's a good retirement community, sir.
More than 70% of LA is zoned single-family only. Any LA politician who refuses to change that, like the incumbent I'm challenging, is not serious about solving the housing crisis and making LA more affordable.
You don’t hate Colorado enough
@RuxandraTeslo The question of why market forces don't generate buildings that people like is definitely interesting.
“Amarillo by Morning” is the greatest country song ever written, and the lyrics, “I ain’t got a dime, but what I got is mine, I ain’t rich, but Lord, I’m free” are the greatest lyrics.
Moreno accurately characterizes this as an anti-renter measure, still not clear to me why the anti-liberal horseshoe thinks that’s a good idea.
It’s amazing how fast we went from “we need everyone taking public transit to save the world from climate change” to “if you dont like riding transit when it’s doubling as a homeless shelter then I guess big city life isnt for you and I support you and everyone else who wants safe clean trains like in a normal country moving to car suburbs, go ahead, more brunch for me”
The guy who termed “Boomer Luxury Communism” has done more to get entitlement reform into the political zeitgeist than hundreds of millions in fiscal responsibility grantmaking over the past two decades
If you have the basic skills to participate in the discourse at all — like you can read and comprehend a New York Times article in order to complain about it — you’re in a weird, out of touch, elite bubble. slowboring.com/p/in-defense-o…
My super strong parenting opinion is that while the kids are awake, you come last. No spending all of Saturday golfing. That’s family time. 6 am tee time only, maybe. Wanna go to the gym? Go after the kids go to bed, or wake up at 5. In a few short years, they’ll be out of the house and you’ll have all the time in the world for your own stuff. It’s okay to come last for a while.
