@cityplanneractual.bsky.social
enjoy your tax base of fully depreciated, half-abandoned parking lot oriented development shopping centers and single dwellings, all assessed at their 1983 resale value
the urban core is no longer your pinata to beat tax revenue out of to pay for your treats
the urban core is no longer your pinata to beat tax revenue out of to pay for your treats
October 8, 2026 at 4:12 PM
enjoy your tax base of fully depreciated, half-abandoned parking lot oriented development shopping centers and single dwellings, all assessed at their 1983 resale value
the urban core is no longer your pinata to beat tax revenue out of to pay for your treats
the urban core is no longer your pinata to beat tax revenue out of to pay for your treats
We love a shot clock that counts the time the applicant spends fiddling with his keys between reply and resubmittal against the reviewers.
October 8, 2026 at 4:08 PM
We love a shot clock that counts the time the applicant spends fiddling with his keys between reply and resubmittal against the reviewers.
it's bad enough for decisions to be based on imagined traffic jams and parking shortages
it's worse when the decisions are based on traffic jams and parking shortages for people who hate being here
it's worse when the decisions are based on traffic jams and parking shortages for people who hate being here
October 7, 2026 at 1:03 PM
it's bad enough for decisions to be based on imagined traffic jams and parking shortages
it's worse when the decisions are based on traffic jams and parking shortages for people who hate being here
it's worse when the decisions are based on traffic jams and parking shortages for people who hate being here
District elections are bad because most cities' area is sprawl
being governed only by people who hate the city part of the city and think of it as a weird office park with a performing arts center and street people
(and a tax revenue pinata)
is humiliating
being governed only by people who hate the city part of the city and think of it as a weird office park with a performing arts center and street people
(and a tax revenue pinata)
is humiliating
October 7, 2026 at 1:01 PM
District elections are bad because most cities' area is sprawl
being governed only by people who hate the city part of the city and think of it as a weird office park with a performing arts center and street people
(and a tax revenue pinata)
is humiliating
being governed only by people who hate the city part of the city and think of it as a weird office park with a performing arts center and street people
(and a tax revenue pinata)
is humiliating
this guy gets it
October 7, 2026 at 12:43 PM
this guy gets it
someday I will apply myself to figuring out why blue laws allow kids into a light manufacturing facility where adults get shitfaced but not a bar
October 7, 2026 at 3:26 AM
someday I will apply myself to figuring out why blue laws allow kids into a light manufacturing facility where adults get shitfaced but not a bar
restaurants with dancing are not a thing here
dancing is often expressly illegal in any place that lets people under 21 inside
another thing zoning stole from us
dancing is often expressly illegal in any place that lets people under 21 inside
another thing zoning stole from us
October 7, 2026 at 3:24 AM
restaurants with dancing are not a thing here
dancing is often expressly illegal in any place that lets people under 21 inside
another thing zoning stole from us
dancing is often expressly illegal in any place that lets people under 21 inside
another thing zoning stole from us
Oh, you enjoy cooking? You're a "foodie?" Cook 2-4 extra portions and invite 2-4 extra people over.
October 7, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Oh, you enjoy cooking? You're a "foodie?" Cook 2-4 extra portions and invite 2-4 extra people over.
bike makers won't even do it with sprockets!
my first adult bike became scrap because I couldn't find SHIMANO 600 gears!
we need to impose cradle to grave waste management on them until they give up on planned obsolescence
my first adult bike became scrap because I couldn't find SHIMANO 600 gears!
we need to impose cradle to grave waste management on them until they give up on planned obsolescence
October 7, 2026 at 2:54 AM
bike makers won't even do it with sprockets!
my first adult bike became scrap because I couldn't find SHIMANO 600 gears!
we need to impose cradle to grave waste management on them until they give up on planned obsolescence
my first adult bike became scrap because I couldn't find SHIMANO 600 gears!
we need to impose cradle to grave waste management on them until they give up on planned obsolescence
what is with this administration's obsession with truck parking
truck parking is a priority project in the Safe Streets and Roads for All rubric
did buccee's bribe someone
truck parking is a priority project in the Safe Streets and Roads for All rubric
did buccee's bribe someone
October 5, 2026 at 6:48 PM
what is with this administration's obsession with truck parking
truck parking is a priority project in the Safe Streets and Roads for All rubric
did buccee's bribe someone
truck parking is a priority project in the Safe Streets and Roads for All rubric
did buccee's bribe someone
like... who? I'm too zoomed out.
businesses that support professional workers?
businesses that support professional workers?
