George Robinson
@grobinson.bsky.social
Urban Planner, zoning nerd, and amateur gardener. Wish I was surfing right now. Personal account. Twitter: @geo_robinson
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doing some journalism
January 14, 2026 at 11:55 PM
doing some journalism
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reasonably sure this is the first time a regional government agency has launched a new service with an elaborate broadway musical parody
July 19, 2025 at 6:06 PM
reasonably sure this is the first time a regional government agency has launched a new service with an elaborate broadway musical parody
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The result of Canada's federal election was clear that the people want to build
May 2, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The result of Canada's federal election was clear that the people want to build
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an unfortunate part of being morally opposed to using a website owned by someone who says “Canada is not a real country” is a lot of B.C.’s core public institutions still exclusively use that website to give incremental updates on news
City of Vancouver council meetings, TransLink, BC Ferries, etc.
City of Vancouver council meetings, TransLink, BC Ferries, etc.
April 15, 2025 at 5:12 PM
an unfortunate part of being morally opposed to using a website owned by someone who says “Canada is not a real country” is a lot of B.C.’s core public institutions still exclusively use that website to give incremental updates on news
City of Vancouver council meetings, TransLink, BC Ferries, etc.
City of Vancouver council meetings, TransLink, BC Ferries, etc.
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As a neuroscientist who studies urban stress, loud cars/motorcycles should be banned, or fined excessively until drivers reassess their need to broadcast their self esteem with unnecessary noise pollution. I don’t need to hear your car in my apartment.
April 4, 2025 at 12:21 AM
As a neuroscientist who studies urban stress, loud cars/motorcycles should be banned, or fined excessively until drivers reassess their need to broadcast their self esteem with unnecessary noise pollution. I don’t need to hear your car in my apartment.
Can someone please come build something like this on Vancouver Island?
Christopher Village approved by Greensboro City Council, 9-0. Commons, forests, and squares; mixed-use & live/work; pocket neighborhoods; 6 kinds of #MissingMiddleHousing; interconnected, tree-lined streets, midblock alleys, lanes, passages; houses fronting trails; compact form.
March 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Can someone please come build something like this on Vancouver Island?
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15+ years old, but still VERY relevent — and if we had acted 15 years ago, the “better world” we’d be creating would be a LOT better & easier to reach. There are real consequences we’re just starting to see to not heeding this cartoon a lot sooner. Even worse if we don’t heed it now. #ClimateCrisis
March 18, 2025 at 6:14 AM
15+ years old, but still VERY relevent — and if we had acted 15 years ago, the “better world” we’d be creating would be a LOT better & easier to reach. There are real consequences we’re just starting to see to not heeding this cartoon a lot sooner. Even worse if we don’t heed it now. #ClimateCrisis
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“I don't wanna go far for stuff"
My eloquent and powerful rebrand of the 15 minute city.
My eloquent and powerful rebrand of the 15 minute city.
November 13, 2024 at 8:39 PM
“I don't wanna go far for stuff"
My eloquent and powerful rebrand of the 15 minute city.
My eloquent and powerful rebrand of the 15 minute city.
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Canada didn’t want this fight.
Canada didn’t start this fight.
This fight makes absolute zero rational sense, between any two trading partners, let alone close friends and allies.
Canada did everything we could to avoid this fight.
But Canada doesn’t back down from a fight.
#NotSorry #Tariffs
Canada didn’t start this fight.
This fight makes absolute zero rational sense, between any two trading partners, let alone close friends and allies.
Canada did everything we could to avoid this fight.
But Canada doesn’t back down from a fight.
#NotSorry #Tariffs
IMPORTANT: If you live in the United States or Canada, you’ve probably heard Trump‘s constant claim that the United States is “subsidizing” Canada. It’s wrong of course, but here’s the best explanation I’ve seen about how & why it’s wrong. PLEASE WATCH & SHARE IT A LOT. Kudos to Andrew Chang & CBC.
Is Trump right about the U.S. 'subsidizing' Canada? | About That
YouTube video by CBC News
youtu.be
January 30, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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someone is asking how townhouse development could be worse than Metro Vancouver (which I think is actually pretty good all things consider). I give you suburban Toronto townhouses . . .
January 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
someone is asking how townhouse development could be worse than Metro Vancouver (which I think is actually pretty good all things consider). I give you suburban Toronto townhouses . . .
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the number of units lost in the fire is likely equivalent to like an entire year's housing production in the city of Los Angeles, almost all at the very high end of the market
January 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
the number of units lost in the fire is likely equivalent to like an entire year's housing production in the city of Los Angeles, almost all at the very high end of the market
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🏗️ It’s time again to catch up with the number of cranes on our skyline. As of January 1, 2025, there were 279 cranes atop buildings across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area according to UTPro. urbantoronto.ca/news/2025/01...
#Toronto #construction #development #architecture #UTPro
#Toronto #construction #development #architecture #UTPro
January 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
🏗️ It’s time again to catch up with the number of cranes on our skyline. As of January 1, 2025, there were 279 cranes atop buildings across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area according to UTPro. urbantoronto.ca/news/2025/01...
