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@YIMBYLAND

6 months

Show some damn respect for our boys in green 🫡

Tetrahedron

@greenTetra_

6 months

did you guys know that if you get promoted enough times as a garbageman in nyc they eventually make you wear a fake generals outfit with full regalia

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Squatting is bad and people should be able to kick squatters out of their house without issue. The idea that this is controversial is insane.

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Lmaooo Imagine being triggered this hard by street vendors. Soft AF.

Lola 💃🏽🇺🇸

@LibsSuckaBigOne

1 month

NYC folks! Greatest city in the world? Not anymore. This is lower Manhattan 🤮🤮🤮

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Dudes in Texas right now

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29 days

Trying to gatekeep a rust belt city that has lost 300k people and continues to have a shrinking population is actually crazy.

Inga Saffron

@IngaSaffron

29 days

The tension between growth and gentrification as expressed in two murals

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@YIMBYLAND

11 months

The capacity of subways is unreal. The capacity of the widest freeway on earth doesn’t even come close to touching even a single line in NYC. Katy Freeway: 300k Lexington Ave Subway: 1.3M

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@YIMBYLAND

28 days

Get in loser, We’re reurbanizing America.

Rachel Cohen

@rmc031

29 days

What if we converted all those vacant, decrepit strip malls around the country into new housing? 🏠 I wrote about the idea, which is not far-fetched at all

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5 months

For every 10 likes this gets, I will ask ChatGPT to make this neighborhood more transit-oriented 🚄🚊🚇

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1 month

Today I learned that the Denver Airport occupies more land than the entire city of San Francisco. 🤯 I'm legit struggling to comprehend this.

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1 month

One of the crazy things to me about Florida is that they could have built a literal utopia by creating the Amsterdam of the tropics. Walkability, great weather, clearwater canals, the whole nine yards. Instead, they chose to build suburbia, but with swamps.

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19 days

They were wrong in a big way.

Will Bunch

@Will_Bunch

19 days

Is is amazing how the protesters are always right 50 years ago and always wrong today

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12 days

THIS is how we get back to building! More than 100 high school kids are competing in a masonry competition in North Carolina and are crushing it.

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@YIMBYLAND

28 days

MINI TRUCKS ARE OFFICIALLY LEGAL IN TEXAS!! 🎉 if you need me, I'll be on Facebook marketplace for the remainder of the afternoon...

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@YIMBYLAND

9 months

The US has a rich history of rail travel. While American passenger rail may be falling behind other countries when it comes to passengers and daily departures, its beautiful stations are no slouch. Here are 10 of America's most beautiful Amtrak stations...

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@YIMBYLAND

9 months

This might be my best work.

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10 months

HUGE housing wins in Austin today! Council just passed resolutions to: - Legalize 3 homes on every lot by-right - Lower minimum lot size to 2500sqft - Exempt 3 and 4-plexes from site plans, expediting approval from 1yr+ down to 60 days Things are looking up in good ole ATX!

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10 months

My father-in-law is a builder. He is insanely gifted. We were in a cathedral together years ago and I asked him what it would cost to build it today. I will never forget his answer… “We can’t, we don’t know how to do it.”

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1 month

Bro this is straight up unacceptable.

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2 months

Chicago invented and perfected the skyscraper. Im convinced this is peak American architecture. Our greatest creative achievement.

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26 days

These two trucks have the same bed length.

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5 months

Triple-decker triplexes like this should be legal in every neighborhood in America.

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9 months

Cities are for people, not cars.

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7 months

Cars 4 looks crazy

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8 months

This was a rally against the Houston -> Dallas high-speed rail from Monday night. Notice anything interesting about the attendees?

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12 days

They fixed the sidewalk!

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8 months

WTF is this!?

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2 years

Top 5 underrated city in America: Cincinnati, OH

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@YIMBYLAND

10 months

It amazes me that young ppl don’t want to buy starter homes anymore.

Stan Collins

@stan_sdcollins

10 months

Most of us grew up in houses this size. It amazes me that young couples all feel they need a house ten times this size to start out in. No wonder there is a housing crisis in this country. Drive by any new developments and you never see economical houses this size being built.

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@YIMBYLAND

5 months

SINGLE FAMILY ZONING IS DEAD After 13 HOURS of testimony, Austin legalizes 3-units on all single-family zones lots across the city! Townhomes, Duplexes, and Triplexes BY-RIGHT!

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@YIMBYLAND

3 months

This is pretty much perfect. 1000 more of these please.

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@YIMBYLAND

3 months

Hop in bitches. We’re re-urbanizing America.

