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Ricco
@riccoja
Tax policy researcher
Brooklyn, NY
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    Ricco
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    Nov 30, 2023
    No one fully appreciates how volatile income is. People get raises, they become unemployed or disabled, they marry or divorce, they retire, they appear temporarily rich from an asset sale, etc. Nearly half of this year's top 1% will not be in next year's top 1%:
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    Ricco
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    Mar 20, 2024
    Replying to @MattZeitlin
    yeah, this is exactly what's going on behind those posts that're like "ok but grocery shopping is literally more expensive than eating out??"
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    Ricco
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    Apr 9, 2024
    Replying to @bobbyfijan
    among other things these terraces are great for proposals 😎
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    Ricco
    @riccoja
    Nov 20, 2021
    Rebranding as a fashy trad account
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    Ricco
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    Oct 20, 2023
    Replying to @RollingStone
    "pea coat" is a hilarious tell here, proof that they can't even be bothered to update the signifier madlibs in decade-old recycled memes
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    Ricco
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    Apr 12, 2017
    Philadelphia is probably the only North American city that develops on tiny streets narrower than most alleys (2014 vs 2016)
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    Ricco
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    Dec 4, 2021
    Replying to @akgerber
    this is true of almost any public-facing regulation.
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    Ricco
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    Jan 29, 2022
    If I were SEPTA I would simply run my heavy rail operations at a usable frequency.
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    Ricco
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    Nov 28, 2018
    Remember: any policy vision that centers around using homeownership as a vehicle for building wealth has to reckon with the fact that housing is one of the only assets with a return that depends on the race of the owner
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    Pete Saunders
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    Nov 28, 2018
    This is amazing research that demonstrates how the impact of segregationist policies linger long after the policies are *officially* abolished. The devaluation of assets in black neighborhoods brook.gs/2Ad4ICL via @BrookingsInst
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    Ricco
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    Dec 22, 2017
    Great profile of Philly's affordable SFH vernacular, the Trinity: philly.com/philly/hp/news…
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    Ricco
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    Feb 17, 2019
    Amazon does the exact thing that shareholder revolution critics want American businesses to do — invest more out of retained earnings at the expense of immediate payments to shareholders — and still catches flack 🤷‍♂️
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    Ricco
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    Feb 8, 2019
    this pic always blows my mind
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    Ricco
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    Jun 21, 2023
    NYC rental market looking healthy as always
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    Ricco
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    Jul 15, 2018
    I'm a broken record on this, but: the only thing that has allowed DC to prevent a SF-style housing crisis has been the political ability to build on low-hanging fruit brownfield-ish sites. And when that's eaten up? 😬😬😬
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    Market Urbanism
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    Jul 15, 2018
    Former DC Mayor Anthony Williams, on why the area around Nationals Park boomed and gentrified: “I couldn’t push for more density in Northwest because those are the voters who brought me to the dance.” washingtonpost.com/classic-apps/t…