Any land use change in Baja California Sur required updating the whole master plan, which is technically and politically too complex. Now, the governor can decree spot zoning for affordable housing.
November 4, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Any land use change in Baja California Sur required updating the whole master plan, which is technically and politically too complex. Now, the governor can decree spot zoning for affordable housing.
My reform to allow for spot zoning in Baja California Sur just got approved by the state congress 🎊
November 4, 2025 at 11:12 PM
My reform to allow for spot zoning in Baja California Sur just got approved by the state congress 🎊
Lobbying my first YIMBY state reform, and now I am facing my first NIMBY infographic.
November 4, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Lobbying my first YIMBY state reform, and now I am facing my first NIMBY infographic.
Going to Bangkok in a couple of weeks, so I made a Bangkok building height map.
Send Bangkok tips and recommendations!
Send Bangkok tips and recommendations!
November 1, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Going to Bangkok in a couple of weeks, so I made a Bangkok building height map.
Send Bangkok tips and recommendations!
Send Bangkok tips and recommendations!
It is the only place in LatAm where I have seen higher parking requirements in the city center.
Which makes sense, the rich car owners live in the center, the poor live in the outskirts. 8/10!
Which makes sense, the rich car owners live in the center, the poor live in the outskirts. 8/10!
October 30, 2025 at 3:14 AM
It is the only place in LatAm where I have seen higher parking requirements in the city center.
Which makes sense, the rich car owners live in the center, the poor live in the outskirts. 8/10!
Which makes sense, the rich car owners live in the center, the poor live in the outskirts. 8/10!
Mapping affordable housing in Mexico. Policymakers' disdain to infill development or anything above 4 stories makes affordable housing viable solely in the most remote and inaccessible locations.
October 30, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Mapping affordable housing in Mexico. Policymakers' disdain to infill development or anything above 4 stories makes affordable housing viable solely in the most remote and inaccessible locations.
Mexico City has a participatory budget. Usually, neighbors vote for pavement and street lighting with super low turnouts.
This year, some of the wealthiest neighborhoods voted to hire lawyers to prtoect exclusionary zoning within their boroughs 😖
This year, some of the wealthiest neighborhoods voted to hire lawyers to prtoect exclusionary zoning within their boroughs 😖
October 26, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Mexico City has a participatory budget. Usually, neighbors vote for pavement and street lighting with super low turnouts.
This year, some of the wealthiest neighborhoods voted to hire lawyers to prtoect exclusionary zoning within their boroughs 😖
This year, some of the wealthiest neighborhoods voted to hire lawyers to prtoect exclusionary zoning within their boroughs 😖
Found my first Spanish (language) housing book that avoids the typical leftist NIMBY antifinancialization approach that dominates the Latin American and Spanish housing discourse.
October 26, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Found my first Spanish (language) housing book that avoids the typical leftist NIMBY antifinancialization approach that dominates the Latin American and Spanish housing discourse.
Cute checkboard informal settlement in the ejidos of Eastern Mexico City.
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Cute checkboard informal settlement in the ejidos of Eastern Mexico City.
Which would be nice considering Tijuana's highest density is 70 dwellings per acre 😢
October 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Which would be nice considering Tijuana's highest density is 70 dwellings per acre 😢
I have been studying how Mexican urban sprawl has been driven by public mortgage financing.
I am curious why Monterrey lacks significant informal settlements compared to other Mexican cities.
I am curious why Monterrey lacks significant informal settlements compared to other Mexican cities.
October 7, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I have been studying how Mexican urban sprawl has been driven by public mortgage financing.
I am curious why Monterrey lacks significant informal settlements compared to other Mexican cities.
I am curious why Monterrey lacks significant informal settlements compared to other Mexican cities.
Guadalajara has this really annoying green belt in the south of the city that has fostered sprawl into the municipality of Tlajomulco, far from the city center.
October 1, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Guadalajara has this really annoying green belt in the south of the city that has fostered sprawl into the municipality of Tlajomulco, far from the city center.
Just like the Soviet Union. Mexican social housing designs are repeated all over the country.
September 29, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Just like the Soviet Union. Mexican social housing designs are repeated all over the country.
Is there another example of a metro system that brags about having more metro lines than they actually do? In Monterrey, lines 2 & 3 and 4 & 6 are basically the same line, and operate as such.
September 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Is there another example of a metro system that brags about having more metro lines than they actually do? In Monterrey, lines 2 & 3 and 4 & 6 are basically the same line, and operate as such.