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@YIMBYLAND

2 months

I don’t think people fully grasp how quickly Austin is growing and how much they are building. 2014 👉 2024

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@YIMBYLAND

6 months

Imagine looking at these and thinking: “my neighborhood is ruined”

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5 months

A picture of a walkable neighborhood " "make it even more walkable " "great, now make it even more walkable" "make it as walkable as it can be"

Justine Moore

@venturetwins

5 months

Obsessed with the new “make it more” trend on ChatGPT. You generate an image of something, and then keep asking for it to be MORE. For example - spicy ramen getting progressively spicier 🔥 (from u/dulipat)

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9 months

Me: “I live downtown”

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26 days

we love the kei truck

MacCallister Higgins

@macjshiggins

26 days

The problem with the Twitter algorithm getting better is that I don’t know if I’m in an echo chamber or if the world really is obsessed with Japanese kei trucks

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9 months

@kylegordon101 @sabrinabrier He can't keep getting away with it!

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@YIMBYLAND

11 months

I'm in love with this New Orleans multifamily project from a few years back.

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@YIMBYLAND

1 month

Some of you may not like it, but this is how we win – Weaponize the statue accounts to reurbanize America.

Culture Critic

@Culture_Crit

1 month

Why did America destroy its own cities? A thread... 🧵

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@YIMBYLAND

25 days

This should be 4x as dense.

Harlo Pippenger 🥕🛠🎀

@PippengerHarlo

25 days

wow

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@YIMBYLAND

10 months

Cincinnati is one of the most underrated cities in America.

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@YIMBYLAND

27 days

Idk if y'all have seen this photo before... but it's genuinely wild that Downtown Houston used to be a literal parking lot in the 70s.

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@YIMBYLAND

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@YIMBYLAND

3 months

WHAT DID Y’ALL THINK IT MEANT

YIMBYLAND

@YIMBYLAND

3 months

what did y'all think “fix the housing crisis” meant? vibes? papers? essays?

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2 years

I love a modern skyscraper just as much as the next guy, but this is hard to beat.

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@YIMBYLAND

11 months

Definitely near the top of my transit bucket list.

Politics & Education

@PoliticsAndEd

11 months

Checked off an item from my urbanism bucket list: subway that runs through building in Chongqing, China. What’s on your urbanism bucket list?

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@YIMBYLAND

2 months

High Speed Rail is pro-family. This is 10x better than taking a regional flight with kids.

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@YIMBYLAND

7 months

Small apartment buildings with first-floor retail/restaurants are the unsung heroes of neighborhoods. We need more of them.

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@YIMBYLAND

1 month

“third world culture”

Jimmy

@Jimmyshangups

1 month

@YIMBYLAND Not everyone wants third world culture dude

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@YIMBYLAND

4 months

The European mind cannot comprehend this

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Convincing boomer “environmentalists” that transit and density are good for the environment

David 🇵🇸

@paskana_

5 months

what do you think is harder than this?

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9 months

High speed rail in the US has long been a dream. So long, in fact, that creating conceptual and fantasy HSR maps has become a national pastime. Here's a list of some of the most realistic, ambitious, ridiculous, and even infamous maps from over the years... 🧵 1/16

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@YIMBYLAND

5 months

2023 has been a banner year for YIMBYs everywhere! To celebrate the year of the YIMBY, here are 20 of my favorite YIMBY/Urbanist memes! 👇

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@YIMBYLAND

1 year

How I sound according to my friends... and they're not wrong.

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2 months

🟥 Red state housing production vs 🟦 Blue state housing production If you're a progressive in a blue state, this is your sign to get to work.

Alec Stapp

@AlecStapp

2 months

Red states build housing, blue states don't.

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Imagine if the UK had their own Robert Moses and his focus was to make their culture and their icons more auto-centric... a thread. 1. Sterling Castle

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2 months

This functionally subsidizes suburban sprawl.

Loftwah

@loftwah

2 months

This should always be a caveat if the office is a requirement.

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8 months

can I say something without people getting mad

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2 months

@Always_Eat_Ass “pretty simple” is crazyyyyy

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1 year

St. Louis has no business having row houses this good.

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@YIMBYLAND

4 months

Visiting friends out in the ex-urbs and they have none of the amenities of a suburb, their local government is the HOA, and everything is a 20 minute drive away.

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@YIMBYLAND

9 months

Kiss and hug your families, YIMBYs. It's time to mobilize.

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7 months

Imagine being proud of depriving people of a home.

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9 months

Not Just Bikes has 24 hours to respond.

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Single-stair apartment buildings can be a great fit for compact lots. They easily integrate with the existing fabric of cities and can be built almost anywhere. Sadly, American building codes make new single-stair buildings illegal in most cities, even though they are broadly…

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@YIMBYLAND

6 months

I’m sorry to admit that I am NIMBY for this. I can’t even begin to comprehend this fresh hell.

