This guy is a very conservative Republican Governor. But here he is right in this specific topic, Democratic Mayors should think like this in this specific topic. Now I think he is making a libertarian pint that people should be able to build what ever then want in their property, Houston style, that is not going to fly with democrats, but the lesson should be more about moving away from car mentality and to reduce the regulations that prohibit multi-unit housing and regulations that prohibit mixed used housing (business/housing mixed zones). North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum sounds off on city planning and regulations for causing high housing prices. Follow: @AFpost pic.twitter.com/7BXqLHNK2C— AF Post (@AFpost) March 10, 2024
About 11 years ago, I was working in an office* based out of Detroit when I learned that the city was declaring bankruptcy. We didn't really talk much about it. Just hoped that things would get better. Now, 11 years later it's a different story. Detroit's credit rating is investment grade (And better than Chicago's), the NCAA Sweet 16 is here this weekend, then the NFL Draft next month, the Final Four in 2027, and of course, the usual events coming through here. Nothing stops Detroit as the song goes. https://www.detroitnews.com/story/n...decade-after-historic-bankruptcy/73092243007/ *I miss that office. It was right next door to this book store, near a great sandwich place, and a fantastic record store.
How was our current city planning shaped? Interesting thread: Why are cities dominated by highways and cars?It's partly because of one of the most influential people you've never heard of: Norman Bel Geddes.In 1939 he created "Futurama", a huge exhibition that tried to predict the future — and ended up changing the world... pic.twitter.com/iLMrjcN4ix— The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) April 3, 2024
A decent read about Detroit and its rep, especially with the NFL Draft, where 700,00 people total attended. My dad felt like a kid again with how crowded Hart Plaza was. There's a part in the article about people visiting Detroit and being shocked, I hear that a lot. But really I haven't had a problem at all, my mom on the other hand, different story. But I had a lot of fun going to Detroit as a city as a kid. One of the reasons I have my people stuck in the 80s theory is because of Detroit. There's people I meet who had never been and go off the movie Robocop. Or people I meet out of state who mention they left Detroit in 2004 and hadn't been back, or left in the early 90s. My old boss, who was from Lansing and lived in Colorado was like this. Usually people stop talking when I ask, "When was the last time you were there?" On a related note, the guy posing in front of the Joe Louis Fist is awesome. This is the best I can get on the story, story isn't archived yet. 1785639372953399776 is not a valid tweet id
I could see going there for the Institute of the Arts and the symphony. And there HAS to be a Motown Museum.
The DIA is one of my favorite museums and I don't go enough. One of the best outside of NY. Kresge Court (See below) alone is a fantastic place to hang out, work, or study. Plus, the Diego Rivera mural, which is huge to say the least and just awe inspiring. My favorite painting in there is Cotopaxi by Frederic Edwin Church. It's also huge. The entrance hall, in the 2nd pic though, is breathtaking. And yes! There is a Motown Museum. That's also something I need to visit. And then there's The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, which is what I call a museum of what makes America awesome. Seeing Lincoln's chair, Presidential limos (Including Kennedy's), and a Bugatti Royale (Of which 7 exist) along with massive trains
Last time I went to Detroit, many years ago, was for a USA vs Canada soccer game, I got a hotel on the Canada side of the border. Bad reputation I guess.
Detroit's crime and murder rate used to be insanely high back in the 1970s and 80s. Without bothering to check, I'd be surprised if it wasn't at least 20 times higher than areas just across the river. So, that probably didn't help the city's appeal much.
The 70s and 80s were just not a great period for cities in general. New York was the Purge in the 80s to quote Sgt Jeffords.
Well yeah, but Detroit was still worse than most, IIRC. And when your crime rate is so much worse than a place right across the river, it makes that other place an attractive option. NY was/is still a white-collar city to a large extent despite people's efforts to make it seem like a tough place. lol
Not if you consider that the "place right across the river" is in another country, that, among other things, has a lot fewer guns per capita due to stricter regulations.
Why does it seem like English speaking countries build less housing? Something has gone wrong in the Anglosphere https://t.co/6Dn1YEebWU pic.twitter.com/oYCWp3l94B— Alec Stapp (@AlecStapp) May 5, 2024 Never ask a man his salary, a woman her age, or an Anglophone country how it’s housing policy is going. pic.twitter.com/lm89jntctz— Gary Winslett 🌐🇺🇸 (@GaryWinslett) May 7, 2024
My immediate reaction is, when I think of nations that are immigrant friendly in terms of policy and practice, that’s the correlation. IOW how would the chart look if the correlation was to population growth rather than language.
Wouldn't population growth rate be more important? This is what Gemini tells me about immigration growth rates. It was not able to tell me about growth rates in selected EU countries, but it came back with;
Unscientific survey to be sure, but you can get a really nice, modern 2BR apartment (with a balcony, swimming pool, fitness center, etc.) in a high-rise building in the center city of Montreal for C$2,500/month (>$2k US). Try and see what you get for that kind of money in a big US city...
Austin continues to go hard on housing. Minnesota at state level and Austin at city level are giving Democrats a road map of what they should do. It’s hard to describe how massively transformational these wins are for Austin. So much hard work has gone into this by Austin YIMBYs, The Mayor, and City Council.Huge thanks to @AURAatx @cityjane @TXReasSolutions @agreenfield319 @WalkableAustin and so many more…And to the…— YIMBYLAND (@YIMBYLAND) May 17, 2024
I was looking at a rent breakdown of Chicago a few weeks back. 'You can get' a 2BR apartment in Chicago for 800 bucks, but there are very few and in "bad" neighborhoods. Less than 4% of all apartments in the city are less than 1,000 per month. 52% on the other hand are above 2,000 https://www.rentcafe.com/average-rent-market-trends/us/il/chicago/
86% of Seattle's apartments are above 1,500 per month. vs 75% in Chicago. Definitely more affordable over here. But compare us with Austin, Texas. 'Only' 55% of their apartments are above 1,500.
Building anything in California is hard, but Costco found a loophole Why does the "Costco Prison" exist, and why is it designed the way it is?As often is the case, the answer is regulatory arbitrage! Costco wanted to build a store in Central/South LA.The problem is, new massive big-box stores are hard to get approved in LA. They're subject… pic.twitter.com/Imwb9tO6ql— Joe Cohen (@CohenSite) June 12, 2024