Andy
@wildman.bsky.social
Husband, girl dad, numbers guy. Cities should be car-optional. Pro-bus, pro-bike, pro-immigrant, pro-housing.
These smart, walkable, mixed-use skeets are mine alone, and will veer into economics, sports, and Nashville.
These smart, walkable, mixed-use skeets are mine alone, and will veer into economics, sports, and Nashville.
Epiphany happening on the everything network
November 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Epiphany happening on the everything network
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This 1800s duplex packs over 6,000sf of total living space, with a shared backyard, on a small 4,300sf lot.
This is illegal to build essentially everywhere in Massachusetts today… including on this same lot.
📍Salem, MA
This is illegal to build essentially everywhere in Massachusetts today… including on this same lot.
📍Salem, MA
November 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM
This 1800s duplex packs over 6,000sf of total living space, with a shared backyard, on a small 4,300sf lot.
This is illegal to build essentially everywhere in Massachusetts today… including on this same lot.
📍Salem, MA
This is illegal to build essentially everywhere in Massachusetts today… including on this same lot.
📍Salem, MA
I LOVE living in a neighborhood where I can jog a few blocks and run across a neighbor gardening and stop to chat.
I LOVE living in a neighborhood where I can walk to a coffee shop and sports bar and grocery store.
I LOVE living in a neighborhood with a bus to downtown that comes every 10 minutes.
I LOVE living in a neighborhood where I can walk to a coffee shop and sports bar and grocery store.
I LOVE living in a neighborhood with a bus to downtown that comes every 10 minutes.
November 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I LOVE living in a neighborhood where I can jog a few blocks and run across a neighbor gardening and stop to chat.
I LOVE living in a neighborhood where I can walk to a coffee shop and sports bar and grocery store.
I LOVE living in a neighborhood with a bus to downtown that comes every 10 minutes.
I LOVE living in a neighborhood where I can walk to a coffee shop and sports bar and grocery store.
I LOVE living in a neighborhood with a bus to downtown that comes every 10 minutes.
I love Jameis Winston.
An absolutely unbelievable TD from Jameis Winston and that Lions defender is catching hell in film study this week
November 23, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I love Jameis Winston.
When the neighborhood makes room for more neighbors by allowing homes that fit more than one family AND fit the neighborhood vibe. 🙌🏻#gentledensity
November 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
When the neighborhood makes room for more neighbors by allowing homes that fit more than one family AND fit the neighborhood vibe. 🙌🏻#gentledensity
The amount of discretionary control that a Nashville metro councilmember has to stop development never ceases to amaze me.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The amount of discretionary control that a Nashville metro councilmember has to stop development never ceases to amaze me.
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This breaks some people’s brains.
In most cities, Costco stores fuel sprawl & car dependency.
In Vancouver, our full-sized downtown Costco has residential towers above & a skytrain station next door. LOTS of customers don’t drive to it.
We live a block from it. We call it “the convenience store.”
In most cities, Costco stores fuel sprawl & car dependency.
In Vancouver, our full-sized downtown Costco has residential towers above & a skytrain station next door. LOTS of customers don’t drive to it.
We live a block from it. We call it “the convenience store.”
November 8, 2025 at 3:03 AM
This breaks some people’s brains.
In most cities, Costco stores fuel sprawl & car dependency.
In Vancouver, our full-sized downtown Costco has residential towers above & a skytrain station next door. LOTS of customers don’t drive to it.
We live a block from it. We call it “the convenience store.”
In most cities, Costco stores fuel sprawl & car dependency.
In Vancouver, our full-sized downtown Costco has residential towers above & a skytrain station next door. LOTS of customers don’t drive to it.
We live a block from it. We call it “the convenience store.”
Nashville's planning department has looked to other cities for best practices in how to make Nashville a more livable city. Here's another one they'd do well to emulate, especially as our commercial corridors repeatedly see shopping plazas bulldozed for housing. @metronashplan.bsky.social
#Breaking: Toronto will allow new corner stores in residential neighbourhoods
Toronto will allow new corner stores in residential neighbourhoods
Small-scale retail will be allowed on select 'community streets' downtown.
www.thestar.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Nashville's planning department has looked to other cities for best practices in how to make Nashville a more livable city. Here's another one they'd do well to emulate, especially as our commercial corridors repeatedly see shopping plazas bulldozed for housing. @metronashplan.bsky.social
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#Breaking: Toronto will allow new corner stores in residential neighbourhoods
Toronto will allow new corner stores in residential neighbourhoods
Small-scale retail will be allowed on select 'community streets' downtown.
www.thestar.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:14 AM
#Breaking: Toronto will allow new corner stores in residential neighbourhoods
I'm pro-housing.
It's hard to explain just how good that competition is for housing costs. Here's a live look:
A high-rise across the street from 1212 Laurel (Pullman) added 300 new condos just 16 months ago and another tower less than 0.5 miles away (Emory) that opened 312 more condos this year.
It's hard to explain just how good that competition is for housing costs. Here's a live look:
A high-rise across the street from 1212 Laurel (Pullman) added 300 new condos just 16 months ago and another tower less than 0.5 miles away (Emory) that opened 312 more condos this year.
November 13, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I'm pro-housing.
It's hard to explain just how good that competition is for housing costs. Here's a live look:
A high-rise across the street from 1212 Laurel (Pullman) added 300 new condos just 16 months ago and another tower less than 0.5 miles away (Emory) that opened 312 more condos this year.
