Jeremy Glover
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This is very nerdy, but one of my favorite parts of traveling is getting newspapers in small and medium-sized cities and reading about their weird hyper-local politics.
November 25, 2025 at 2:56 AM
This is very nerdy, but one of my favorite parts of traveling is getting newspapers in small and medium-sized cities and reading about their weird hyper-local politics.
By American standards, the Paris suburbs still have a crazy high population density. Here's a map I made a while back comparing it to Chicago.
November 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
By American standards, the Paris suburbs still have a crazy high population density. Here's a map I made a while back comparing it to Chicago.
Yes, Paris proper is pretty tiny. I made this map comparing it to SF some time ago.
November 22, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Yes, Paris proper is pretty tiny. I made this map comparing it to SF some time ago.
Check out this 1923 transit plan commissioned by the Chicago City Council. We use to be insanely ambitious. A network like this would've supported Paris-level population densities.
It's never too late!
It's never too late!
November 21, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Check out this 1923 transit plan commissioned by the Chicago City Council. We use to be insanely ambitious. A network like this would've supported Paris-level population densities.
It's never too late!
It's never too late!
I went to the Whole Foods on Kingsbury today and it never fails to amaze me just how badly the city bungled redeveloping this area. It's aggressively unpleasant.
November 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I went to the Whole Foods on Kingsbury today and it never fails to amaze me just how badly the city bungled redeveloping this area. It's aggressively unpleasant.
Another Great Lakes fun fact: Lake St. Clair has one of the largest freshwater deltas in the world. As the delta continues to grow, the lake will eventually disappear altogether.
November 21, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Another Great Lakes fun fact: Lake St. Clair has one of the largest freshwater deltas in the world. As the delta continues to grow, the lake will eventually disappear altogether.
The glacial ancestor of Lake Michigan once drained into Lake Huron much like Erie now drains into Ontario: via a river that topples over a waterfall.
The falls are still there, submerged under 150 feet of water just east of Mackinac Island.
The falls are still there, submerged under 150 feet of water just east of Mackinac Island.
November 21, 2025 at 5:39 AM
The glacial ancestor of Lake Michigan once drained into Lake Huron much like Erie now drains into Ontario: via a river that topples over a waterfall.
The falls are still there, submerged under 150 feet of water just east of Mackinac Island.
The falls are still there, submerged under 150 feet of water just east of Mackinac Island.
The incredible growth of the Texas Triangle as measured by urbanized land cover (shown in shades of red) from 1985 to 2024.
November 20, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The incredible growth of the Texas Triangle as measured by urbanized land cover (shown in shades of red) from 1985 to 2024.
Listen, I don't begrudge the people of Dearborn Park. Yes, the design sucks. But realistically, this was the best we were going to do in the late 70s and 80s when demand wasn't exactly strong.
But it is no longer 1985. Not only is there demand for density, the health of downtown hinges on it!
But it is no longer 1985. Not only is there demand for density, the health of downtown hinges on it!
November 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Listen, I don't begrudge the people of Dearborn Park. Yes, the design sucks. But realistically, this was the best we were going to do in the late 70s and 80s when demand wasn't exactly strong.
But it is no longer 1985. Not only is there demand for density, the health of downtown hinges on it!
But it is no longer 1985. Not only is there demand for density, the health of downtown hinges on it!
It’s pretty wild how much of the western US forest has been lost in the last 40 years. The wildfire scars are unmistakeable.
November 20, 2025 at 5:04 AM
It’s pretty wild how much of the western US forest has been lost in the last 40 years. The wildfire scars are unmistakeable.
Don't forget about the guy who lit his own garage on fire.
November 20, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Don't forget about the guy who lit his own garage on fire.
If I won the lottery, I wouldn't tell anyone. But there would be signs.
November 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
If I won the lottery, I wouldn't tell anyone. But there would be signs.
From 2015 to 2019, passenger car VMT in Chicagoland fell 28% while passenger truck VMT *grew* 68%. As a result, even though total VMT only grew 1.8%, on-road GHG emissions grew by 3.2%.
If the car-truck VMT ratio in 2019 were in line with 2010 & 2015, on-road GHG emissions would've actually fallen.
If the car-truck VMT ratio in 2019 were in line with 2010 & 2015, on-road GHG emissions would've actually fallen.
November 19, 2025 at 12:19 AM
From 2015 to 2019, passenger car VMT in Chicagoland fell 28% while passenger truck VMT *grew* 68%. As a result, even though total VMT only grew 1.8%, on-road GHG emissions grew by 3.2%.
If the car-truck VMT ratio in 2019 were in line with 2010 & 2015, on-road GHG emissions would've actually fallen.
