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More homes, better transit, safer walking, higher QOL
He's green like Pepe the frog?
December 7, 2025 at 11:55 PM
He's green like Pepe the frog?
Of course a record share of total population consists of people more than 70 years old.
I'm more than happy to criticize older people for hogging the wealth, but context is important.
I'm more than happy to criticize older people for hogging the wealth, but context is important.
December 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Of course a record share of total population consists of people more than 70 years old.
I'm more than happy to criticize older people for hogging the wealth, but context is important.
I'm more than happy to criticize older people for hogging the wealth, but context is important.
Most people still call DCA Washington National Airport
December 7, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Most people still call DCA Washington National Airport
Now you're telling me
You're not nostalgic
Then give me another word for it
You who are so good with words
And at keeping things vague
'Cause I need some of that vagueness now
It's all come back too clearly
Yes, I loved you dearly
And if you're offering me diamonds and rust
I've already paid
You're not nostalgic
Then give me another word for it
You who are so good with words
And at keeping things vague
'Cause I need some of that vagueness now
It's all come back too clearly
Yes, I loved you dearly
And if you're offering me diamonds and rust
I've already paid
December 7, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Now you're telling me
You're not nostalgic
Then give me another word for it
You who are so good with words
And at keeping things vague
'Cause I need some of that vagueness now
It's all come back too clearly
Yes, I loved you dearly
And if you're offering me diamonds and rust
I've already paid
You're not nostalgic
Then give me another word for it
You who are so good with words
And at keeping things vague
'Cause I need some of that vagueness now
It's all come back too clearly
Yes, I loved you dearly
And if you're offering me diamonds and rust
I've already paid
Something traumatic happened to Y at Vox.
December 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Something traumatic happened to Y at Vox.
assets.cushmanwakefield.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
"...economic factors and public policy changes will significantly constrain the
supply of hotel rooms in New York....[T]he interplay of these factors suggests that the hotel
industry ... will experience...robust pricing power, benefiting from the limited availability of rooms and sustained demand."
supply of hotel rooms in New York....[T]he interplay of these factors suggests that the hotel
industry ... will experience...robust pricing power, benefiting from the limited availability of rooms and sustained demand."
December 5, 2025 at 9:14 PM
"...economic factors and public policy changes will significantly constrain the
supply of hotel rooms in New York....[T]he interplay of these factors suggests that the hotel
industry ... will experience...robust pricing power, benefiting from the limited availability of rooms and sustained demand."
supply of hotel rooms in New York....[T]he interplay of these factors suggests that the hotel
industry ... will experience...robust pricing power, benefiting from the limited availability of rooms and sustained demand."
💯 Can't be posted too often. It took the US at least 25 years to get in the fix we're in
December 5, 2025 at 8:57 PM
💯 Can't be posted too often. It took the US at least 25 years to get in the fix we're in
Is the US economy more or less competitive than 20 or 40 years ago?
December 5, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Is the US economy more or less competitive than 20 or 40 years ago?
In your view, how hard did the Fed try to get inflation up to 2% in the 2010s?
December 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
In your view, how hard did the Fed try to get inflation up to 2% in the 2010s?
As they say, 'they like him and want him to win.'
December 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
As they say, 'they like him and want him to win.'
The mortgage on my starter house had a 14% interest rdate (and I was glad to get it). OTOH the house cost <$100k.
Didn't seem affordable then. With hindsight it was a steal.
Didn't seem affordable then. With hindsight it was a steal.
December 4, 2025 at 10:31 PM
The mortgage on my starter house had a 14% interest rdate (and I was glad to get it). OTOH the house cost <$100k.
Didn't seem affordable then. With hindsight it was a steal.
Didn't seem affordable then. With hindsight it was a steal.
"We haven’t measured the economic costs or benefits of any single change, and we certainly have not measured the cumulative effect of these policy changes, which I have been told repeatedly in the past is important to members of the industry."
Not to mention the courts constantly asking for CBA.
Not to mention the courts constantly asking for CBA.
December 4, 2025 at 10:23 PM
"We haven’t measured the economic costs or benefits of any single change, and we certainly have not measured the cumulative effect of these policy changes, which I have been told repeatedly in the past is important to members of the industry."
Not to mention the courts constantly asking for CBA.
Not to mention the courts constantly asking for CBA.
"And yet...not a single one of the changes...has been done through notice-and-comment rulemaking. That means that we have not had the benefit of statutorily mandated economic analysis to assess the impacts of the deeply important policy shifts that we’re making." 1/2
December 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
"And yet...not a single one of the changes...has been done through notice-and-comment rulemaking. That means that we have not had the benefit of statutorily mandated economic analysis to assess the impacts of the deeply important policy shifts that we’re making." 1/2
"And yet...not a single one of the changes...has been done through notice-and-comment rulemaking. That means that we have not had the benefit of statutorily mandated economic analysis to assess the impacts of the deeply important policy shifts that we’re making." 1/2
December 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
"And yet...not a single one of the changes...has been done through notice-and-comment rulemaking. That means that we have not had the benefit of statutorily mandated economic analysis to assess the impacts of the deeply important policy shifts that we’re making." 1/2
Exactly. A professional, non-partisan civil service has been a major contributor to our quality of life. And now a lot of it is gone.
December 4, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Exactly. A professional, non-partisan civil service has been a major contributor to our quality of life. And now a lot of it is gone.
I presume the second sentence should be "...would not..."?
December 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I presume the second sentence should be "...would not..."?
Excellent essay.
A decade from now, people will be wondering how our weak-kneed, myopic elected officials and their appointed civil servants could fail to take the obvious step of ensuring sidewalk access to a $10 billion public transit project.
This is not brain surgery, fellas.
A decade from now, people will be wondering how our weak-kneed, myopic elected officials and their appointed civil servants could fail to take the obvious step of ensuring sidewalk access to a $10 billion public transit project.
This is not brain surgery, fellas.
December 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Excellent essay.
A decade from now, people will be wondering how our weak-kneed, myopic elected officials and their appointed civil servants could fail to take the obvious step of ensuring sidewalk access to a $10 billion public transit project.
This is not brain surgery, fellas.
A decade from now, people will be wondering how our weak-kneed, myopic elected officials and their appointed civil servants could fail to take the obvious step of ensuring sidewalk access to a $10 billion public transit project.
This is not brain surgery, fellas.
Pleasant memories of Wisconsin winters. (Moved to DC area and didn't wear a jacket until January.)
December 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Pleasant memories of Wisconsin winters. (Moved to DC area and didn't wear a jacket until January.)
Too subtle for our powers that be.
December 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Too subtle for our powers that be.
If one goes up, the other must go down, no?
December 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
If one goes up, the other must go down, no?