Dustin C. Woods, Ph.D.

@Eric_Erins There are quite a few medium to large metros within a 3 hour driving radius of WV. So that’s certainly not the issue. While this isn’t the only problem, WV doesn’t have a large metro WITHIN its borders to subsidize the small cities and charming towns with their tax revenue.

I always thought the cities in West Virginia would eventually pop off. They’ve got incredibly charming bones. My guess is they’re just too far from a major metro to have a consistent weekender economy?

@LeighGiangreco So I went to Bad Apple in North Center, and they have a house sauce (very good) called the Everything Sauce. They also have poutine. Both makes me think the owner is from Western NY. Credentials: Lived in Rochester/Buffalo area previously.

Buffalo expats in Chicago, where can I order good wings on the north side?

Which pastor do we think will replace him?

@YIMBYLAND I take this book with me on walks sometimes like a bird watcher but with houses. Also, the book isn’t exactly “light” either.

Dudes see this and say “hell yea”

@THEChrisKessell Just to add some context, I’m seeing some parallels between college soccer and college hockey. Are people complaining that 25 year old Canadians who didn’t make it in Juniors are competing in college hockey? Because college hockey has been like that for a while IRC.

I just read a long article about college soccer, from a guy who is mad about two things. Schools like Marshall and Vermont are now able to beat schools like Georgetown (his alma mater) because they aren't stuck with the leftover kids once the top D1 schools pick who they want...

@StatisticUrban What happened to WV?

Here's today

Feast your eyes on another world, my friends - the median house price by state in the US in the year 2000, adjusted for inflation. California, below $400k. Florida below $200k. New York and Massachusetts below $350k.

@StatisticUrban Why does this feel like Chicago bait?

do any of you guys live in walkable cities that you really like that aren’t new york city

@mollyfleck I’d love to have it there! Closer than Logan Square. But I live in near Wrigleyville. Would have preferred it stayed there. lol

@DustinCWoods I was personally angling to have it where the Green City Market is in Lincoln Park.

Look at how much demand there is for outdoor communal spaces, even in the winter, and look at how much space we choose to permanently allocate to cars instead of people.

@jtyler_spence There are perfectly valid reasons why someone would prefer WV over France, but this “no-go zones” bullshit is certainly not one of them.

@sam_d_1995 As a WVian, this is a poor example. WVians tend to vote names they hear often and they prefer incumbents locally. The problem with WV is that the Democratic Party has completely given up on the state and don’t fund their candidates. They didn’t even bother with the governorship.

imo one of the more compelling points against the theory that “dems just need to become more progressive to win elections” is that a left wing bernie supporter ran for Senate in West Virginia and lost by 43% just two years after Manchin won

@StatisticUrban Plot both metrics against some economic data to see which group has a better sense of the economy. Maybe the Purchasing Manager’s Index (PMI)? Throw r^2 in there and we can just be like “[insert political party] voters seem to understand economics better in real time”

I have no idea what you do about this lol. It's so polarized on partisan lines.

@YIMBYLAND I mean, there are townhouses with yards. Maybe not an acre and a half, but plenty for a family to enjoy themselves.

Some of the most desirable real estate on earth might disagree with that.

@madswag4315 There’s nothing “wrong” with The Loop, but frankly, it’s kind of lame when you compare it to many of the other wonderful neighborhoods in the city.

@JGrantGlover With all this talk of consolidation, I think wonder what would be the best method for doing so. Have a vote and ask each municipality which adjacent community they wouldn’t mind being a part of? If Lake Barrington and Port Barrington both check Yes for each other then we combine?

Possibly the scariest thing you'll see today: there are six Barringtons. Happy Halloween!

@mollyfleck The sidewalk widths are terrifying

Los Angeles is a deeply unserious city.

Listen, Bridgeport felt like such an oasis when I was at IIT. Those buffalo chicken egg rolls at Turtles, and their reasonably priced beer, got me through my PhD

@StarLineChicago I still don’t understand why they don’t take all of that open land (parking lots) and just work with that. I’d bet the state would be more amenable to financial incentives if they did.

Opinion: City should use empty subway tunnel for its original use - transit cincinnati.com/story/opinion/…

@mollyfleck @chi_numtot Maybe I’m crazy but I would want a direct underground connection to the red line here for seamless connections. 😁🚇

@chi_numtot Straightening the track here would also allow for an infill brown line station at North Ave.

Land use is my passion.