Showing posts with label suburban logic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label suburban logic. Show all posts
Friday, July 24, 2020

Why 'destroying the suburbs' should be a Republican idea -- also, the Growth Ponzi Scheme revisited.

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Exhibit 456-90-2020 in our series, "Nothing In America Makes Sense." 'Destroying the suburbs' should be a Republican...
Wednesday, November 07, 2018

Ain't talkin 'bout guns: "Understanding Safety at Neighborhood Schools."

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Did any of the school board candidates discuss this? Don Sakel, maybe? I trust Strong Towns will forgive me for reprinting this...
Saturday, May 19, 2018

Comments to city council: "Let’s talk about Develop New Albany’s second edition of the Taco Walk."

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Let's all eat at Israel's Delicias de Mexico Gourmet on Saturday, May 19. Today is the second iteration of the Taco Walk, no...
Friday, June 16, 2017

Charles Marohn on the "incremental approach to development."

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How NOT to incremental it. This week, Charles Marohn is discussing incrementalism. I'm not expecting this to be a focus for the inc...
Monday, May 22, 2017

Urban, suburban and UniGov: "Municipal consolidation will only amplify the underlying fragilities inherent in our development pattern."

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I'm going to repeat something written two years ago during the pirate's mayoral campaign, but first, the 2011 article that prompt...
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Sunday, March 26, 2017

Snowbelt-to-Sunbelt migration? Not to worry -- we got Break Wind and Amazon.

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As of 2015, Louisville metro was growing. According to WFPL , "Most of the growth is happening on the periphery. If you were in, wha...
Sunday, October 30, 2016

"The town is broke because there’s a structural gap between revenue and expenses due to a suburban land use pattern that can never pay for its own obligations or maintenance."

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From the article. What is a talisman ? 1. a stone, ring, or other object, engraved with figures or characters supposed to possess oc...
Sunday, May 15, 2016

"A recent Newsweek article on urbanism is chock-full of nonsense."

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You can't reinforce this point often enough: A "free" market has not determined our development patterns.  The Media Att...
Monday, April 04, 2016

'How Long Before Regionalization Is Rebranded as a Suburban Bailout?"

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Last evening following the city council meeting, a friend suggested that one way to minimize the the hospital's effects on city infrastr...
Saturday, March 12, 2016

Team Gahan's walkability gap (2 of 3): "Is your city pedestrian unfriendly"? YEP.

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A classic example of the idiocy described below is pictured above. We have allowed the national chains Rally's, White Castle and Wa...
Thursday, February 11, 2016

Hard time: Otherwise known as the era of Louisville's (and New Albany's) suburban errors.

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Two articles, different eras, each providing a unique angle of observation. First, the here and now, with a reaffirmation of urban time...
Thursday, December 17, 2015

Mayor Jeff Gahan announces a new Deputy Mayor.

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On Wednesday afternoon, immediately after a group of presumed adults wearing suits donned hard hats, grasped shovels in non-calloused han...
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Saturday, November 21, 2015

Weyland versus Duggins on two-way property development.

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Photo credit: Broken Sidewalk . Broken Sidewalk tells the story of developer Bill Weyland's latest Louisville rehab project. Ci...
Thursday, November 12, 2015

ON THE AVENUES: The mayor’s race was about suburban-think versus urban-think. The wrong-think won.

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ON THE AVENUES: The mayor’s race was about suburban-think versus urban-think. The wrong-think won. A weekly web column by Roger A. Baylo...