(((Matthew Lewis))) cults & consequences
@mateosfo
Housing theory of everything, buses, bicycles. Be the strange you wish to see in the world. Words for @cayimby, now available on Bluesky! Same handle.
“but if we add more homes to my neighborhood, where will i park” “in a liberal, free-market democracy, Susan”
NIMBYs in shambles.
Housing rising out of the shipping containers and barbed wire around People’s Park in Berkeley.
uh this is a pretty big narrative violation? 83% of Americans support giving medicine to developing nations 78% support giving them food and clothing 63% support economic development 61% support strengthening democracy close enough, welcome back liberal internationalism
“Since 2022, ~3,550 units have been lost as a result of Council modifications to the scale or the withdrawal of housing proposals in the face of opposition…The most significant consequence of member deference is the projects that are never even proposed.”
we are so very cooked
speaking as an actuary, i simply love the "you're on a 1-100 flood plain" and her asking "what year are we on?" just fantastic. you understand, intellectually, that basically no one can think statistically but seeing it in action like this is <chef's kiss>
Where a city council member admits the intent of their housing policy is to make a small portion of the population, in this case new renters, pay for jobs programs and subsidize a variety of public benefits that should be broadly borne by all residents.
My favorite Twitter sub-genre! Why humans won't be able to survive in many areas of earth when combined heat + humidity gets too high -- which is probably already underway, thanks to your Ford truck. Great thread. TL;DR: Don't die in a wet bulb! x.com/mateosfo/statu…
Humidity Rules Everything Around Me: my belated contribution to the AC discourse Maps below show the dew point in NC: 34C/93F and Berlin: 17C/63F. This is a proxy for the total amount of water in the air, and tells me we have 2.5x more of it than Berlin, which matters because-
Did you know that the Midwest actually has a “corn sweat” season where corn sweats out the excess moisture and increases area humidity and therefore the heat index? We grow a lot of that corn so we can turn it into an expensive gasoline additive no one wants, to then burn it.
"This is no longer just an insurance problem—it’s a systemic risk to California's economic foundation." Sounds bad! archive.is/WfZDa#selectio…
Decentralization of land use authority is *the most significant driver* of NYC's affordable housing crisis. A strong state that can make clear, rational decisions with input from the community needs to eliminate hyperlocal governance veto points like this. This is how good…
The Charter Commission’s Final Report significantly weakens the City Council’s role in land use decisions. This shift toward executive control undermines democratic oversight and meaningful public engagement. I stand with my colleagues who are fighting back. Our statement below:
SF creates technology for the entire world, and the only way to keep the $ in the hands of the workers and make it awesome for everyone is to build housing. Landlord NIMBYs like Aaron Peskin will hide behind "hate tech people" but we can't let them They're going to blame tech…
We’ve heard this same story over… and over… and over again in San Francisco. You want to lower housing costs in SF? Cool cool. Build more housing then. The same story, a decade apart:
"Why would you put bike lanes in Copenhagen? No one's ever going to ride bikes in Copenhagen."
Once in a blue moon they are criticizing ultra-optimized addictive smartphone gambling apps and, yeah, gotta hand it to them, that one is capitalism and pretty concerning
Every once in a while they are instead criticizing something that 1) is genuinely awful 2) is a consequence of government policies restricting supply and 3) is way less bad in places that do less government restriction of supply
Usually when I see someone saying something awful is capitalism they are describing something that 1) is genuinely awful 2) is a consequence of material scarcity and 3) has gotten much much less bad under capitalism
Pretty much every major boulevard in LA is wide enough to have this. Instead, we have wide travel lanes, on-street parking, and generous slip lanes.
One thing I wish we could take from Mexico City are their camellóns - interior trails within the median of streets