Scott Adams
@r-scott-adams.bsky.social
Urban planner w/ interests in transport planning, urban design, and good outcomes between the two. People aren’t pollution and neither is new housing/shelter. Asheville, NC
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Creative urban infill is against the grain in EVERY way.
If you are building a home:
☑️ without a garage? You are 4% of the market
☑️ less than 3 BR? You are 6% of the market
☑️ less than 2210 sf? You are less than half the market.
#housing #urbanism #affordability #smallhomes
If you are building a home:
☑️ without a garage? You are 4% of the market
☑️ less than 3 BR? You are 6% of the market
☑️ less than 2210 sf? You are less than half the market.
#housing #urbanism #affordability #smallhomes
December 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Creative urban infill is against the grain in EVERY way.
If you are building a home:
☑️ without a garage? You are 4% of the market
☑️ less than 3 BR? You are 6% of the market
☑️ less than 2210 sf? You are less than half the market.
#housing #urbanism #affordability #smallhomes
If you are building a home:
☑️ without a garage? You are 4% of the market
☑️ less than 3 BR? You are 6% of the market
☑️ less than 2210 sf? You are less than half the market.
#housing #urbanism #affordability #smallhomes
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New on the blog: one of our lead organizers takes inspiration from a building in his neighborhood to imagine 2026 as a year for housing reform in Asheville.
ashevilleforall.org/2025-12-14-m...
ashevilleforall.org/2025-12-14-m...
December 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
New on the blog: one of our lead organizers takes inspiration from a building in his neighborhood to imagine 2026 as a year for housing reform in Asheville.
ashevilleforall.org/2025-12-14-m...
ashevilleforall.org/2025-12-14-m...
"The density regulations roughly matched the existing density of each neighborhood, sort of, more or less. That was it. No science. No public health data. Just numbers written into a chart decades ago with the sole goal of preserving the status quo."
"Why I lost faith in zoning." tinyurl.com/5n8sh428 Baltimore’s former zoning board executive director, on why she supports @mayorbmscott.bsky.social bills to promote more density and multi-family housing in the city. [OP-ED]
November 25, 2025 at 3:39 AM
@ashevilleforall.org So true, right?!?
It's that time of year when Americans set up quaint, walkable Christmas villages in their living rooms, dreaming of living in such a cozy place.
Meanwhile, they'll show up to city council meetings to fiercely oppose any plan that would actually build that kind of car-lite community in real life.
Meanwhile, they'll show up to city council meetings to fiercely oppose any plan that would actually build that kind of car-lite community in real life.
November 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
@ashevilleforall.org So true, right?!?
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Three movies that help me make sense of the news in 2025.
October 12, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Three movies that help me make sense of the news in 2025.
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Best post today.
working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"
October 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Best post today.
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Hmm. With solar energy, the big explosions take place 93 million miles away
A fireball lit up the sky across the Los Angeles area on Thursday night after an explosion at a Chevron refinery in El Segundo, alarming nearby residents who said it felt like an earthquake. The cause of the explosion was not clear. No injuries were reported. nyti.ms/42pPCaW
October 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Hmm. With solar energy, the big explosions take place 93 million miles away
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Last week, Asheville City Council heard an important report about the city’s housing needs, and voted on housing too.
How did it go, and what’s a bucket of housing anyways? You can read all about it in our latest recap: ashevilleforall.org/2025-09-02-c...
How did it go, and what’s a bucket of housing anyways? You can read all about it in our latest recap: ashevilleforall.org/2025-09-02-c...
September 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Last week, Asheville City Council heard an important report about the city’s housing needs, and voted on housing too.
How did it go, and what’s a bucket of housing anyways? You can read all about it in our latest recap: ashevilleforall.org/2025-09-02-c...
How did it go, and what’s a bucket of housing anyways? You can read all about it in our latest recap: ashevilleforall.org/2025-09-02-c...
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As usual, wonderful and concise piece from Jarrett.
I wrote an unusually strongly worded thing about the transit crisis in Pennsylvania, which is coming soon to Oregon and Illinois. humantransit.org/2025/08/the-...
The Fall of Philadelphia — Human Transit
The Pennsylvania State Senate has decided that the transit system of America’s fifth largest city should be substantially destroyed. Similar dramas are playing out in Illinois, Oregon, and Rhode Isla...
humantransit.org
August 22, 2025 at 8:12 PM
As usual, wonderful and concise piece from Jarrett.
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If it’s bad for someone else, it must be good for me” as the overriding US policy in all things.
We don’t easily come back from what we are tearing down.
We don’t easily come back from what we are tearing down.
August 5, 2025 at 11:34 PM
If it’s bad for someone else, it must be good for me” as the overriding US policy in all things.
We don’t easily come back from what we are tearing down.
We don’t easily come back from what we are tearing down.
@ashevilleforall.org
A Republican mayor of Clearfield, UT (near SLC) just described challenges to housing incl. NIMBY (Not In My Backyard), and BANANA (Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything). The Democratic mayor of Long Beach, CA was on the interview too!
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
A Republican mayor of Clearfield, UT (near SLC) just described challenges to housing incl. NIMBY (Not In My Backyard), and BANANA (Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything). The Democratic mayor of Long Beach, CA was on the interview too!