Mexican urban growth patterns shifted by decade: 1940-60s northern border cities boomed; 1960-80s Oil-oriented Gulf cities; post-1980s beach resort towns.
Chiapas's cities likely reflect its exceptional high birth rates.
Chiapas's cities likely reflect its exceptional high birth rates.
September 25, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Mexican urban growth patterns shifted by decade: 1940-60s northern border cities boomed; 1960-80s Oil-oriented Gulf cities; post-1980s beach resort towns.
Chiapas's cities likely reflect its exceptional high birth rates.
Chiapas's cities likely reflect its exceptional high birth rates.
Merch being sold while the widow spoke is the gringoest thing ever.
September 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Merch being sold while the widow spoke is the gringoest thing ever.
In Monterrey, Lock-off apartments are becoming quite popular. Most new developments offer them.
Probably, a result of low dwelling densities.
Probably, a result of low dwelling densities.
September 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
In Monterrey, Lock-off apartments are becoming quite popular. Most new developments offer them.
Probably, a result of low dwelling densities.
Probably, a result of low dwelling densities.
Riberas del Sacramento. Infonavit-financed housing.
September 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Riberas del Sacramento. Infonavit-financed housing.
Funny how taquerías follow a more market-based spatial distribution than housing. Mexican zoning ordinances and building codes focus on housing; retail is seldom mentioned.
September 11, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Funny how taquerías follow a more market-based spatial distribution than housing. Mexican zoning ordinances and building codes focus on housing; retail is seldom mentioned.
The neighborhood I live in allowed five story buildings until 2008. Now, my building is illegal due to dwelling density limits and three story height restrictions imposed by the 2008 downzoning.
September 4, 2025 at 1:37 AM
The neighborhood I live in allowed five story buildings until 2008. Now, my building is illegal due to dwelling density limits and three story height restrictions imposed by the 2008 downzoning.
Mexico City's 2008-11 zoning updates simply copied the 1997 maps, added dwelling densities, and in some cases reduced allowable heights.
Sadly, Mexican planners are extremely conservative regarding zoning. Academic circles usually oppose upzoning arguing neoliberalism and uncaptured land values.
Sadly, Mexican planners are extremely conservative regarding zoning. Academic circles usually oppose upzoning arguing neoliberalism and uncaptured land values.
September 4, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Mexico City's 2008-11 zoning updates simply copied the 1997 maps, added dwelling densities, and in some cases reduced allowable heights.
Sadly, Mexican planners are extremely conservative regarding zoning. Academic circles usually oppose upzoning arguing neoliberalism and uncaptured land values.
Sadly, Mexican planners are extremely conservative regarding zoning. Academic circles usually oppose upzoning arguing neoliberalism and uncaptured land values.
Monterrey can't densify because state law requires developers to donate 22 sqm per unit; with a few exemptions, high-density projects are basically financially unfeasible in the state.
Moreover, some central municipalities requiere 2 parking spaces per dwelling.
Moreover, some central municipalities requiere 2 parking spaces per dwelling.
September 2, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Monterrey can't densify because state law requires developers to donate 22 sqm per unit; with a few exemptions, high-density projects are basically financially unfeasible in the state.
Moreover, some central municipalities requiere 2 parking spaces per dwelling.
Moreover, some central municipalities requiere 2 parking spaces per dwelling.
Monterrey's social housing estates are uniquely massive in scale. Even with falling vacancy rates, proper urban integration is impossible. Most residents rely on transportation provided by their employer to commute to work.
September 2, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Monterrey's social housing estates are uniquely massive in scale. Even with falling vacancy rates, proper urban integration is impossible. Most residents rely on transportation provided by their employer to commute to work.
Working in the Monterrey Metro for two years has been interesting and sad.
Mexico's richest city has some of the world's worst planning. Basically, the city sprawled in high-density isolated satellite cities in financially overwhelmed municipalities with huge housing abandonment.
Mexico's richest city has some of the world's worst planning. Basically, the city sprawled in high-density isolated satellite cities in financially overwhelmed municipalities with huge housing abandonment.
September 2, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Working in the Monterrey Metro for two years has been interesting and sad.
Mexico's richest city has some of the world's worst planning. Basically, the city sprawled in high-density isolated satellite cities in financially overwhelmed municipalities with huge housing abandonment.
Mexico's richest city has some of the world's worst planning. Basically, the city sprawled in high-density isolated satellite cities in financially overwhelmed municipalities with huge housing abandonment.