If you spend some time in the bike movement, you may notice it is 100 years old. It is sobering to consider how little progress has been made in 100 years. It’s not that we are wrong, we just need more and better memes. Follow @urbantruth.bsky.social to sharpen your skills.

#biketooter #cykla #yimby

Na de zomervakantie moet de bouw van TreeHouse starten pal naast Rotterdam Centraal. Als je hier een appartement weet te bemachtigen aan de noordkant van de toren zie je de Eurostar naar Parijs en Londen pal voor je huis langs komen! De toren wordt ongeveer 130m hoog en is een mooie verdere verdichting van het stationsgebied waar de komende jaren nog veel meer torens komen. Beeld is van ontwikkelaar Provast. Architect is PLP Architecture. #rotterdam #construction #yimby #skyscraper #skyline

Duolingo creator:

"I went to school in Guatemala. I went to the school where basically all of the kids of the rich people go. Or like the kids of ambassadors and everything.

"Even though I was not rich, I received the education of a rich person, and that made me see things differently.

"This really changed my view in terms of what education is. A lot of people, when they talk about education, they're like, 'Oh, it's the thing that can bring social classes together.' I always saw it as the opposite. I mean, generally, wealthy people can get themselves a much better education."

https://www.wired.com/story/the-big-interview-podcast-luis-von-ahn-duolingo/

#teaching #wfp #public #yimby

Duolingo’s Luis von Ahn Wants to Delete the Blockchain

This has nothing to do with the crypto he lost the password for.

WIRED
How Austin’s stunning drop in rents explains housing in America

Austin has been a standard-bearer for YIMBYs for a decade. Now, it tells a bigger story about the cost of housing in the US.

Vox
Re-upping this thread given some related conversations with chief planners and elected leaders this past week. #NIMBY #YIMBY #QIMBY

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ny5w2k6brb2kdubxnevke6li/post/3mi3csjshts2j

You could argue all you want that housing is not a right.

Let's say I agree. Perhaps housing is not a right.

But a hill that I will die on is that one's ability to provide housing is a fundamental human right.

#YIMBY

RE: https://sfba.social/@MLNow/116371348454413610

Good. Scott Weiner is a YIMBY real estate shill and ought to be unendorsed, unelected, and mercilessly mocked.

#California #SanFrancisco #ScottWeiner #YIMBY

Strong Towns ABQ is entering a new chapter 🌆 Join us Wednesday, April 15 at 6 PM at Flock of Moons (111 Harvard Dr SE) as we talk campaigns, organizing, restructuring, and ways to get involved. New here? Come through. #ABQ #StrongTowns #Urbanism #yimby #strongtownsabq #albuquerque
12. So I’ll keep calling for more badly needed density, more change, but always #DensityDoneWell. Listening/learning, smart design, multi-modal, with livable amenities. Let’s keep talking about #NIMBY & #YIMBY. But let’s DEFINITELY not leave out my favourite, QUALITY IN MY BACKYARD #QIMBY. Thanks.
11. My observation is that, just like #YIMBY was push-back against #NIMBY, many cities are seeing a predictable pushback against any YIMBY that seemed to skip over good faith conversations about how to grow WELL. It concerns me that such pushback may see cities lose ground instead of make progress.