Most local parties are run by people who've done the job for years because no one stepped up. So step up.

Be authentically you. Speak to your community.

There is a MASSIVE leadership vacuum at the local level almost everywhere outside major cities. Fill it.

I'm not exactly sure what you mean, but I'm interested in hearing more!

Yes, I rode the Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat! They were okay, but very crowded. I also rode the Rodalies, but they were definitely unreliable.

OR building some super-fast trains to the other side of the mountains to build more dense suburbs in the fields there.

Yeah, when I went to Barcelona last month I was really concerned with their future. The only thing I could think of besides towers would be draining and building over the Llobregat Delta.

I would say that overall the problems are very different, in that in the US there is a ton of land near transit that could be available for redevelopment at 10x and 20x the density just by adding mid-rise apartments.

In Barcelona it seems most areas are densely built up except the farm fields.

You're correct in that sense. It's the same as in "the zoning prevents more housing supply," but for most places in the US it would genuinely be very easy to increase housing supply just by fiddling with the rules. I agree that it's more difficult for BCN because it's so much more built-up already.

Vienna, Austria does a fantabulous job! Most of the city is very quiet and also very dense :)

Got it! Sounds like the same problem as US cities, then!

Question: what do you mean by land not being legally available?

Here is something fairly similar from NYC, except it's more of a real estate brochure:

archive.org/details/apar...

I agree with you here.

I have been told by developers that they are averse to doing 3-bedrooms in low-scoring school districts. The demand from middle-class parents to live there isn't there.

This is the first big market-rate building east of the Anacostia, which is considered a very rough neighborhood. Quite a risk.

Alas. By the way, I'm sorry I didn't make it on Saturday. I forgot how far away Alexandria is from DC.

This makes so much sense!

Which website is this?