Jason Aslyn

@CohenSite do NOT miss the cube houses

Ground transportation is shockingly easy at the Montreal airport. The polar opposite of LAX

@bobbyfijan Vatican City?

What's the most recent great City that **conservatives** built? I'm not sure I can think of one.

@mattyglesias Matt, please forget Lisbon and consider Panama City hadassahmagazine.org/2025/03/24/pan…

@UrbanCourtyard peachtree city does this with golf carts

When designed well, cities offer much greater independence, and freedom of movement, than car-dependent suburbs.

@aaron_renn california forever

There's no positive, inspirational vision of what an American city can be today. The Creative Class vision, best epitomized by peak Portland. And the related Global City vision, epitomized by Bloomberg's New York, were this. But those have faltered and nothing has replaced them.

@SukritGanesh Sukrit you forgot the very best part of el alto

Oh, and to top things off, it has an urban gondola system for mass transit as well as thousands of homes literally hanging off a cliff.

El Alto is one of the world's most unique cities: a booming settlement of over a million people at nearly 14,000 feet in elevation. Air contains only 60% as much oxygen as sea level, night temperatures drop into the 30s, & the risk of UV exposure is among the highest in the world

@realEstateTrent there is an alternative life waiting for you, Trent. check your DMs

Honestly sick of this, and there’s no end in sight. Anyone who says this isn’t a miserable way to live is lying to themselves.

@bobbyfijan @asymmetricinfo bobby, u r making quite a splash at the conference

Social media is both real life, and meaningless … but I’ll be a bit sappy bc this week was a blur The way people have responded to both what our team we have done (we built a factory in 6 months AND then built a house with that factory) and what we want to do: build housing for families in every City of country. Insane The number of people who want us to be successful blows me away. Not just bc they think we are smart or like us, (though we appreciate the friends) but those who WANT to see our vision for the world occur Those who have offered their trust/partnership in development or as investors. Overwhelmed Honored to work with a team like this. I have the best partners, and I feel like such a small part. We’ve done what feels like so much, and yet have everything still to do We are going to win. We have to. 🇺🇸🇺🇸

@mattyglesias @MattZeitlin robots do all deliveries. super high wages super low prices

The other thing is that lots of progressive politicians and activists who say they’re “laser focused on affordability” also want to add additional costs to delivery meals in order to better compensate workers, which could lead to conflict with the doordashing masses

@UrbanCourtyard i heard from multiple people at the conference that courtyard urbanism is on everyone's lips this evening

In other words, stacking allows you to move floor area into airspace so that you have more lot leftover for usable green space.

The point of multifamily is stacking multiple units, of various sizes and ownership models, on top of commercial space This is how you get more density, more amenity, and more usable green space

@AndrewDLewis @ThomBrady5 andrew are you attending the progressive abundance festival

@ThomBrady5 "Neighborhood Character" is the fall of the American empire

Boomers are willfully ignorant because they profit from status quo. They don't want to understand. Talk to a Boomer, see if they understand property taxes... and then ask about inflation, cost of living. It's purely tactical ignorance, motivated reasoning, playing dumb.

@bobbyfijan @americanhousing looks good - will u have a team member at festival of progressive abundance

At @americanhousing, we are *fundamentally* a Real Estate Development company Which means we looking to buy well located land (or JV) where it makes sense to build *infill* attached, non-combustible rowhomes We want to build where young people ALREADY want to live, so they can move out of their apartment, have a kid a stay in the City. Or where a couple can buy a Starter Home in a single family market where they can’t afford the huge house, but want something nice. Our business is buy land, build parts (in a factory), put those parts together on the land and then sell (or rent) the homes In terms of how that process will work … people won’t buy our homes as kits or customize them like a Tesla. They’ll simply a house on Zillow and go “That looks pretty. And it’s down the street from where we live. I think we could afford it. Let’s go look at it.” They’ll take a tour, say “Wow, this IS really nice, and we could see ourselves raising (or starting) our family here.” And then buy it.

@UrbanCourtyard @RepMikeQuigley about 30 family sized apartments in the building and the kids play in the large fully enclosed courtyard. two block walk to supermarket, short walk to brentwood farmers market and to public library and pediatrician

@UrbanCourtyard @RepMikeQuigley Alicia, good friends of mine are huge fans of your work and they found a courtyard urbanist building in Brentwood, Los Angeles. Their apartment is four bedrooms three baths with three exposures so light comes in on three sides.

First time I talked to my congressman @RepMikeQuigley, I was helping him unload his car of dozens of pizzas that he was delivering to the annual neighborhood summer party. I had no idea who he was. But then someone told me, and of course I went to chat him up about my ideas about developing an old USPS office and parking lot in the neighborhood as a courtyard block to address problems of family housing affordability in our neighborhood. He was super supportive, but we learned that USPS only answers to God/wouldnt dispose of the property.

@UrbanCourtyard @RepMikeQuigley what time is california forever presentation?

@Jason_Aslyn @RepMikeQuigley oh that's fantastic! I would love to meet you. I am speaking on Saturday during the California Forever presentation and on Sunday at 10AM as part of Livable Communities initiative. I'll post more soon about schedule

@CSISEST @CAForever @jansramek @NGirishankar urgent - i am going to the abundance festival in los angeles this weekend to hear california forever presentation -- what is the exact time of the presentation i do not want to miss it

America Needs a West Coast Shipyard @jansramek, CEO of @CAForever, lays out the case for why the United States needs a West Coast shipyard, and why Solano County is the strongest candidate to build one. Watch the full Betting on America episode with @NGirishankar here: csis.org/events/reimagi…

@CohenSite R U going to the prank bar party tonit?

A new bombshell modeling report by the State of Minnesota has found that small single-stair buildings with smoke-separated stairwells are likely to be SIGNIFICANTLY SAFER than typical double-loaded apartment buildings

@ecto_fun the river and the lake

it’s the style of buildings or the lights or smth. maybe the lights. dont even say nyc it’s a lot cooler than nyc. all the ones i seen look less cool

i’ve never been to american cities really but why does chicago look cooler than all the other ones. like the main city. it just looks cooler and i can’t figure it out

@travelvet215 @beanytuesday warriors reference?

@beanytuesday Yea he definitely fought his way home before out there

I think what makes Curtis Sliwa so endearing, despite his politics, is that he clearly comes from the Hey Arnold version of New York