October 5, 2026 at 6:19 PM
like... who? I'm too zoomed out.
businesses that support professional workers?
businesses that support professional workers?
Downtown landlords wanted Urban Renewal. They wanted residents cleared out and replaced with a tall office park and helped themselves to tax dollars to make it happen.
Now their heirs are shocked and sad that nobody wants to spend time in an office park.
Fuck them. Zero public dollars for them.
Now their heirs are shocked and sad that nobody wants to spend time in an office park.
Fuck them. Zero public dollars for them.
October 5, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Downtown landlords wanted Urban Renewal. They wanted residents cleared out and replaced with a tall office park and helped themselves to tax dollars to make it happen.
Now their heirs are shocked and sad that nobody wants to spend time in an office park.
Fuck them. Zero public dollars for them.
Now their heirs are shocked and sad that nobody wants to spend time in an office park.
Fuck them. Zero public dollars for them.
This looks like a job for qualitative social research and maybe even "new mobility solutions"!
where are these drunks coming from and going? where do they live? where are they staying? what time of day are the killing each other?
what a fun planning project this would be
where are these drunks coming from and going? where do they live? where are they staying? what time of day are the killing each other?
what a fun planning project this would be
October 5, 2026 at 5:24 PM
This looks like a job for qualitative social research and maybe even "new mobility solutions"!
where are these drunks coming from and going? where do they live? where are they staying? what time of day are the killing each other?
what a fun planning project this would be
where are these drunks coming from and going? where do they live? where are they staying? what time of day are the killing each other?
what a fun planning project this would be
those people are idiots and should be first given a shot at being educated and, failing that, taunted until they leave the public square
it's not kids on ebikes that kill 45,000 americans every year
it's adults in cars
and anyone too stupid to worry about that doesn't belong in "the discourse"
it's not kids on ebikes that kill 45,000 americans every year
it's adults in cars
and anyone too stupid to worry about that doesn't belong in "the discourse"
October 5, 2026 at 5:03 PM
those people are idiots and should be first given a shot at being educated and, failing that, taunted until they leave the public square
it's not kids on ebikes that kill 45,000 americans every year
it's adults in cars
and anyone too stupid to worry about that doesn't belong in "the discourse"
it's not kids on ebikes that kill 45,000 americans every year
it's adults in cars
and anyone too stupid to worry about that doesn't belong in "the discourse"
southern whites: genetically predisposed to thievery (stealing cannons) and lazy fecklessness (inability to even conceive of doing the work of building and working in cannon foundries)
October 5, 2026 at 4:58 PM
southern whites: genetically predisposed to thievery (stealing cannons) and lazy fecklessness (inability to even conceive of doing the work of building and working in cannon foundries)
If the West Pointers hadn't let the sesh conspirators spend a year stealing cannons and emptying out southern Federal fortresses of loyal soldiers
and hadn't quaked at arresting and hanging every sesh state legislator ASAP
we wouldn't have got the war that ended slavery. :/
and hadn't quaked at arresting and hanging every sesh state legislator ASAP
we wouldn't have got the war that ended slavery. :/
October 5, 2026 at 4:57 PM
If the West Pointers hadn't let the sesh conspirators spend a year stealing cannons and emptying out southern Federal fortresses of loyal soldiers
and hadn't quaked at arresting and hanging every sesh state legislator ASAP
we wouldn't have got the war that ended slavery. :/
and hadn't quaked at arresting and hanging every sesh state legislator ASAP
we wouldn't have got the war that ended slavery. :/
Andrew Jackson handled it with a single strongly worded letter
October 5, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Andrew Jackson handled it with a single strongly worded letter
Another big thing was that the generals in charge of the American army were all in love with the Southern elite because they were frat bros with them at West Point. They loved slavery and wanted to fight to a draw long enough for the sesh to get over it and rejoin as slave states, status quo ante.
October 5, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Another big thing was that the generals in charge of the American army were all in love with the Southern elite because they were frat bros with them at West Point. They loved slavery and wanted to fight to a draw long enough for the sesh to get over it and rejoin as slave states, status quo ante.
unlike whining ass billionaires who always cry that they'll flee the state and take their ball with them
property cannot flee the state
property cannot flee the state
October 5, 2026 at 3:36 PM
unlike whining ass billionaires who always cry that they'll flee the state and take their ball with them
property cannot flee the state
property cannot flee the state