If the car-truck VMT ratio in 2019 were in line with 2010 & 2015, on-road GHG emissions would've actually fallen.
Incredible things are happening in Chicago.
November 17, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Incredible things are happening in Chicago.
In second place for most and least like the citywide average were Albany Park and Lakeview.
November 14, 2025 at 11:17 PM
In second place for most and least like the citywide average were Albany Park and Lakeview.
In 2020, the Chicago community area with a population age distribution that most closely resembled the city as a whole was Bridgeport. On the flipside, the CA with the greatest difference was West Town.
November 14, 2025 at 11:17 PM
In 2020, the Chicago community area with a population age distribution that most closely resembled the city as a whole was Bridgeport. On the flipside, the CA with the greatest difference was West Town.
There's a post on the Logan Square FB page documenting a behavior I've seen as well, which is more and more drivers speeding down the service drives on Logan Blvd to avoid the newish speed camera on the main roadway. The service drives desperately need traffic calming.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
There's a post on the Logan Square FB page documenting a behavior I've seen as well, which is more and more drivers speeding down the service drives on Logan Blvd to avoid the newish speed camera on the main roadway. The service drives desperately need traffic calming.
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Do I get the steak sandwich at Booby’s or the broasted chicken at Chicken Inn? Tough choice.
Milwaukee Ave in Niles, IL
Milwaukee Ave in Niles, IL
November 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Do I get the steak sandwich at Booby’s or the broasted chicken at Chicken Inn? Tough choice.
Milwaukee Ave in Niles, IL
Milwaukee Ave in Niles, IL
Part of the reason why Lake Superior is so massive and deep (its deepest point is 733 feet below sea level and is the lowest point in the continental US) is because it occupies an ancient rift valley. What is now North American almost split in half a billion years ago.
November 11, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Part of the reason why Lake Superior is so massive and deep (its deepest point is 733 feet below sea level and is the lowest point in the continental US) is because it occupies an ancient rift valley. What is now North American almost split in half a billion years ago.
As I’m sure you already know, the Edmund Fitzgerald met her doom 50 years ago today. In honor of this somber occasion, here’s a very detailed bathymetric map of Lake Superior.
November 11, 2025 at 5:21 AM
As I’m sure you already know, the Edmund Fitzgerald met her doom 50 years ago today. In honor of this somber occasion, here’s a very detailed bathymetric map of Lake Superior.
The path around the perimeter of the park is two-way, so nobody would ever do that. They’d do this ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The path around the perimeter of the park is two-way, so nobody would ever do that. They’d do this ⬇️
Downtown Chicago from nearly 20 miles away.
November 9, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Downtown Chicago from nearly 20 miles away.
As of Halloween, annual homicides in Chicago are the lowest since 2014 and the second lowest since at least 2001.
No amount of murder is acceptable, but a 50% drop from the pandemic spike is pretty remarkable. And there's still a chance that we'll hit a 25-year low by the end of December.
No amount of murder is acceptable, but a 50% drop from the pandemic spike is pretty remarkable. And there's still a chance that we'll hit a 25-year low by the end of December.
November 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM
As of Halloween, annual homicides in Chicago are the lowest since 2014 and the second lowest since at least 2001.
No amount of murder is acceptable, but a 50% drop from the pandemic spike is pretty remarkable. And there's still a chance that we'll hit a 25-year low by the end of December.
No amount of murder is acceptable, but a 50% drop from the pandemic spike is pretty remarkable. And there's still a chance that we'll hit a 25-year low by the end of December.
Yes, it started yesterday afternoon. I drove through it but haven't ridden through yet. Traffic was backed up on the red route, presumably because people didn't realize they could now take the black route.
November 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Yes, it started yesterday afternoon. I drove through it but haven't ridden through yet. Traffic was backed up on the red route, presumably because people didn't realize they could now take the black route.
Kinda interesting to see Twin Cities progressives react with surprise that a plurality of North Side voters picked Frey.
Same sort of thing happened in Chicago when most of the South and West Sides stuck with Lightfoot in the first round of the 2023 election over the more progressive Johnson.
Same sort of thing happened in Chicago when most of the South and West Sides stuck with Lightfoot in the first round of the 2023 election over the more progressive Johnson.
November 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Kinda interesting to see Twin Cities progressives react with surprise that a plurality of North Side voters picked Frey.
Same sort of thing happened in Chicago when most of the South and West Sides stuck with Lightfoot in the first round of the 2023 election over the more progressive Johnson.
Same sort of thing happened in Chicago when most of the South and West Sides stuck with Lightfoot in the first round of the 2023 election over the more progressive Johnson.