ICYMI: Suburban development costs 38% more in upfront public costs & 10% more in ongoing costs than compact development, PLUS has only 1/10th the tax revenue per acre, confirms report summarizing 17 studies. Via @smartgrowthusa.bsky.social
The blunt truth? Sprawl is heavily subsidized by ALL of us.
Little Allie has crossed the Rainbow Bridge 🌈. Aged 17y 11m. Always the sweet kitty, she will be missed.
be sure to check out their FAQs
Electric, natural gas, or diesel; the greenest bus is the full bus
A common refrain of progressive urban politics is that “new, ‘luxury’ housing will not help solve the housing shortage,” Henry Grabar writes. But, according to a new study, “more housing supply of all kinds leads to lower prices in general terms”:
More evidence that even high-end housing frees up less expensive housing. “Filtering” is a real phenomenon. Increasing supply is a major component of housing affordability (but not the only one)
Using detailed address-level microdata, we trace movement chains originating with the initial residents of The Central and document three main findings. First, we show the building generated a substantial number of local vacancies. We identify 180 specific addresses that became vacant because of moves into The Central. Scaling to account for data coverage suggests the new tower induced more than 500 local vacancies in the three years after construction, by setting off chains of moves. Second, while The Central units were expensive on a per-square-foot basis, the homes vacated by movers were significantly cheaper. Homes left behind by those moving into The Central were about 40% less expensive. Unlike much of the prior literature, which track the changing neighborhood characteristics of movers
Even more evidence that building new housing decreases rents: Researchers tracked the residents of a newly built luxury condo building and found that they freed up less expensive apartments nearby.
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Tonight and for the next three weekends, the Langston Blvd Alliance is hosting an art pop-up event at the former Walgreens on Langston Blvd!
Great discussion at ZOCO Tuesday night. Alexandria and Fairfax are able to hold well informed elections while banning median (actually entire public right-of-way) signs. Just sayin
Yes. My understanding is that Alexandria VA does free buses for its local system because it costs more to collect fares than is actually collected
Had final lunch at Rhodeside Grill, which closes forever this Saturday the 21st. An Arlington institution that will be missed! #rhodesidegrill
But as of 7:30pm it still has milk and cream cheese and no lines
And so Minneapolis is all populated by “radical leftist domestic terrorists”?
Who ya gonna believe, the administration or your own eyes!
And if you are in head-in parking, face the street
DC area friends: don't forget to flip your windshield wipers up on your car.
Done!
OMG yes please! Ban those suckers! Worse than helicopter and jet noise. Worse than the rumble of I-66
Yes Earl’s is the place to go. Great turkey!
I figured out that way-to-get-a-seat hack too!
Metrobus sign is wrong! The 3Y will be removed, not the bus stop! The Art 55 remains. Please fix #wmata #artbus @arlingtondes.bsky.social
So true. Langston Blvd is 8 lanes wide here w narrow sidewalks. It isolates N Highlands neighborhood from access to all services except Moms Market and a 7-11!
The dick blinked.
A group of Cybertrucks is called a klan.
Them: We must freeze this historic structure in amber forever, so we don’t lose it!
Me: Can we legalize new construction of the same kind?
Them: Absolutely not
Slow Streets. What a great idea! Sanchez St in SF. All can use but designed so cars have to go slow through chicanes. Pedestrian priority naturally.
Hey DC Metro, how about some of these for us?
Yes Arlington is beautiful this time of year lol 😉
Spring is truly here! First nectarine blossom 😄
