chlurg
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chlurg
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late to the urbanist party
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Renting a new build apartment is nice and leaves the shitty 1880s building for other people.
November 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Open plea: Please vote Kaegi for Cook County Assessor

The cook county dem machine is trying to push him out
Related: Those same people are looking to oust Kaegi to put their old machine connected, nepo-nephew stooge in his seat.

bsky.app/profile/loca...
One only needs to look at donation records to see that Pat Hynes is a shill for the commercial real estate industry.

But if that isn’t enough for you, he also spent years working for the corrupt former Assessor Joe Berrios and only left because he couldn’t handle working for a reformer in Fritz.
November 19, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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While it doesn't really make it into Johnson's national profile, his administration has successfully moved forward the final step of functional parking requirement elimination; pushed hard on ADUs; and has overseen major corridor upzones across the city
November 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
he does not know what a 401k is
November 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
every single city in the US is made of small tragedies like this
Georgetown? Philadelphia? San Francisco?

Nope.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

This photo was taken 90 years ago *today* in the Yankee Hill neighborhood.

Today this is a surface parking lot.
November 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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One of the tragedies of growing up is it's apparently no longer "socially acceptable" to carry around a cool rock & show it to people you meet.

So I have to respect the Chinese, Korean & Japanese for having a tradition of finding cool rocks & displaying them.

Let's talk about scholar's stones.
November 20, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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oh yeah the new york city subway is so fucking scary, you never know what kind of weirdo you'll have to share a train with
November 19, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Parking lots should shoulder such an incredible tax burdon with the goal to eradicate their existence.
The annual property tax bill on this parking garage went down $8,000

Wrong direction
November 18, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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A pair of snowy owls on the coast of Chicago
November 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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the Abundant Housing Illinois deadline for county + state races is approaching. Fill out the questionnaire @abundanthousingil.bsky.social sent you by Friday night (11/21). DM me if you didn’t get one.
November 18, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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A normal two-way street with parking becomes a bus and bike only street.

One parking lane becomes bike parking (including a secure cage) and the other becomes greenery.

This kind of change is fast and cheap, and -- if deployed on a city-wide scale -- transformative.
Avant / Après Rue Michel-Chasles dans le 12ème arrondissement de Paris. Deux changements récents typiques de Paris en un : végétalisation à la place des places de stationnement + création d'une voie de bus.
November 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
my brother sent me this a few hours ago so i assume he’s dead now
November 17, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Easy choice if you're a deer deciding where to buy a house
November 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
wow according to this xkcd comic i’ve ascended to the final level of urbanism

xkcd.com/2832/
Urban Planning Opinion Progression
xkcd.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:49 AM
architects design something that isn’t fuck ugly challenge
November 15, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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this rocks so hard
November 15, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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NeighDU 🐴
November 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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New video out now! IDOT & CDOT seriously missed the mark with Redefine the Drive. Here’s how we can do better

youtu.be/aspdaCREwWI?...
What if Chicago's Lakefront Had Less Cars?
YouTube video by Car Free Keith
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
they should decorate the bendy busses like dragons for chinese new year
November 15, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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We should make these legal again
1525 North Austin Boulevard
November 15, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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Chicago in the fall >>>>
November 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
—every community should have a public cafeteria where you can go and get a free meal or just hang out like a public library

—completely ban the sale of smartphones to kids under the age of 16

—completely ban the use of AI for image and video generation

—abolish all residential zoning categories
"my least woke opinion is---"

That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.

Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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pickup trucks for the average person should not have been allowed to advance past this. if you need anything bigger, you should have to provide some kind of documentation showing you have the license and need for special heavy machinery, otherwise you get the 1990 toyota hilux
November 14, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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Chat, is it bad when the express bus stops every block?
November 12, 2025 at 11:28 PM