#Toronto #construction #development #architecture #UTPro
#Toronto #construction #development #architecture #UTPro
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I find this SO MUCH MORE INTERESTING than what’s going on inside any stadium no matter who the artist is. The planned or spontaneous expansion of what’s happening inside into “the outside,” the ubiquitous civic life of a whole city. This weekend in #Vancouver has been amazing. #TaylorSwift #ErasTour
They are currently a couple thousand Swifties outside BC Place stadium in Vancouver singing along even though they can’t see her and they are having a GREAT time
December 9, 2024 at 6:01 AM
I find this SO MUCH MORE INTERESTING than what’s going on inside any stadium no matter who the artist is. The planned or spontaneous expansion of what’s happening inside into “the outside,” the ubiquitous civic life of a whole city. This weekend in #Vancouver has been amazing. #TaylorSwift #ErasTour
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Rampell: If you voted for Trump because you thought he was going to bring down the cost of housing, a lot of our lumber, cement, and other materials comes from Canada, which means that construction costs are going to go up
November 26, 2024 at 3:09 AM
Rampell: If you voted for Trump because you thought he was going to bring down the cost of housing, a lot of our lumber, cement, and other materials comes from Canada, which means that construction costs are going to go up
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Housing costs go brrrr
If you voted out the incumbent because you thought housing prices were too high, got more bad news from you.
We import $105B in cement/lime/minerals and $28B in lumber/paper from Canada. We also *already* tariff that lumber to death
Expect construction costs to go through the roof (so to speak)
We import $105B in cement/lime/minerals and $28B in lumber/paper from Canada. We also *already* tariff that lumber to death
Expect construction costs to go through the roof (so to speak)
November 26, 2024 at 4:09 AM
Housing costs go brrrr
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Vancouver’s public consultation process is being abused, critics say: Unlike most municipalities, Vancouver does not require residency to weigh in at a public hearing, which critics say leaves the door open to abuses, such as online robot responses, or people who are paid to show support
Vancouver’s public consultation process is being abused, critics say
Unlike most municipalities, Vancouver does not require residency to weigh in at a public hearing, which critics say leaves the door open to abuses, such as online robot responses, or people who are paid to show support
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 22, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Vancouver’s public consultation process is being abused, critics say: Unlike most municipalities, Vancouver does not require residency to weigh in at a public hearing, which critics say leaves the door open to abuses, such as online robot responses, or people who are paid to show support
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"You'll never be unhoused in America—if you're a car."
There are a quarter of a billion cars in the U.S.—and 2 billion parking spaces.
The nation now builds more 3-car garages than 1-bedroom apartments.
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There are a quarter of a billion cars in the U.S.—and 2 billion parking spaces.
The nation now builds more 3-car garages than 1-bedroom apartments.
🅿️🧵
November 21, 2024 at 7:10 PM
"You'll never be unhoused in America—if you're a car."
There are a quarter of a billion cars in the U.S.—and 2 billion parking spaces.
The nation now builds more 3-car garages than 1-bedroom apartments.
🅿️🧵
There are a quarter of a billion cars in the U.S.—and 2 billion parking spaces.
The nation now builds more 3-car garages than 1-bedroom apartments.
🅿️🧵
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Housing 1950's to 2022-
The changes to funding in Social/Affordable housing over the past 70 yrs in Canada, that led to the current shortage of affordable housing.This started long before our current PM - Poilievre fails to tell the truth when he is out bashing the govt. /1 (thread) 38 posts #Canada
The changes to funding in Social/Affordable housing over the past 70 yrs in Canada, that led to the current shortage of affordable housing.This started long before our current PM - Poilievre fails to tell the truth when he is out bashing the govt. /1 (thread) 38 posts #Canada
November 15, 2024 at 6:34 PM
Housing 1950's to 2022-
The changes to funding in Social/Affordable housing over the past 70 yrs in Canada, that led to the current shortage of affordable housing.This started long before our current PM - Poilievre fails to tell the truth when he is out bashing the govt. /1 (thread) 38 posts #Canada
The changes to funding in Social/Affordable housing over the past 70 yrs in Canada, that led to the current shortage of affordable housing.This started long before our current PM - Poilievre fails to tell the truth when he is out bashing the govt. /1 (thread) 38 posts #Canada
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-encourages community that isn’t necessarily dependent on family (go out with your pals!) but can easily include family: ✅
-sharing food with neighbors and strangers: ✅
-creativity abounds in decor and costumes: ✅
-mostly secular but still has neat historical ties: ✅
-skeletons: ✅
-sharing food with neighbors and strangers: ✅
-creativity abounds in decor and costumes: ✅
-mostly secular but still has neat historical ties: ✅
-skeletons: ✅
Halloween is the best holiday
November 1, 2024 at 12:24 AM
-encourages community that isn’t necessarily dependent on family (go out with your pals!) but can easily include family: ✅
-sharing food with neighbors and strangers: ✅
-creativity abounds in decor and costumes: ✅
-mostly secular but still has neat historical ties: ✅
-skeletons: ✅
-sharing food with neighbors and strangers: ✅
-creativity abounds in decor and costumes: ✅
-mostly secular but still has neat historical ties: ✅
-skeletons: ✅
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #4,896,457!
September 26, 2024 at 9:30 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #4,896,457!
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Canadian version, calibrated to Canadian headship rates of 1981, the time when household formation peaked across Canada. Story is the same, housing outcomes improved prior and deteriorated after, with Montreal and Quebec continuing to translate rising incomes into increased household formation.
September 18, 2024 at 2:18 AM
Canadian version, calibrated to Canadian headship rates of 1981, the time when household formation peaked across Canada. Story is the same, housing outcomes improved prior and deteriorated after, with Montreal and Quebec continuing to translate rising incomes into increased household formation.