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This is the biggest reason young men are struggling.
They have been systematically denied the opportunity to be home providers by the Selfish Generation, the one given a less than 3:1 housing multiplier by the Greatest Generation but so far refuse to pay it forward
#BackTo3
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They have been systematically denied the opportunity to be home providers by the Selfish Generation, the one given a less than 3:1 housing multiplier by the Greatest Generation but so far refuse to pay it forward
#BackTo3
@profgalloway.com
The mindset of my home as an “investment” needs to slowly change back to my home as a “home”.
To the Greatest Generation, a home wasn’t a wealth-machine, it was shelter, stability, and a foundation for family life.
They measured success in kids playing on the street, not Zillow curves. #BackTo3
To the Greatest Generation, a home wasn’t a wealth-machine, it was shelter, stability, and a foundation for family life.
They measured success in kids playing on the street, not Zillow curves. #BackTo3
November 26, 2025 at 3:25 AM
The mindset of my home as an “investment” needs to slowly change back to my home as a “home”.
To the Greatest Generation, a home wasn’t a wealth-machine, it was shelter, stability, and a foundation for family life.
They measured success in kids playing on the street, not Zillow curves. #BackTo3
To the Greatest Generation, a home wasn’t a wealth-machine, it was shelter, stability, and a foundation for family life.
They measured success in kids playing on the street, not Zillow curves. #BackTo3
If you don’t have time for @yappelbaum.bsky.social ‘s great book “Stuck”
at least read this great article! www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...
at least read this great article! www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...
November 26, 2025 at 3:01 AM
If you don’t have time for @yappelbaum.bsky.social ‘s great book “Stuck”
at least read this great article! www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...
at least read this great article! www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...
Serious question. Why can’t we incrementally give the nation’s kids and grandkids the gift that the Greatest Generation gave the Boomers nationwide in 1970 - a nationwide 3:1 multiplier?
November 26, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Serious question. Why can’t we incrementally give the nation’s kids and grandkids the gift that the Greatest Generation gave the Boomers nationwide in 1970 - a nationwide 3:1 multiplier?
What a great day today joining a record number walking the the Sunderland leg of the Walk for Hunger for the @foodbankwma.bsky.social !! PS There’s plenty of room for a shared use path!!
November 26, 2025 at 1:43 AM
What a great day today joining a record number walking the the Sunderland leg of the Walk for Hunger for the @foodbankwma.bsky.social !! PS There’s plenty of room for a shared use path!!
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Sunrise with Monte, Jim, and a record number of good folks who are walking to raise funds for the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts — in the leg between Northampton and Greenfield.
November 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Sunrise with Monte, Jim, and a record number of good folks who are walking to raise funds for the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts — in the leg between Northampton and Greenfield.
Marching in the Walk For Hunger on the the future route of the Norwottuck North Shared Use Path - the Franklin County link!
Donate here!
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@repblais.bsky.social
@jocomerford.bsky.social
@markey.senate.gov
@warren.senate.gov
@jimmcgovernma.bsky.social
Donate here!
foodbankwma.org
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@jocomerford.bsky.social
@markey.senate.gov
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@jimmcgovernma.bsky.social
The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts | Home
Join the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts in ending hunger. We provide healthy food, advocate for change, and support our neighbors in need.
foodbankwma.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Marching in the Walk For Hunger on the the future route of the Norwottuck North Shared Use Path - the Franklin County link!
Donate here!
foodbankwma.org
@repblais.bsky.social
@jocomerford.bsky.social
@markey.senate.gov
@warren.senate.gov
@jimmcgovernma.bsky.social
Donate here!
foodbankwma.org
@repblais.bsky.social
@jocomerford.bsky.social
@markey.senate.gov
@warren.senate.gov
@jimmcgovernma.bsky.social
End the scarcity. End the lotteries.
Return dignity to the housing market.
Give the country’s kids the gift the Boomers were given
Return dignity to the housing market.
Give the country’s kids the gift the Boomers were given
November 25, 2025 at 1:10 PM
End the scarcity. End the lotteries.
