Eventually every state is gerrymandered so it is like the electoral college, winner take all. Then you have a deadlock between Senate and Congress. The compromise is to abolish the Senate and have proportional representation for each state in Congress.

Wow! What an amazing thread. Thanks Isaac!

Also, super important to note that where the vacant land is, residents can only afford about $120,000 for a home. If you start building $250,000 homes at scale you will change who lives in the neighborhood which has bad outcomes for our entire community.

Also many of those companies don’t have the interest or capacity to work where the vacant lots are.

2. There is good data that shows your construction costs are 22% higher when you don’t have contractors competing for your work. We are not a high growth area so we don’t have as many contractors as high growth markets.

We’ve looked at this quite a bit. The difference is:
1. A basement cost $70,000 and there is not much cost savings eliminating it because you need to dig out the old structure on vacant lots. Also the cheapest square footage for future buildout if needed. Best to add a legal egress.

That is so amazing that you found that! Thank you.

My Alma Mater, sort of. When i went there it was 38th St. School. It was “open education” similar to today’s Montessori schools. The highlight is when I was in high school I went back to volunteer and got to see Bishop Desmond Tutu speak in the cafatorinasium.

Living in Sherman Park it is so hard to get to the Hank Aaron trail. This would be an amazing addition to the bike path network for when me and my kids bike to school.

I will miss Jim. He was full of passion and love for his home, his chocolate, his community, and his city. Rest in peace Jim.