GRIDS Vancouver
@GRIDSVancouver
@reillywood's account for posting bad takes about cities
The majority of Vancouver's land is zoned for residential use but forbids apartment buildings.
A propos of nothing, it's pretty nice over there these days. Give me a shout there if you have any questions about getting started.
A reminder that I am on Bluesky (same handle) and have a starter pack for Vancouver urbanism. It's great over there now; reach out to me on there if you have any questions about how to get started.
Starter pack for Vancouver urbanism on Bluesky (which is great): bsky.app/starter-pack/g…
Econ 101. All the solutions tried so far have been “talking about housing.” By automating that we free up humans to do high valued work such as building housing.
I cannot emphasize enough, as somebody who works with gen AI all day every day, that gen AI is not going to help solve homelessness in any way.
Thinking about the make-it-hard-to-use-indoor space-for-daycares -> “fine we’ll just do it in a park” phenomenon
re: the miracle, I would describe much of Vancouver’s planning history as smart+principled people setting up a system that needs an endless supply of labour from people just like them
Highly discretionary planning regimes are setting up the stage for corruption. It’s a miracle Vancouver hasn’t seen a major scandal. We should pivot back to actually zone for the housing we want instead of negotiating developments one by one. nytimes.com/2024/08/29/us/…
The internet creating reverse weeaboos for Los Angeles urban planning is absolutely hilarious lmao
"leading the country in having the fewest roadblocks and fastest permit approval times for housing" Having led policy and approvals process reforms in Calgary, I know what's possible to achieve here in Vancouver.
Alberta is on pace for a record-setting year when it comes to new home builds. READ MORE: trib.al/uaO4Tt8