Just two weeks ago, the deniers were out in force to ask why the tropics were so quiet. www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...

Join me and 100s of other fans of Greater Greater Washington next Wednesday! ggwash.org/event/ggwash...

Happy Autumnal Equinox. Happy Chicagohenge. Today, we move into another season of the year.

I've really come to think that many people recoil from climate politics, as they did from Covid politics, not *in spite* of the fact that the problem obviously calls for (can only be solved by) solidarity & cooperation, but *because* of it.

Rental rates for suburban office around the country top out at ~$35 PSF because that market isn't land-constrained. In a well-supplied market, price approaches the marginal cost of production. www.cushmanwakefield.com/en/united-st... Now, that ISN'T the case with suburban housing!

Was genuinely surprised that *TripAdvisor reviewers*, who famously will complain about anything, had absolutely NOTHING to say about infamously noisy data centers. These hotels are surrounded by nothing but data centers for a half-mile around.

I would love if good architecture or one more meeting could satisfy NIMBYs and get them on board with new housing. Unfortunately, addressing their stated objections is almost always a waste of time because they are fundamentally opposed to any physical neighborhood change.

Join me and 100s of other fans of Greater Greater Washington next Wednesday! ggwash.org/event/ggwash...

#MissingMiddleHousing may be tied up in Virginia courts, but it's already reducing for-sale housing prices.

“So far this year, DC has seen a 62-percent decrease in traffic deaths and a 10-percent drop in major injuries – traffic cameras and limiting right turns on red work.” Republicans in Congress want to override Home Rule and remove these critical, proven safety interventions - making DC *less* safe.

In May 2025, China installed 3 GW per day.

August 12 progress report from 4907 North Paulina in Uptown, and a photo update from this weekend chicagoyimby.com/2025/08/prog...

Hello! I'm at @yimbytown.bsky.social, speaking today at 4:15PM on Expanding Affordable Homeownership Pathways yimby.town/schedule-2/ #YIMBYtown2025

Q: How to think about housing policy in high climate risk communities? A: I worry about Florida. It used to be this belief that if you were a homeowner your cost would be fixed. Now you'll be faced with higher insurance, maintenance, HOA. That will reduce affordability for homeowners and renters.

I say it again: Get in Loser We’re Urbanizing California

Here are 10 provocations on climate and energy. Tell me if you agree, disagree or have a nuanced take. Drop your own provocations in reply or quote post. Start: 1. By 2030, the use of air conditioning will lead to greater increase in electricity demand than data centers. And it's not even close!

Extreme views are heavily over-represented on social media Social platforms’ tendency to reward hostile content creates incentives that systematically reward simplistic messages and extreme positions and this fuels populism www.ft.com/content/9251... via @jburnmurdoch.ft.com

This just tested even my capacity for surprise.

Just had the strangest ever interaction. I'm alone, walking at the edge of a walkway, and look down to check a map. An annoyed voice from behind me: "Then he slows down" Me: "What?!" Behind me*: "You knew I was walking behind you." Me: "No, I didn't!!!" Behind me: "Don't raise your voice!"

Aw man, no, RIP Maru the cat. That little man brought so much joy to my life for years and years. ❤️ en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maru_(c...

WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Amtrak cafe announcement listing about a dozen cocktails and noting that the IPA is the #1 selling beer

Trying to explain why international trade is good to an American: okay so imagine a burger (yes this is a real ad on the Canadian embassy in DC)

Ever wondered "why is there one senior housing high-rise in this small town" (like this tower haunting low-rise, ultra-NIMBY Takoma Park), maybe it was Sec 202 hudgis-hud.opendata.arcgis.com/maps/HUD::hu... Both zoning and lending tightened in the '80s, so more seniors don't get to live here.

Did Denver landlords simply forget to be greedy? Are they not warehousing vacant units and claiming a tax write-off? Did they forget to commodify the housing? What about their algorithm?

#mbtpubroll rolling early to Right Proper

1990 K St, one of a few 1980s Downtown DC office buildings that retains an interior "mall," is slated for demolition in 2026 mayor.dc.gov/release/mayo...

#mbtpubroll itinerary adjusted for expected but welcomed rain. 5:30PM at Lost & Found, back patio if possible 7:30PM (weather permitting) to Right Proper T St. Come one, come all, come pub roll 🚲🍻✊ #freedc

#MBTpubroll itinerary adjusted for expected but welcomed rain. 5:30PM at Lost & Found, back patio if possible 7:30PM (weather permitting) to Right Proper T St. Come one, come all, come pub roll 🚲🍻✊ #FreeDC

Something new to taunt people with the next time there's an endlessly rehashed debate about school zone speed cameras

Ironically, the Posse Comitatus Act was written by Southern lawmakers who wanted to keep Union troops out and assert local control over law enforcement www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

Great short video by TransLink explaining “the empty bus lane myth”

"Protect neighborhood character" is a phrase that can hide fear of change, bigotry against others, or crazy talk. It's a statement that planners should unpack, not just take at face value.

NHK has really outdone itself: an hour-long documentary about bullet train punctuality www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYqv...

“They just see us as little toy soldiers to put on the street to show some muscle.” Alex, a National Guard recruiter who requested anonymity to speak freely, told Mother Jones that the DC mission has deterred potential recruits and pushed soldiers to their breaking points.

This couple is having a picnic in the median of Lake Shore Drive

If you care about budgets, you should also care about costs. This goes for housing, too -- if you want more housing subsidies, you should also want lower construction costs.

Los Angeles rents are high, especially compared to the average pay - but it wasn't always that way. In this video, LA Councilmember Nithya Raman goes over the history of why LA stopped building enough housing relative to the number of new jobs, and how the city can reverse that trend. 🏠🏠🏠

This is A+. The comment about simulacra and nostalgia for nostalgia reminds me of something I've said about nostalgia for industrial past enduring _even in places where it's multiple generations in the past_. People attach themselves to, essentially, made-up memories in absence of other meaning.

SB 79 — our legislation allowing more homes near train & subway stations & rapid bus stops — is gaining momentum, including from environmentalists. Powerful piece by Tom Steyer — a leading environmentalist — about why the bill is so important for more housing, stronger transit & climate action.

Join me in Raleigh on Wednesday to discuss!

Yes, it's still much safer to ride the bus than it is to drive. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Possible #mbtpubroll start: US Botanic Garden Summer Evening open until 8PM w live music, botanical mocktails @wvistheduck.bsky.social www.instagram.com/p/DNf7l38MCjc/

Promises promises

Making it illegal to build new homes for yuppies does not keep older homes affordable. Rich people just buy the old homes and build luxurious new homes inside their walls, which drives up the price of housing. I understand that this is unsatisfying to people who want housing for the neediest first.

On its face it's nonsense. The Department of Defense will defend Union Station? From who? Homeless people? The only way it makes sense is if you accept that Trump sees the city like an upper-class women's beautification league in the 1890s. Less tents, more marble www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Construction costs vary across the US, but not by much — and not nearly enough even remotely explain variation in housing costs. For these lines to decouple, you need other regulations that are artificially limiting supply. www.nber.org/system/files...

"The city has already showed more interest in developing luxury condominiums than in building community recreation centers for children" How are these (a) remotely comparable activities or (b) mutually exclusive activities in people's minds?

The thing about abundant housing is that oversupply will happen. It's a perfectly normal part of any market cycle, and not even that peculiar to capitalism. (Headline www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/...)

I block "VaCaNcY tRuThErS" on sight, because they're flat out wrong. ggwash.org/view/73234/v...