What can we learn about the housing market and corporations buying back their own stock...through anecdotal references? (As it turns out, quite a lot!)
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Somehow, as a society, we’ve drifted from ordinary people being able to build their own homes on a cash basis in an interactive, iterative way, to immense, hyper-elaborate habitats.
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Cities must be discerning in how they incentivize development. Let’s look at two examples to see what to do, and what not to do.
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Why do some cities make it so hard to find shade…or create your own?
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The “Takings Clause” prohibits the government from taking private property without just compensation. But what if it’s interpreted in unexpected ways?
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Lack of affordability, the gap between the rich and poor, strained public infrastructure: California’s problems are now becoming Texas’s problems.
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What’s the best way for local communities to reduce their dependence on big electric companies?
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How do you go from seeing a problem in your city to solving it collectively, and then getting elected to city council? This advocate’s story will show you.
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There are only a couple reforms Strong Towns recommends unequivocally for every town and city. Sacramento just passed both of them…unanimously…in one evening.
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Extend the "open streets" and sidewalk dining revolution to include a fair shake for the smallest of small entrepreneurs.
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The Strong Towns podcast returns with a look at why we shouldn’t wait for top-down solutions to problems that can be addressed—at least in part—much closer to home.
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Oakland’s open streets program has become a national model. Not because they got everything right, but because they got started and keep getting better.
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What happens when suburban requirements clash with urban density? Often, an uninspiring hybrid that people are still willing to pay for.
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If your town or city is going to be stronger and more resilient, its neighborhoods need to thrive. Here are 5 ways to help your neighborhood live up to its full potential.
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There are things we can do right now to make California less vulnerable to megafires. So why aren’t we doing them?
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Community organizations have an indispensable role to play during a crisis. It starts with asking one deceptively simple question.
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2020 has thrown one challenge after another at our cities. Here are 5 effective strategies local leaders are using to adapt and respond.
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An incredible video from 1906 San Francisco—colorized and digitally remastered—depicts a time when streets were truly available for every type of user.
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The “growth machine” is too big to fail. What if it fails anyway?
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The fallout from the pandemic is spurring a housing re-shuffling in San Francisco. And not just from people fleeing the city—but people moving to the city and within the city.
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