Next door in Silicon Valley
@nextdoorsv.bsky.social
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Always thinking about parking
Always thinking about parking
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An affordability crisis is sweeping the US, as high prices of food, rents and healthcare force lower-income Americans to cut back on necessities just as the Trump administration curbs government supports. on.ft.com/48gJPqm
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
An affordability crisis is sweeping the US, as high prices of food, rents and healthcare force lower-income Americans to cut back on necessities just as the Trump administration curbs government supports. on.ft.com/48gJPqm
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seems like an easy fix for the US to just adopt the sensible EU regs! bsky.app/profile/bubb...
again, this is a Europe regulations vs U.S. regulations thing! there are a total of five pages discussing the different beam strength at different wavelengths in the european standard, whereas the DOT says headlights must be "white."
November 25, 2025 at 12:32 AM
seems like an easy fix for the US to just adopt the sensible EU regs! bsky.app/profile/bubb...
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People say they expected Mountain View or Los Altos but this seems right to me - Portola Valley, Atherton, etc, with big low density lots that rarely change hands & thus don’t get re-appraised often
"We label jurisdictions like [these dark blue ones] “municipal tax havens” for the way they shield property wealth from taxation."
Are the dark blue areas the ones that you expected based on that description?
Are the dark blue areas the ones that you expected based on that description?
November 25, 2025 at 6:21 AM
People say they expected Mountain View or Los Altos but this seems right to me - Portola Valley, Atherton, etc, with big low density lots that rarely change hands & thus don’t get re-appraised often
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For all the discourse over Bay Area inequality, LA is on a totally different level
November 25, 2025 at 6:14 AM
For all the discourse over Bay Area inequality, LA is on a totally different level
"We label jurisdictions like [these dark blue ones] “municipal tax havens” for the way they shield property wealth from taxation."
Are the dark blue areas the ones that you expected based on that description?
Are the dark blue areas the ones that you expected based on that description?
November 25, 2025 at 6:07 AM
"We label jurisdictions like [these dark blue ones] “municipal tax havens” for the way they shield property wealth from taxation."
Are the dark blue areas the ones that you expected based on that description?
Are the dark blue areas the ones that you expected based on that description?
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This piece is as good as people say it is. A fierce critique of zoning, by the former executive director of the zoning office in Baltimore.
"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]
Baltimore’s former zoning board director explains why she lost faith in zoning | Baltimore Brew
The mayor’s “Housing Options and Opportunity” legislation – including Bill 25-0066 – will go a long way toward fixing an unfair system. [OP-ED]
tinyurl.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:23 AM
This piece is as good as people say it is. A fierce critique of zoning, by the former executive director of the zoning office in Baltimore.
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4 images that perfectly tell a California story:
A 3 bed 1 bath 988 sqft house sold for $2.8M
In a school district that has to do budget cuts
While trying to help its growing number of homeless students
Meanwhile residents are mad that a Chase will be replaced with 6 stories of apartments
A 3 bed 1 bath 988 sqft house sold for $2.8M
In a school district that has to do budget cuts
While trying to help its growing number of homeless students
Meanwhile residents are mad that a Chase will be replaced with 6 stories of apartments
November 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
4 images that perfectly tell a California story:
A 3 bed 1 bath 988 sqft house sold for $2.8M
In a school district that has to do budget cuts
While trying to help its growing number of homeless students
Meanwhile residents are mad that a Chase will be replaced with 6 stories of apartments
A 3 bed 1 bath 988 sqft house sold for $2.8M
In a school district that has to do budget cuts
While trying to help its growing number of homeless students
Meanwhile residents are mad that a Chase will be replaced with 6 stories of apartments
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“.. This is X in 2025: Potentially fake accounts crying at other potentially fake accounts that they aren’t real, all while refusing to acknowledge that they themselves aren’t who they say they are — a Russian nesting doll of bullshit.”