Ben Gartside

@BenGartside

6 months

Who could possibly say what planners and local politicians objected to

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9 months

Capitol Hill in Seattle, WA laid over a large highway interchange in Amsterdam, NL. It's a shame that one of these is just too far gone to save from car-centric infrastructure and urban planning.

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2 months

I yearn for the new Rivian R3X prototype 🥵

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The Coffee Shop Act: Legalizing small-scale retail on corner lots in every neighborhood in America. We need a statewide Coffee Shop Act in every state.

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10 months

Austin is about to get a massive pro-housing boost from city council thanks to a resolution by @LesliePoolATX ! - Allow up to 3 units on ALL lots - Elimination of lot mins - Increase FAR Soon, you'll be able to build townhomes, row houses, triplexes, quadplexes, and more in ATX!

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The Transformation of Amsterdam 1971 👉 2020

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@YIMBYLAND

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I-81 IS OFFICIALLY DONE! The I-81 viaduct that has divided Syracuse for decades is officially coming down! A boulevard will take it's place and will not only stitch the grid back together, but also begin an important healing process for the city.

Governor Kathy Hochul

@GovKathyHochul

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NEW: Following a court ruling today, we can definitively say that the I-81 Viaduct — which has literally divided the City of Syracuse for decades — is finally coming down! This decision is a landmark step in the right direction as we work to reconnect communities in Syracuse.

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I’ll never forgive 1950s Detroit for what they did to this beautiful city.

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We don’t talk enough about the Erie Canal anymore. That thing was crazy.

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Austin City Council officially approved this epic redevelopment project today! 🔥 - 1,700 homes - 140,000 sqft of retail - 1.2 mil sqft of office space - 200 hotel rooms - 12 acres of new parkland - 1 less suburban power center

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This building recently got unanimously approved in Austin, but that's not the most interesting thing about it... The parking podium has been designed so that it can be converted into housing at any point in the future!

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10 months

This map is particularly relevant today. This is what sets America’s past, present, and future apart from Europe.

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@YIMBYLAND

1 month

Good morning. Look at this single stair apartment building that is illegal in most American cities.

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4 months

Reurbanize America 🏗️🇺🇸

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9 months

Arcades have been used for thousands of years to shield pedestrians from the elements... but then we just stopped building them. This is why we stopped – and why we should start building them again...

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@YIMBYLAND

10 months

Building abundant housing with the bros.

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1 year

People HATE condos. Especially a skyscraper like this one which contains 450 new units. This is what it would look like if those ppl bought up 450 single family homes in rapidly gentrifying East Austin instead. Fight displacement by building luxury condos.

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@YIMBYLAND

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every. single. time.

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Your family does not have a generational right to the neighborhood they live in

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what did y'all think “fix the housing crisis” meant? vibes? papers? essays?

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@YIMBYLAND

7 months

College town NIMBYs when student housing is built to house the main economic drivers of their entire community

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@YIMBYLAND

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Unhinged take. Chicago is core to American architectural identity.

Patches O’Houlihan

@patriordan77

3 months

@aurecherche @WillyWhitestuff @YIMBYLAND Chicago is a dumpster of bland midwestern monoliths. San Francisco has both natural beauty and a variety of classical and modern architecture Chicago couldn’t even dream of. Stop glorifying mediocrity.

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@YIMBYLAND

5 months

She awaits her return to glory

Sherrod Brown

@SenSherrodBrown

5 months

Good @Amtrak service shouldn’t be a privilege just for those on the coasts. New routes proposed today would help grow businesses, create jobs, and connect communities in Ohio & across the Midwest. I’ll keep fighting to make sure Ohio's at the center of Amtrak's expansion plans.

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Say what you will about this account, but he’s doing gods work and teaching the trads about key urbanist concepts and principles.

The Cultural Tutor

@culturaltutor

10 months

Have you ever wondered why some cities are just so much nicer than others? Well, it's probably because they have good "Third Places." What is a Third Place? It's wherever you go when you're not at home or at work...

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If *North Dakota* is talking about zoning reform, I think it’s safe to say that real, sweeping change is on the horizon.

Jonathan Berk

@berkie1

2 months

“We built cities all over America that are designed for automobiles and not designed for people... Our housing costs are high, in part because of the way that we've designed our cities." - @GovDougBurgum North Dakota comments during the @NatlGovsAssoc winter meetings

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@YIMBYLAND

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$7.5 Billion just became available for the Texas Triangle High Speed Rail… Just putting that out there.

Sawyer Hackett

@SawyerHackett

6 months

The Texas House just voted 84-63 to remove school vouchers from the education bill—killing Greg Abbott’s top priority in the FOURTH special session. Abbott has spent months lobbying lawmakers, even threatening their jobs.