Lifelong Chicagoan, lived other places, & it just reinforced my desire to live here. My opinions are mine alone. Find me on the other sites, w/ the same handle.
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Trying to shift more of my housing opinions to bluesky, so find me over there with the same handle.
I still will be here to respond to discourse on this site & boost content that originates here, but you might see fewer original posts by me on this site.
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Fantastic piece about how adding supply to our rental markets improves affordability for all. wesa.fm/development-transpor…
"already crowded neighborhood" is such a galling NIMBY way of saying "I got mine & I'm slamming the door closed behind me"
There are multiple 5 story buildings already on this block. This low of a parking ratio is not out of keeping w/ many nearby buildings that have no parking.
Plans to build a 6-story apartment building on a vacant Rogers Park lot are not moving forward after the alderwoman announced her opposition to the project. buff.ly/3BXdJmM
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Mindblowing that builders have profitably built into falling rents in Minneapolis *starting from such low rents*
Median studios are $1,100. In older filtered buildings, $750 studios abound
Developers survive by begging top quintile renters to upgrade to $2k/mo "ultraluxury" 😂
A few months ago, @alexschief pointed out that Minneapolis (population 425,336) was building more housing this year than San Jose, San Francisco, and Oakland combined (population 2.2 million). That's still true, and it's not the only one
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You were promised econ studies on the effects of immigration on house prices. So let's deliver: An important new study finds that more robust enforcement of immigration laws reduces the construction workforce, which has led to higher house prices. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
In 2017, I paid Cards Against Humanity to protect a pristine plot of border land from Trump’s racist wall. But then an even richer, more racist billionaire—Elon Musk—stole my land and dumped his shit all over it. @ElonMusk owes me $100. #ElonOwesMe100Bucks ElonOwesYou100Dollars.com
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Parking mandates are bankrupting our cities.
ALT "This graphic shows monetary impact per Marion County resident, by average per square foot values of building, parking, and roads. Imagine that 50% of taxes were put into a “bank” for the road in front of the building and parking. It would take the building 42 years to pay for the road while parking would take over 3,000 years. However, roads only last 50 years." - The Root of Local Government Revenues
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To be clear, the new standard is a little less awesome than the rules in Europe, where carmakers must pass crash tests relating to leg injuries for pedestrians. And that has not been proposed in the U.S.
But this is still something to be excited about. usa.streetsblog.org/2024/09/…
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For different reasons, Xherdan Shaqiri and Gastón Gimenez were not good uses of a designated player spot.
The next Fire brass can learn from those mistakes.
#cf97
chicago.suntimes.com/fire/20…
It was fine, a pleasant situation for biking in fact.
Mexican Independence Day Parties Take Over Downtown Despite Widespread Street Closures
blockclubchicago.org/2024/09…
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Could be us on western, Cicero, etc
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I cannot wait for the 5/3 drive thru to eventually be redeveloped in the next decade when that too becomes more valuable as a location for housing than simply a drive thru ATM. When that time comes I hope it will be more than just a 4 story building.
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I am pleased to announce my support for 194 new homes to the heart of North Center, including a new restaurant-ready space, a green roof, and a public plaza. This proposal also includes the first Permanent Supportive Housing for survivors of gender-based violence in Chicago.
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The Medical Examiner's Office is no longer considering a move to the West Loop. buff.ly/3ZvaQDo
This is all I want from my sports teams, if you achieve this I can forgive championship droughts
Which is why everyone tut tutting the couch fucker jokes as "misinformation" was a disingenuous dweeb. They didn't hurt anyone, no one seriously claimed they were fact, & the people hearing the jokes didn't go out & start sending in bomb threats to Bob's Furniture.
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If you constantly say “they need to obey the law” when it comes to immigrants, but never for your preferred presidential candidate, please don’t expect us to believe you actually take the law seriously.
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Meet the Haitian immigrant who founded the city of Chicago. britannica.com/biography/Jea…