@cwarzel.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
@cwarzel.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
November 25, 2025 at 1:21 AM
“.. This is X in 2025: Potentially fake accounts crying at other potentially fake accounts that they aren’t real, all while refusing to acknowledge that they themselves aren’t who they say they are — a Russian nesting doll of bullshit.”
@cwarzel.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
@cwarzel.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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Vance and Mike have some really helpful tips on what to do now that toll lanes are becoming more common on Bay Area Freeways:
Vance: Just set your fastrak to 3. You will never get caught
Mike: Vance Every day!!! 5% tint helps too
Vance: Just set your fastrak to 3. You will never get caught
Mike: Vance Every day!!! 5% tint helps too
November 24, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Vance and Mike have some really helpful tips on what to do now that toll lanes are becoming more common on Bay Area Freeways:
Vance: Just set your fastrak to 3. You will never get caught
Mike: Vance Every day!!! 5% tint helps too
Vance: Just set your fastrak to 3. You will never get caught
Mike: Vance Every day!!! 5% tint helps too
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@costasamaras.com
Tern selling feature: battery, motor and electronics rated so safe, you can store it inside living spaces
Tern selling feature: battery, motor and electronics rated so safe, you can store it inside living spaces
oh shiiiiiit, yeah, that might be tough to fit inside. my tern sleeps peacefully in my office
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 AM
@costasamaras.com
Tern selling feature: battery, motor and electronics rated so safe, you can store it inside living spaces
Tern selling feature: battery, motor and electronics rated so safe, you can store it inside living spaces
See? No need for more housing!
By 2050 assuming current fertility patterns persist, we should expect America to look like modern day France or Germany when it comes to the Old Age Dependency ratio.
Germany will exceed Japan’s current dependency ratio.
And Japan?
5 workers for every 4 seniors. Game over.
Germany will exceed Japan’s current dependency ratio.
And Japan?
5 workers for every 4 seniors. Game over.
November 25, 2025 at 3:06 AM
See? No need for more housing!
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I'm loving the FB comments on this post! Here are some good ones!
Here's the thread - reply with your favorite ones!
www.facebook.com/SFGate/posts...
Here's the thread - reply with your favorite ones!
www.facebook.com/SFGate/posts...
November 24, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I'm loving the FB comments on this post! Here are some good ones!
Here's the thread - reply with your favorite ones!
www.facebook.com/SFGate/posts...
Here's the thread - reply with your favorite ones!
www.facebook.com/SFGate/posts...
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This is exactly right
November 25, 2025 at 12:40 AM
This is exactly right
Plot twist: this app is available only for BlackBerry OS
I gotta admit, I did not know that we give infinite free money to immigrants, that does seem generous.
November 25, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Plot twist: this app is available only for BlackBerry OS
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If Isaac Chotiner ever said this to me, I would move to the woods.
November 25, 2025 at 1:12 AM
If Isaac Chotiner ever said this to me, I would move to the woods.
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In the end, when I walked from my X account, the waves of racists and bots that were always invoking the same phrases and talking points made it clear that the thing was just a hall of mirrors, that it had been crudely rigged for political fraud. Never thought Musk would admit it all in a self-own.
November 25, 2025 at 12:50 AM
In the end, when I walked from my X account, the waves of racists and bots that were always invoking the same phrases and talking points made it clear that the thing was just a hall of mirrors, that it had been crudely rigged for political fraud. Never thought Musk would admit it all in a self-own.
Ignore this guy. That’s just crazy talk. Imagine locking in the mistakes of today forever by building for even more tech!
Here’s the real talk: once this AI bubble bursts, we can Make Santa Clara Orchards Again
Here’s the real talk: once this AI bubble bursts, we can Make Santa Clara Orchards Again
It’s really incredible how we decided that cities should no longer be physically shaped by the industries that carry them. I wrote this about the tech industry’s lack of a built legacy in Manhattan over a decade ago, but it could be written 10x over in the Bay Area newyorkyimby.com/2014/12/how-...
