Quentin Heilbroner
quentinnyc.bsky.social
Quentin Heilbroner
@quentinnyc.bsky.social
Democratic campaign professional and fan of pro-human cities. We’ll see if I ever use this at all. Views mine.
I don't think it made it into the cut! But make it and I might even break down for Nebula.
January 21, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Plus maybe the widest gap between average rents and incomes of any big city in the country? Might be even worse than Miami in your bottom-10 affordability lists.
January 21, 2026 at 6:32 PM
I am begging you, someone, anyone, to do some work focused on the true forgotten borough: the Bronx. There's so much to say about its urban design/history and so little of it gets told.

To scratch the surface: the Cross-Bronx Expressway, Parkchester, Co-Op City, and the saga of the South Bronx.
January 21, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Bass was just too young to hack it
January 18, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Oh damn that's cool! Were they selling them?
January 17, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Where's the Louvre of Bluesky when you need them?
January 17, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Here's a good video on that if you've got a free 10 minutes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlsD...
The Mystery of America's 15 Million Empty Houses
YouTube video by Ray Delahanty | CityNerd
www.youtube.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Car-centricity makes it easier (not necessarily better, but easier) to be a parent but much worse to be a kid imo.
January 16, 2026 at 3:53 PM
The whole Harlem River waterfront is criminally overlooked and underappreciated. Hoping the new park there helps bring more people out!
January 15, 2026 at 7:19 PM
The right wing may fan the flames of baseless hate spewed towards cities, but pieces like this legitimize it.
January 15, 2026 at 3:32 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Ne...

Have you been in New York for a decade? The party has gained a ton of ground (and I'm a big critic of it fwiw)
2020 New York State Senate election - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 6, 2026 at 7:49 PM
True. We’ve known it’s been fine even before the stats came out.
January 1, 2026 at 10:45 PM
I will die on the hill that if they'd had OMNY keep the MetroCard's blue-on-yellow color scheme instead of making it a bland black-and-white, the MetroCard nostalgia would be cut in half
December 31, 2025 at 4:07 PM
In addition, I do think there is serious social value in having a personal tie to a business or two near you. Bonus points if it's a tie that goes beyond just one generation. Social fabric is a massive American weak point and that really is a contributing factor IMO.
December 26, 2025 at 9:33 PM