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
How Democratic and Republican mayors are teaming up to address the housing crisis
A bipartisan group of mayors and business leaders are teaming up to tackle housing and homelessness issues nationwide. They’re meeting as the Trump administration looks to slash assistance programs am...
www.pbs.org
June 4, 2025 at 2:12 AM
@ashevilleforall.org
A Republican mayor of Clearfield, UT (near SLC) just described challenges to housing incl. NIMBY (Not In My Backyard), and BANANA (Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything). The Democratic mayor of Long Beach, CA was on the interview too!
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
A Republican mayor of Clearfield, UT (near SLC) just described challenges to housing incl. NIMBY (Not In My Backyard), and BANANA (Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything). The Democratic mayor of Long Beach, CA was on the interview too!
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
A Republican mayor of Clearfield, UT (near SLC) just described challenges to housing supply incl. opponents who are NIMBY (Not In My Backyard), and BANANA (Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything). The Democratic mayor of Long Beach, CA was on the interview too!
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
How Democratic and Republican mayors are teaming up to address the housing crisis
A bipartisan group of mayors and business leaders are teaming up to tackle housing and homelessness issues nationwide. They’re meeting as the Trump administration looks to slash assistance programs am...
www.pbs.org
June 4, 2025 at 12:09 AM
A Republican mayor of Clearfield, UT (near SLC) just described challenges to housing supply incl. opponents who are NIMBY (Not In My Backyard), and BANANA (Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything). The Democratic mayor of Long Beach, CA was on the interview too!
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
The wife picked up this sticker for my out in far western WNC yesterday. Possums are my favorite! And this sentiment gave me laugh for these strange times.
May 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The wife picked up this sticker for my out in far western WNC yesterday. Possums are my favorite! And this sentiment gave me laugh for these strange times.
I’m a gardener in Western NC, so I’m inspired by #bloomscrolling as an alternative to doomscrolling. These previous kale and collard beds are popping with potatoes nowadays!
May 9, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I’m a gardener in Western NC, so I’m inspired by #bloomscrolling as an alternative to doomscrolling. These previous kale and collard beds are popping with potatoes nowadays!
Yes!
Hear me out: Would we get faster decisions, and thus more abundance, if we locked boards and councils in a room until they decide? (Asking for another study or more outreach does not count as deciding.)
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New pope chosen, white smoke from Sistine Chapel signals
The crowd in St. Peter’s Square erupted in cheers. The name will be announced later, when a top cardinal utters the words “Habemus papam!” Latin for “We have a pope!”
www.pbs.org
May 9, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Yes!
And my guess is that a Chicago pope will excommunicate anyone who asks for ketchup (red is the color of Satan!!) on a hot dog! ; )
May 8, 2025 at 6:54 PM
And my guess is that a Chicago pope will excommunicate anyone who asks for ketchup (red is the color of Satan!!) on a hot dog! ; )
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I've been posting a lot of quick hits. But if you want the bigger picture, let's sit down for a real chat. Here's a 20 minute podcast I just did that'll give you a pretty good lay of our macroeconomic land. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yn7j...
Seriously, what is going on with the economy? Justin Wolfers on inflation, the Fed, and budget cuts
"Trump is more effective than the Covid virus at creating chaos"https://contrarian.substack.com/p/seriously-what-is-going-on-with-the
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May 7, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I've been posting a lot of quick hits. But if you want the bigger picture, let's sit down for a real chat. Here's a 20 minute podcast I just did that'll give you a pretty good lay of our macroeconomic land. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yn7j...
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Let's talk Alcatraz economics.
It's not just a potential prison, it's also a tourist trap generating $60m per year. It has an "opportunity cost" other sites don't have.
👉 Housing 300 prisoners there comes with an additional opportunity cost of $200k per person per year
It's not just a potential prison, it's also a tourist trap generating $60m per year. It has an "opportunity cost" other sites don't have.
👉 Housing 300 prisoners there comes with an additional opportunity cost of $200k per person per year
May 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Let's talk Alcatraz economics.
It's not just a potential prison, it's also a tourist trap generating $60m per year. It has an "opportunity cost" other sites don't have.
👉 Housing 300 prisoners there comes with an additional opportunity cost of $200k per person per year
It's not just a potential prison, it's also a tourist trap generating $60m per year. It has an "opportunity cost" other sites don't have.
👉 Housing 300 prisoners there comes with an additional opportunity cost of $200k per person per year
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There’s only one way for our legislators to know that we support pro-housing measures for North Carolina. We have to tell them!
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April 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
There’s only one way for our legislators to know that we support pro-housing measures for North Carolina. We have to tell them!
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This is spot-on!
April 29, 2025 at 11:59 PM
This is spot-on!
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Yellen ’28, amirite?
BREAKING: Canada's ruling Liberals win the election, CBC projects, but it's too early to say if they have majority reut.rs/4lO3kMG
April 29, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Yellen ’28, amirite?
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Happy voting day, Canada. Please remain the sensible one in this North American duplex we share.
April 28, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Happy voting day, Canada. Please remain the sensible one in this North American duplex we share.
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Got two minutes? Help us send a pro-infill-housing message to your reps in the NC legislature:
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April 23, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Got two minutes? Help us send a pro-infill-housing message to your reps in the NC legislature:
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