If you are an immigrant, renter, or working-class resident in a major city, this guide is for you.
Not policy critique. Not self-help fiction.
An honest, practical look at what actually helps when the system won’t change in time.
“No miracles. Everything here is real.”

Read Essay:
https://thinkingprospectus.substack.com/p/what-you-can-actually-do-a-bottom

#HousingCrisis
#BrokenCities
#UrbanSurvival
#ImmigrantLife
#Renters
#CostOfLiving
#NotPersonalFailure
#ClassReality
#CitiesForPeople
#StructuralTruth
#NotPersonalFailure
#Urbanism

Boston public transit is broken. I've been waiting for almost an hour now in Cambridge. Five scheduled bus runs didn't show up (CT2 and 1). How does such a dysfunctional city even emerge in the middle of all this prosperity and technology ? I suppose the assumption is that people who have to depend on public transportation are probably not important enough.

#Boston #MBTA #PublicInfrastructure #BrokenCities

So I'm really late on the autopromo stuff and I don't want to feel guilty for letting you miss @comemartin new #roleplaying gem, so let's get to the point: there's ONLY A DAY left for you to back #BrokenCities on #Kickstarter. #TTRPG
I'm responsible for the game layout design, but also a custom deck of playing cards you can use to play the game AND play whole other games with your grandma! But hurry up cause we don't know if/how it will be available after the campaign…

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2060348300/broken-cities-an-urban-and-quixotic-zinequest-rpg