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It's Time for Some Nuance on the Debate about "Sprawl"
Housing people is #1. New greenfield housing doesn't have to be the same as it was in the 1990s.
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Good Things Can Happen to You in Your Life
The internet can give the (inaccurate!) impression that everything is bad. Don't believe it.
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Cutting Fruit
The humble labor of middle class life and love
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Tent Encampments and the Right to Public Space
Whose rights should prevail in places like public parks?
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Against the "Totalizing Political Worldview"
Not everything can be neatly categorized into two opposing categories. It's exhausting.
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What Left/Dem/Urban Advocates are Missing about Labor
Furiously defending a theoretical ideal, avoiding the messy reality.
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The Answer to Trump's Attacks on Sustainable Transportation
He can do damage, but he can't just cancel out people and their beliefs, especially if they are deeply embedded in their own communities.
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Urban planner and writer thinking about cities and family life and the intersection between them. Pragmatic (disillusioned, reform-minded) liberal. Author RIGHT OF WAY. Working on a new book about children and public space.
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