Frank Chiachiere
@fchi.bsky.social
Seattle-based designer of digital products, fan of buses bikes and trains.
Also, you can fit an entire paddle board and beach gear and drive right up onto the beach with it.
November 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Also, you can fit an entire paddle board and beach gear and drive right up onto the beach with it.
Because it’s a competitive market. If 1.7x were profitable, someone would do it and take market share from the other guys.
October 12, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Because it’s a competitive market. If 1.7x were profitable, someone would do it and take market share from the other guys.
Skagit also up there.
October 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Skagit also up there.
Here we go www.upjohn.org/research-hig...
Switching local government to a ward system may depress new housing construction
New research from the Upjohn Institute's Evan Mast shows that a town's switch from at-large to district, or ward, representation can empower NIMBYs to stop local housing development, as ward represent...
www.upjohn.org
September 19, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Here we go www.upjohn.org/research-hig...
Speaks volumes about the mayors overall housing approach. The current situation, where supply is bringing down prices, is viewed as a temporary, inconvenient aberration rather than something to aspire to long-term.
September 1, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Speaks volumes about the mayors overall housing approach. The current situation, where supply is bringing down prices, is viewed as a temporary, inconvenient aberration rather than something to aspire to long-term.
Pretty good! Enough to narrow the ROW and add some sidewalk/bike space I’d think.
August 22, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Pretty good! Enough to narrow the ROW and add some sidewalk/bike space I’d think.
So cool. How many busses on 3rd Ave in the PM peak in this world?
August 22, 2025 at 9:04 PM
So cool. How many busses on 3rd Ave in the PM peak in this world?
This is better than learning about the Spinal Tap sequel.
August 22, 2025 at 5:00 AM
This is better than learning about the Spinal Tap sequel.
It’s now used mostly as a joke but “Welcome to the resistance” was a helpful antidote to this tendency.
August 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM
It’s now used mostly as a joke but “Welcome to the resistance” was a helpful antidote to this tendency.
Anecdotally, many folks I know kept their starter house to rent out. This may be ebbing with the end of low interest rates, though.
July 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Anecdotally, many folks I know kept their starter house to rent out. This may be ebbing with the end of low interest rates, though.
about a dozen flights a day or so, mostly Alaska and a few Frontier Airlines routes.
June 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
about a dozen flights a day or so, mostly Alaska and a few Frontier Airlines routes.