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Hey friends, I quit Twitter for Easter weekend and never came back. You can find me on LinkedIn, which is more boring but also more professional and a lot less sticky. Be nice to each other.
Salim Furth
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Salim Furth
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"Salim is right, and you all are probably wrong." - @PTBwrites
- "Real" major American city test: MLB team within city limits NFL team within city limits NBA team within city limits NHL team within city limits“Real” major American city test: - population over 2 million in city limits - at least one 20-lane freeway that has traffic 24/7 - beach less than 1 hour away - quality Tex-Mex access
- Folks, no kidding, I think I've found the YIMBY North Star - the place that's basically doing everything right and everyone else should imitate:
- Here's my dream NYC subway. You're going to have a hard time finding a way to boost more people's job access than Bergen County -> Midtown.
- Big, ambitious #NY upzoning bill dropped last week - Caps minimum lot size at 1,200 (city) or 5,000 (town), @mnolangray - Ends parking reqs, @Parking_Reform - 4plxs everywhere, 6plxs near transit, @WNNProHousing @bradhoylman is sponsoring. H/t @JoshFerdelman
- Replying to @YIMBYLANDGalaxy brain: if we keep expanding the size of McMansions, people will reach 10,000 steps without the hassle of touching grass!
- With some more context: Austin faced a huge surge in demand and rents went vertical. Instead of merely flatlining at a new, higher level when demand moderated, the building boom (which was chasing the high rents) is actually reversing the spike.it’s wild that coastal cities have spent years debating if YIMBY policies will lower rents, and Austin just… did it they streamlined permitting, upzoned most of the city, and eliminated parking mandates. Tons of housing is going up and rents are plummeting. YIMBY policies work
- Replying to @salimfurthHere's a great visualization: Austin's rent relative to the country (@zillow's measure) is now the lowest it has been in at least a decade.
- Replying to @JeremyELevineThe Coliseum will be missed, it made every other MLB stadium feel so good about itself
- Replying to @salimfurthAh, hard to see the skyline in that photo. Here it is again... EDMONTON ALBERTA! 🚗 Market-based parking 🛖10k ADUs 4⃣ plexes anywhere 🧑⚖️local leadership + provincial oversight 💵developers pay for improvements
- Lifecycle analysis of housing should assume that the people who Boston evicts with its overpriced housing move to North Carolina, not assume that they die instantaneously (which is what this analysis assumes).Mayor Michelle Wu announces passage of groundbreaking Net Zero Carbon Zoning: bostonplans.org/news-calendar/…
- Replying to @atensnut
