SmartAss
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@RaiderCats123 @flatland_sports Yeah bro, that’s it, nobody wants to play tech because they are scared. Then why are teams scheduling actual elite programs instead?



I often wonder why YIMBYs don’t support minimum housing densities across all locations, which, by their logic, would accelerate new housing even more than just removing maximum housing densities where they apply.







Austin is not Paris. It cannot ban cars from downtown. But it can take simple steps to make downtown safer & more enjoyable for people existing outside of automobiles: austinpolitics.net/one-way-street…



LA City Council just voted to delay implementing SB79 (more homes near transit), and chose a plan that allows for the least new housing possible - buildings only up to 4 stories. Some of the more progressive members on the council pushed for a compromise that STILL delays SB79 but allows 7 story buildings. Blocked. SB79 still will apply, eventually, and this just kicks the can down the road. But the complacency and lack of urgency is astounding.



coworker (american) saying she did a minor in geography in college but can't find arkansas on a map


America has two extremes of new housing: Single family and 5 over 1 apartments. We should diversify.


Congestion pricing has been a huge success. Traffic is down. Business is up. The cameras are staying on.

“I genuinely can't understand how the previous generation saw this in 1999 and said "this sucks".”











