(Not an) Urbanist

@Bulletproofbil1 @Midwest_expat @mnolangray White? This comment insinuates that black and other people of color are not native born Americans.

@_middle_danger @Midwest_expat @mnolangray I know many White tradesmen who earn a good living (own a home and support a wife+kids)

This is like how everyone assumes they're like a knight or a king or whatever in the Middle Ages. Nah, bro. You're the peasant in the field. In Trump's America, you're the guy installing drywall, and your wife, which you are unlikely to have, is scrubbing a toilet in a hotel.

@Serialkiller638 @Midwest_expat @mnolangray A skilled trade is a great path for those with just a high school degree. But we need to remember that a large part of manual labor is not the skilled trades. Our agricultural output depends on immigrants picking and sorting that really only immigrants are willing to do.

@dyebewtschlagen @Midwest_expat @mnolangray The National Academy of Sciences has robust literature on this I would recommend checking out. And who said anything about race or being white? And for the record I’m Irish with an Irish last name lmao.

@_middle_danger @Midwest_expat @mnolangray You’re a liar and I would bet my left arm that you’re not even White.

@choculatopguy @Midwest_expat @mnolangray So we need to remember the difference between anecdote and data. And even more so these are the skilled trades not general and agricultural labor which is the bulk of immigrant labor.

@_middle_danger @Midwest_expat @mnolangray When I was an electrician for over 10 years almost all my coworkers were either white or black. You're full of shit, fuck you.

@Midwest_expat @mnolangray The data is pretty clear about this. Unless you’re a high school dropout you’re more qualified than immigrants. The type of work you’re likely referencing is the skilled trades more than it is agricultural or general labor. The NAS is a good resources I’d check out.

@_middle_danger @mnolangray “Just having a high school degree makes you more productive than almost anywhere other than manual labor” This is just categorically false, the trades and manual labor are some of the best options for those with only a high school degree

@Midwest_expat @mnolangray I work in the trades and perform manual labor. The reality is that native born Americans don’t work these jobs. Just having a high school degree makes you more productive than almost anywhere other than manual labor. It’s why the majority of this work is done by immigrants.

@mnolangray Peel back one layer, and the progressive contempt for the working class exposes itself every time. They can’t imagine a life hanging drywall, and even the thought of it is something they consider a punishment for their worst enemies

@alanthefisher @north0fnorth Cleveland is basically a little Chicago.

@north0fnorth some of the other midwest cities are similar, but yeah thats pretty accurate

spending 3 weeks on the northeast corridor has really solidified for me how much of an outlier chicago is in the us. you’ve got this one row of high-density pre-car cities with high transit usage (for the us), one midwest city built like that 720mi away, and nothing else similar

@jayhastings79 @litteralyme0 This is how sociologist and demographers define it as well. Middle age is the “middle of adulthood”.

@litteralyme0 Let’s be serious. How about we separate it correctly… 0-17 is kid time 18-78 is adult time Middle age is 48 This generations concern with getting older and having to work for things is mind numbing

The average lifespan is 77. Middle age isn't 50, it's 38.

@JoshJunker2 One of the best downtowns in the country. Just spent the weekend there and got to see the weather channel broadcasting from the banks. Was a wild experience.

downtown snowinnati

@tampatude @NeotransB @CityofCleveland @DowntownCLE @FlatsForward @ohiocityinc @TremontWest @NOhioNAIOP @ClevelandULI Well put, and completely agree.

@_middle_danger @NeotransB @CityofCleveland @DowntownCLE @FlatsForward @ohiocityinc @TremontWest @NOhioNAIOP @ClevelandULI It’s a huge missed opportunity to not create a more holistic neighborhood. Otherwise it functions largely like a suburb, just denser. There’s still high reliance on cars with nowhere to walk.

Scranton Peninsula makes space for 1,000 residents Progress Pics: Triton, The Collins, Abbey Residences, Carter Road Subdivision neo-trans.blog/2026/01/26/scr… @CityofCleveland @DowntownCLE @FlatsForward @ohiocityinc @TremontWest @NOhioNAIOP @ClevelandULI

@AZinCLE Im in love

@_middle_danger The Browns want to move to the suburbs? Fine, we can have something better on the lakefront.

Build the Cleveland Sphere

@EksSkelly_Tweet @PostsOfGod It’s the best calculator on the market. Shush.

@PostsOfGod I fucking hated that calculator.

@Jennabenna24 And that someone might include yourself.

@_middle_danger I was saying I’m not arguing with someone who isn’t.

Feel? No I am.

@Jennabenna24 All I’m saying is that people who brag about how cultured they are usually aren’t very cultured…

@_middle_danger Travel doesn’t make you better than anyone but I’m not arguing with some random who thinks Myrtle Beach is a destination. Get a bigger perspective.

@hotfriesnqtpies @Jennabenna24 All right let’s reel it in there

@_middle_danger @Jennabenna24 white liberal women are literally the cancer thats KILLING America. they are very condescending and are obviously bored because they always attach themselves to some weird cause. its actually pretty troubling..

It’s hard to argue about the world with people whose idea of culture is going to Cozumel in Lakewood.

@hotfriesnqtpies @Jennabenna24 It’s meant to make herself feel superior because she’s “cultured”.

@Jennabenna24 I dont understand the direction this post is attempting…

@Jennabenna24 Comments like these me remind of when a lady wrote an Olive Garden review for Google and gave it good marks only for people rag on her for liking Olive Garden. Anthony Bourdain stepped in to defend her and shoot down the snobs.