Superman is the story of an immigrant who grew up in Kansas, landed a low-paying job as a reporter in Metropolis, and still had time for a hobby because urban housing was affordable.

New Hampshire House Passes Parking Reform Bill - h/t New Hampshire Bulletin

It's so much fun because UH is a great school, with a huge commuter student population. It's a bunch of Houston kids. Dancing on the graves of all those Duke failsons. Poetry. -OS

#Opinion: Experts warn unvaccinated people in Houston, including babies, to avoid crowds. Get vaccinated now, urges county commissioner Lesley Briones.
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“Shrinking cities have tried to stabilize their populations with foreign-born residents…The approach has worked for other metropolitan areas losing population, like Detroit and Philadelphia, which got started around the same time as St. Louis’s programs.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/08/b...

It was a pleasure working with Mayor Turner. Very sad news.

A driver stopped for us to cross the street , at an uncontrolled crosswalk, along a busy stretch of Studewood. There may be hope for Houston yet.

Apple on Monday said it plans to open a 250,000-square-foot server manufacturing facility in the Houston area, part of what it said will be a $500 billion investment in several business lines over the next four years.

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Senate Bill 5156, approved by the Washington Senate this week, could open the door to more accessible small apartment buildings built around smaller European-style elevators, reducing overall housing costs at the same time.

Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/02/20/w...

A pair of bocks in the backyard.

“‘…There are going to be regions of the country where you can’t get a mortgage,’ he said during his semiannual testimony to Congress, noting that banks and insurance companies have been pulling out of coastal and fire-prone areas they deem too high risk.” finance.yahoo.com/news/powell-...

Both Houston and Dallas suffer from having downtowns built up during the 70s boom, where it's mostly office space, and a ghost town in the non-working hours. -OS
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New tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump could raise the cost of manufacturing and consumer goods in Houston and across the U.S.

Great Heights Brewing Co.’s Blue Tile IPA.

A million cars have disappeared!

“Congestion pricing [in New York City] began on January 5. One month in, traffic is down, public buses are faster, and transit ridership is up.” Via @fastcompany

No surprise for those of us championing decongestion pricing for a long time. We know it works.

Senate Avenue Brewery’s Smoke Show.

Chicken wings at S. Buffalo’s Doc Sullivan’s

Go Bills!