How New York City is Robbing Itself of the Tech Industry's Built Legacy - New York YIMBY
With strict limits on growth in Midtown South and on the Brooklyn waterfront, tech giants are leaving little architecture behind for future generations.
newyorkyimby.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Ignore this guy. That’s just crazy talk. Imagine locking in the mistakes of today forever by building for even more tech!
Here’s the real talk: once this AI bubble bursts, we can Make Santa Clara Orchards Again
Here’s the real talk: once this AI bubble bursts, we can Make Santa Clara Orchards Again
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November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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Zohran adding YIMBYs to his transition team is resulting in some absolutely incredible Left NIMBY crashouts over on Twitter. This is my favorite.
November 25, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Zohran adding YIMBYs to his transition team is resulting in some absolutely incredible Left NIMBY crashouts over on Twitter. This is my favorite.
Vance and Mike have some really helpful tips on what to do now that toll lanes are becoming more common on Bay Area Freeways:
Vance: Just set your fastrak to 3. You will never get caught
Mike: Vance Every day!!! 5% tint helps too
Vance: Just set your fastrak to 3. You will never get caught
Mike: Vance Every day!!! 5% tint helps too
November 24, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Vance and Mike have some really helpful tips on what to do now that toll lanes are becoming more common on Bay Area Freeways:
Vance: Just set your fastrak to 3. You will never get caught
Mike: Vance Every day!!! 5% tint helps too
Vance: Just set your fastrak to 3. You will never get caught
Mike: Vance Every day!!! 5% tint helps too
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This, by @giacgrassi.bsky.social, remains one of the simplest and best climate visuals
November 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
This, by @giacgrassi.bsky.social, remains one of the simplest and best climate visuals
Heads up San Jose peeps:
Hey @nextdoorsv.bsky.social get some tamales or just share with others ( this is VERY LOCAL ) farmworkercaravan.blogspot.com/p/tamales-fo...
TAMALES FOR GOOD
TAMALES FOR GOOD Help to support Farmworker Caravan by eating tamales. Yes, you read that correctly. Just order tamales to-go to and the p...
farmworkercaravan.blogspot.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Heads up San Jose peeps:
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Hey @nextdoorsv.bsky.social get some tamales or just share with others ( this is VERY LOCAL ) farmworkercaravan.blogspot.com/p/tamales-fo...
TAMALES FOR GOOD
TAMALES FOR GOOD Help to support Farmworker Caravan by eating tamales. Yes, you read that correctly. Just order tamales to-go to and the p...
farmworkercaravan.blogspot.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Hey @nextdoorsv.bsky.social get some tamales or just share with others ( this is VERY LOCAL ) farmworkercaravan.blogspot.com/p/tamales-fo...
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FFS 😡
FINLAND IS NOT RE-GAUGING ITS RAILWAYS
Just because an urbanist influencer has posted a 6 months old piece (that was anyway inaccurate) about it does not mean it is happening!
Finland *might* lay some additional standard gauge track from Sweden to Oulu
FINLAND IS NOT RE-GAUGING ITS RAILWAYS
Just because an urbanist influencer has posted a 6 months old piece (that was anyway inaccurate) about it does not mean it is happening!
Finland *might* lay some additional standard gauge track from Sweden to Oulu
November 24, 2025 at 11:41 AM
FFS 😡
FINLAND IS NOT RE-GAUGING ITS RAILWAYS
Just because an urbanist influencer has posted a 6 months old piece (that was anyway inaccurate) about it does not mean it is happening!
Finland *might* lay some additional standard gauge track from Sweden to Oulu
FINLAND IS NOT RE-GAUGING ITS RAILWAYS
Just because an urbanist influencer has posted a 6 months old piece (that was anyway inaccurate) about it does not mean it is happening!
Finland *might* lay some additional standard gauge track from Sweden to Oulu