Recent content by sean99090900

I think this is why the traditional NIMBY argument that X building should go into an abandoned brownfield parcel instead of a desirable neighborhood fails. By definition that brownfield parcel does not have a track record for desirability, and more than that actively has a record of being a...

I also saw this paper and really liked it, so often we talk about how much arbitrary zoning decisions make otherwise profitable developments not pencil out. It's good to have real quantitative market measures for how much damage they are doing. I would want to see regional or municipal indices...

https://mass.streetsblog.org/2026/08/11/city-hall-is-on-the-verge-of-cancelling-privately-funded-safety-improvements-for-deadly-east-boston-roadway

If puritanism is the fear that someone somewhere is having fun then I think much of leftism is the fear someone somewhere is making a dollar lmao. The same electorate in NYC so opposed to Walmart (because it will put local retailers out of business with low prices) are willing to vote for tax...

I mean their city government was a lot more dysfunctional than ours for much longer, probably creates more demand for technocratic excellence. I like the mayor and the direction the city is headed, but who knows, I don't live there.

Interesting paper about the negative impact of inclusionary zoning in California where they banned IZ in 2009 and then reactivated all previously existing IZ in 2017: https://bpb-us-e2.wpmucdn.com/sites.uci.edu/dist/b/5302/files/2026/06/IZ_Kouchekinia.pdf From the abstract: More units built...

I think land and labor costs probably force a pretty high floor for prices on traditional lunch options. A new group of lower cost food options would generate its own foot traffic into Copley just for lunch. I suspect the barriers are more regulatory than economic, Longwood is like 5x larger...

If not designed for heavy food truck usage, why not food carts. In the middle of the med school campus in New Haven everyday during lunch hours they have 20-30 of these tiny food carts lined up year round. Food isn't half bad and not that expensive. If the economics are workable in a small city...

https://www.wcnc.com/article/money/markets/real-estate/affordable-housing-crisis/north-carolina-ends-mandatory-parking-minimums/275-bc4b1b3e-bd88-452a-9886-fa28b3db274b

at least the updated wood has more units, I also liked the leerink better though

https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/57013c7d-22e2-45f6-a937-4f49104bd5f6 This was an interesting read for someone who knows very little about the state of passenger rail in Germany. I don't know that I would have predicted that the proportion of trains arriving on time has...

Man I wish there were more projects of this scale being built

I actually think it looks quite cozy lol

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-03/boston-suburb-quincy-to-buy-eastern-nazarene-college-amid-debt-struggle :rolleyes:

This is something I didn't know, that these modern temples don't just look classical but are in many ways built classically as well https://worksinprogress.co/issue/modern-hindu-temples/ BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir -- Chino Hills, California completed 2012 More examples in the article...