Return dignity to the housing market.
Give the country’s kids the gift the Boomers were given
Return dignity to the housing market.
Give the country’s kids the gift the Boomers were given
The Supreme Court affirmed single family housing explicitly in Euclid v. Ambler (1926) when it endorsed excluding apartments as “parasites.”
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
The Supreme Court affirmed single family housing explicitly in Euclid v. Ambler (1926) when it endorsed excluding apartments as “parasites.”
“Zoning is the segregation of uses and of those populations whose interests are not compatible.”
November 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM
“Zoning is the segregation of uses and of those populations whose interests are not compatible.”
“Cities must be protected against the mixing of buildings and populations which are not harmonious.”
November 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM
“Cities must be protected against the mixing of buildings and populations which are not harmonious.”
“Zoning separates not only incompatible uses but incompatible people, for the protection of property and the stability of neighborhoods.”
November 25, 2025 at 12:14 PM
“Zoning separates not only incompatible uses but incompatible people, for the protection of property and the stability of neighborhoods.”
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The Elite Are Moving Into High Security ‘Fortress Communities’ Guarded By Teams Of Armed Professionals Because They Realize What Is Coming
The Elite Are Moving Into High Security ‘Fortress Communities’ Guarded By Teams Of Armed Professionals Because They Realize What Is Coming
by Michael The elite aren’t stupid. They can see that our society is coming apart at the seams all around us, and so they want to live some place safe. In fact, for many among the elite security has b...
citizenwatchreport.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:55 AM
The Elite Are Moving Into High Security ‘Fortress Communities’ Guarded By Teams Of Armed Professionals Because They Realize What Is Coming
Zoning was born from xenophobia and class fear. Euclid even called apartments “parasites.”
Low-density maps blew up budgets and forced states to bankroll roads.
We didn’t inherit the Motordom bogey man, we created him.
States can undo it all with more by-right housing. There is a path forward.
Low-density maps blew up budgets and forced states to bankroll roads.
We didn’t inherit the Motordom bogey man, we created him.
States can undo it all with more by-right housing. There is a path forward.
November 25, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Zoning was born from xenophobia and class fear. Euclid even called apartments “parasites.”
Low-density maps blew up budgets and forced states to bankroll roads.
We didn’t inherit the Motordom bogey man, we created him.
States can undo it all with more by-right housing. There is a path forward.
Low-density maps blew up budgets and forced states to bankroll roads.
We didn’t inherit the Motordom bogey man, we created him.
States can undo it all with more by-right housing. There is a path forward.
Zoning was born from xenophobia and class fear, not “planning.”
Euclid literally called apartments “parasites.”
Local low-density maps blew up budgets, states invented gas taxes, and later feds bankrolled roads those maps required.
We designed and built “Motordom” all on our own and we can undo it.
Euclid literally called apartments “parasites.”
Local low-density maps blew up budgets, states invented gas taxes, and later feds bankrolled roads those maps required.
We designed and built “Motordom” all on our own and we can undo it.
November 25, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Zoning was born from xenophobia and class fear, not “planning.”
Euclid literally called apartments “parasites.”
Local low-density maps blew up budgets, states invented gas taxes, and later feds bankrolled roads those maps required.
We designed and built “Motordom” all on our own and we can undo it.
Euclid literally called apartments “parasites.”
Local low-density maps blew up budgets, states invented gas taxes, and later feds bankrolled roads those maps required.
We designed and built “Motordom” all on our own and we can undo it.
When the feds wrote zoning in the 1920s, they never imagined they’d later bankroll the roads those maps required.
Zoning was meant as a local police-power tool, not a federal infrastructure mandate.
But low-density, separation-based zoning blew up city budgets, states invented gas taxes…
Zoning was meant as a local police-power tool, not a federal infrastructure mandate.
But low-density, separation-based zoning blew up city budgets, states invented gas taxes…
November 25, 2025 at 2:20 AM
When the feds wrote zoning in the 1920s, they never imagined they’d later bankroll the roads those maps required.
