Is that really such a bad thing if more (affordable?) housing is being built? I'm not crazy about the design with the enclosed shared back yards, and those people will shop at Costco for the convenience, but it's not like they are building these ugly McMansions on 1/4 acre lots.
Yeah, people complain too much. The reality is, if we need to build more housing in big cities, that inevitably means greater density, which inevitably means smaller units. It also means narrower streets, more cars, things like shared back yards, less privacy, etc. This massive thing looks like a prison. So what? Prisons house lots of people in small spaces.
Repped for this. Bigger houses need bigger lots and more space between them. I cannot for the life of me understand why people develop neighborhoods that way. Build fewer homes on larger lots and charge more.
Related but Trump made a comment about Milwaukee being a horrible city. The same Milwaukee where the GOP convention is being hosted this year. Nobody hates cities more than conservatives, but nobody loves big city amenities more than conservatives either. That said, Milwaukee isn't bad. Speaking from being there 18 years ago, but it was alright.
As Bill Maher would say, 'not too different from college campuses, albeit with a bit less antisemitism'.
Trump has no taste in cities or locations in general. He has his own plane yet spends 95% of his time in either NJ or FLA - two states hovering just outside the top 45 in overall appeal. I didn't catch the "Milwaukee is horrible" comment but by any chance was it followed by "I'm gonna make it great again" ?
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I think that sky scrapers in such a tectonically active area on the West Coast might not be such a great idea?
I mean, I can see why Texas doesn't go in for skyscrapers . . if I lived in Texas, I'd go all-in on the sprawl. That would make it easier to be as far away from Texans as possible.
I’m curious as to how they define skyscraper. As for VA having only one, I’d say that Arlington Cty VA has more than one, enough to make the landing or takeoff from National difficult. As for MD, I’d venture that Baltimore has more than 3.
I don't get the second post. Isn't that still 2 cities more* than all of Europe? * if for whatever reason we are defining a "city" as having a lot of skyscrapers
Right. I mean, SF is the second most densely populated city in the US. You don't get like that by living in single family homes or by building strip malls.
Also the Height of Buildings Act of 1910 limits the building heights in DC -- as not to overshadow the Capitol Building and the Washington Monument. I heard something last year where Mayor Muriel Bowser asked the city council to raise it due to housing issues.
So, there has been a study here in Denver to see how just giving cash, no strings attached, to the unhoused would effect their lives. For us here in this corner of the world, it is probably about what you expect, but puts a good argument against those saying "no" to giving cash to the unhoused. I've talked about his before, and here is a 10 month update. https://coloradosun.com/2024/06/19/homeless-payments/ More than 800 people were selected to participate in the Denver Basic Income Project while they were living on the streets, in shelters, on friends’ couches or in vehicles. They were separated into three groups. Group A received $1,000 per month for a year. Group B received $6,500 the first month and $500 for the next 11 months. And group C, the control group, received $50 per month. Among the other interesting findings: There was no statistical difference in people’s reported use of illegal drugs. On average, people reported using illegal substances somewhere between zero and four times per month, both at the start and the end of the study. Stress and anxiety levels reported by participants were slightly higher at the end of the study compared to the start, though researchers speculated that participants likely were worried about the end of payments. Parents of kids under 18, however, reported statistically significant improvements in “parental distress” after receiving money for 10 months. They are trying to get more funding to lengthen the study.
Supply side economics at work. "There are 12 U.S. markets where Class C rents are falling at least 6% YoY. What is the common denominator? You guessed it: Supply. All 12 have supply expansion rates ABOVE the U.S. average." 1761028332781478227 is not a valid tweet id His bio. @jayparsons 'Rental housing economist, Dad x5 and suffering Cowboys fan ... Rental housing is essential, misunderstood and we need more of it.'
It is pretty mindblowing how many 3-6 story condo/apartment complexes are popping up all over just outside of downtown SLC. The suburbs are still NIMBYing super hard, but even the town and city centers are blazing through the opposition.
So the NYC congestion charges are creating all kinds of discussions. An interesting one is how some people want to argue that people should use public transit and stop driving (a very good idea). Some people argue back that the subways are not safe (even when they are way safer than driving) and give examples of this, but the answer from some members of the woke left is to tell them, svck it up or move to the suburbs. https://www.cartoonshateher.com/p/subways-are-for-babies The thing, if we want more people to use public transit, it has to be cleaner, safer, more dependable than what it currently is. The idea that subways are a safe space for criminals, mentally ill people and the homeless needs to change. We on the left look at public transit in Japan and bitch that why doesn't our governments build that for us, but at the same time we bitch when governments try to enforce behavioral rules like they have in Japan. (I know different cultures and we do have way more freedoms in America, like the freedom to be assholes). But we have to find a way where families can use public transit in a somewhat safe way.