It's hard to explain just how good that competition is for housing costs. Here's a live look:
A high-rise across the street from 1212 Laurel (Pullman) added 300 new condos just 16 months ago and another tower less than 0.5 miles away (Emory) that opened 312 more condos this year.
The most heartwarming part of all this drama is that there aren’t enough NIMBYs in his district for a recall effort - they couldn’t even get the signatures for it so the real estate agent from Franklin who led the group had to scrape up anti-housing advocates from other districts to make a fuss.
Councilmember does the right thing, increasing opportunities for housing.
Entitled homeowners don't get their way & proceed to throw a months-long tantrum.
Entitled homeowners don't get their way & proceed to throw a months-long tantrum.
A recall effort, an ethics threat and a packed council meeting reflect a divide in local politics.
November 13, 2025 at 3:55 AM
The most heartwarming part of all this drama is that there aren’t enough NIMBYs in his district for a recall effort - they couldn’t even get the signatures for it so the real estate agent from Franklin who led the group had to scrape up anti-housing advocates from other districts to make a fuss.
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Councilmember does the right thing, increasing opportunities for housing.
Entitled homeowners don't get their way & proceed to throw a months-long tantrum.
Entitled homeowners don't get their way & proceed to throw a months-long tantrum.
A recall effort, an ethics threat and a packed council meeting reflect a divide in local politics.
The Escalating Standoff Between Homeowners, Rollin Horton and Democracy
Metropolitik: Recall effort, ethics threat, packed council meeting reflect a divide in local politics
www.nashvillescene.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Councilmember does the right thing, increasing opportunities for housing.
Entitled homeowners don't get their way & proceed to throw a months-long tantrum.
Entitled homeowners don't get their way & proceed to throw a months-long tantrum.
I freaking love living in a city
November 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I freaking love living in a city
It’s 34° outside so I caught the route 34 bus tonight to downtown (WeGo calls it the “Opry Mills” route but I call it the “Inglewood Express”).
November 11, 2025 at 1:45 AM
It’s 34° outside so I caught the route 34 bus tonight to downtown (WeGo calls it the “Opry Mills” route but I call it the “Inglewood Express”).
An interesting dynamic in the apartment rental market:
Rents in the cheapest, oldest apartments (Class C) are dropping wildly!
But ONLY in cities that just delivered tons of new apartments.
Building new luxury apartments keeps the cheap ones cheap!
Via @jayparsons.bsky.social on Twitter
Rents in the cheapest, oldest apartments (Class C) are dropping wildly!
But ONLY in cities that just delivered tons of new apartments.
Building new luxury apartments keeps the cheap ones cheap!
Via @jayparsons.bsky.social on Twitter
November 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
An interesting dynamic in the apartment rental market:
Rents in the cheapest, oldest apartments (Class C) are dropping wildly!
But ONLY in cities that just delivered tons of new apartments.
Building new luxury apartments keeps the cheap ones cheap!
Via @jayparsons.bsky.social on Twitter
Rents in the cheapest, oldest apartments (Class C) are dropping wildly!
But ONLY in cities that just delivered tons of new apartments.
Building new luxury apartments keeps the cheap ones cheap!
Via @jayparsons.bsky.social on Twitter
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“Communist Freddie jackin up taxes for more empty buses”
November 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
“Communist Freddie jackin up taxes for more empty buses”
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Halloween is the best holiday because it's all about people giving neighbors and strangers treats for free and telling kids how awesome they are.
November 1, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Halloween is the best holiday because it's all about people giving neighbors and strangers treats for free and telling kids how awesome they are.
Trick or treated two streets today - Greenwood Avenue and Greenfield Avenue. Totally different dynamics, even though the roads are less than two miles away from each other, and both within greater East Nashville.
November 1, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Trick or treated two streets today - Greenwood Avenue and Greenfield Avenue. Totally different dynamics, even though the roads are less than two miles away from each other, and both within greater East Nashville.
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“They’ve got money for ICE and golden ballrooms but not for hungry families” is so easy it’s almost funny
Johnson: Snap benefits is a unique situation. I got a summary of the legal analysis…the contingency funds are not legally available to cover the benefits right now
October 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
“They’ve got money for ICE and golden ballrooms but not for hungry families” is so easy it’s almost funny
Perfect day for football (and tiger meat). #AnchorDown
October 18, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Perfect day for football (and tiger meat). #AnchorDown
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would love to know where vought got the authority to shutdown a government agency established by statute
White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT
White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers
White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.
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October 15, 2025 at 10:41 PM
would love to know where vought got the authority to shutdown a government agency established by statute
Nashville’s most successful homegrown brands continue to be a victim of the city’s success - and Nashville’s self-imposed shortage of mixed use neighborhoods!
October 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Nashville’s most successful homegrown brands continue to be a victim of the city’s success - and Nashville’s self-imposed shortage of mixed use neighborhoods!
Adjacent to an elementary school. Connected to the greenway.
Half a mile off a frequent bus route. Solid density for detached houses.
Limited to 55-plus.
What are we doing here?
Half a mile off a frequent bus route. Solid density for detached houses.
Limited to 55-plus.
What are we doing here?
October 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Adjacent to an elementary school. Connected to the greenway.
Half a mile off a frequent bus route. Solid density for detached houses.
Limited to 55-plus.
What are we doing here?
Half a mile off a frequent bus route. Solid density for detached houses.
Limited to 55-plus.
What are we doing here?
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Nothing more beautiful than some pre 1916, no setback, high FAR NYC housing stock
October 14, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Nothing more beautiful than some pre 1916, no setback, high FAR NYC housing stock