Zoning was meant as a local police-power tool, not a federal infrastructure mandate.
But low-density, separation-based zoning blew up city budgets, states invented gas taxes…
Zoning was meant as a local police-power tool, not a federal infrastructure mandate.
But low-density, separation-based zoning blew up city budgets, states invented gas taxes…
End the scarcity. End the lotteries.
Return dignity to the housing market.
Return dignity to the housing market.
November 24, 2025 at 11:09 PM
End the scarcity. End the lotteries.
Return dignity to the housing market.
Return dignity to the housing market.
Zoning created a transportation problem that only roads could solve.There was no viable transit answer to the geometry that large lot, single use and separated commercial zoning imposed.
November 24, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Zoning created a transportation problem that only roads could solve.There was no viable transit answer to the geometry that large lot, single use and separated commercial zoning imposed.
what??!!
Did you guys hear about the Georgia man who died in a scuba diving accident after which family looked in the backyard treehouse and found the skeletal remains of his missing adult son? It’s such a weird story and I need there to be any kind of resolution.
Skeletal remains of missing son found in backyard tree house days after father dies in scuba accident
Henry Hank Frantz, 32, went missing four years ago, according to reports.
www.nbcnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:50 AM
what??!!
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The last century built the middle class by making homeownership possible. This century must rebuild it by making it affordable again.
November 8, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The last century built the middle class by making homeownership possible. This century must rebuild it by making it affordable again.
Still true folks
Housing abundance is letting a homeowner put an apartment above their garage, an apartment in her house, allowing ADUs by right, making the duplex the by right base in some districts, allowing multifamily housing by right near transit. What is being “removed” other than unnecessary restrictions ?
November 24, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Still true folks
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In 1977, the U.S. median home cost about 2.8× the median wage; by 2023, it’s roughly 6.5×.
As wages rose to $75K, housing costs rose far faster to nearly $500K, decoupling of shelter from labor income. The “dream” of owning a home through steady work, now requires dual earners or inherited capital.
As wages rose to $75K, housing costs rose far faster to nearly $500K, decoupling of shelter from labor income. The “dream” of owning a home through steady work, now requires dual earners or inherited capital.
November 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
In 1977, the U.S. median home cost about 2.8× the median wage; by 2023, it’s roughly 6.5×.
As wages rose to $75K, housing costs rose far faster to nearly $500K, decoupling of shelter from labor income. The “dream” of owning a home through steady work, now requires dual earners or inherited capital.
As wages rose to $75K, housing costs rose far faster to nearly $500K, decoupling of shelter from labor income. The “dream” of owning a home through steady work, now requires dual earners or inherited capital.
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If you talk about affordability of electricity, gas, eggs, even health insurance but not HOUSING you are distracting. Housing is severly inflated by scarcity. If you can't say how you'll make market housing affordable in time, like when Boomers were buying in 1970, you are saying mostly nothing.
November 9, 2025 at 7:42 PM
If you talk about affordability of electricity, gas, eggs, even health insurance but not HOUSING you are distracting. Housing is severly inflated by scarcity. If you can't say how you'll make market housing affordable in time, like when Boomers were buying in 1970, you are saying mostly nothing.
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If you zone for more and more cars, that’s exactly what you’ll get.
November 11, 2025 at 1:57 AM
If you zone for more and more cars, that’s exactly what you’ll get.
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Housing scarcity is a major driver of inequality
Supply restrictions are a regressive tax on younger households
Zoning reform is economically necessary
High-multiplier metros distort national productivity
More building is the correct macro response
Supply restrictions are a regressive tax on younger households
Zoning reform is economically necessary
High-multiplier metros distort national productivity
More building is the correct macro response
November 13, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Housing scarcity is a major driver of inequality
Supply restrictions are a regressive tax on younger households
Zoning reform is economically necessary
High-multiplier metros distort national productivity
More building is the correct macro response
Supply restrictions are a regressive tax on younger households
Zoning reform is economically necessary
High-multiplier metros distort national productivity
More building is the correct macro response