Natty 🏳️🌈
@nattyf.bsky.social
housing, transit, democracy enjoyer. Portland, ME. urbanistportland.me
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I promise I will eventually stop posting about speeding but it’s so rare that an opportunity exists to argue a position that is as controversial as it is irrefutable. It’s like walking in to a dog torturer convention and saying you think it’s wrong to torture dogs
December 14, 2025 at 6:08 AM
I promise I will eventually stop posting about speeding but it’s so rare that an opportunity exists to argue a position that is as controversial as it is irrefutable. It’s like walking in to a dog torturer convention and saying you think it’s wrong to torture dogs
forgot about the pleasure of a 9-10pm grocery shop. Truly unbeatable
November 17, 2025 at 2:51 AM
forgot about the pleasure of a 9-10pm grocery shop. Truly unbeatable
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So-called “inclusionary zoning” is a tax on new housing that reduces the amount of housing that gets built, worsening the housing shortage and driving up rent. It is bad, counterproductive policy and we should stop doing it.
Building housing is a left issue.
Taxing housing to build housing means less housing.
Less housing means more pressure on your housing market and higher rents.
Build the housing. And don’t let NIMBYs stop or slow us downs
Taxing housing to build housing means less housing.
Less housing means more pressure on your housing market and higher rents.
Build the housing. And don’t let NIMBYs stop or slow us downs
@wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
1. Get rid of min. parking requirements
2. Temporarily end MHA to spur building for 3 yrs
3. Get rid of design review temporarily for 3 yrs
4. Don’t allow NIMBYs in wealthy areas to slow down development; sue them every time as a deterrent for future efforts
1. Get rid of min. parking requirements
2. Temporarily end MHA to spur building for 3 yrs
3. Get rid of design review temporarily for 3 yrs
4. Don’t allow NIMBYs in wealthy areas to slow down development; sue them every time as a deterrent for future efforts
November 16, 2025 at 5:49 PM
So-called “inclusionary zoning” is a tax on new housing that reduces the amount of housing that gets built, worsening the housing shortage and driving up rent. It is bad, counterproductive policy and we should stop doing it.
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A single person making $82,000 a year should not need a subsidized apartment. A family making $117,000 should be able to buy a home.
We need to build more homes until median rent is less than 30% of median monthly income and median home prices are less than 4x median annual income.
We need to build more homes until median rent is less than 30% of median monthly income and median home prices are less than 4x median annual income.
November 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
A single person making $82,000 a year should not need a subsidized apartment. A family making $117,000 should be able to buy a home.
We need to build more homes until median rent is less than 30% of median monthly income and median home prices are less than 4x median annual income.
We need to build more homes until median rent is less than 30% of median monthly income and median home prices are less than 4x median annual income.
I love work life balance. Gotta be one of my favorite things.
November 12, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I love work life balance. Gotta be one of my favorite things.
it's 5pm! time to turn on all the lights in the house!
November 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
it's 5pm! time to turn on all the lights in the house!
first picking Lamar Jackson in the office fantasy football league looking worse and worse every week
October 28, 2025 at 12:17 PM
first picking Lamar Jackson in the office fantasy football league looking worse and worse every week
remember that dood. remember that dood who looked like a raisin
October 25, 2025 at 8:54 PM
remember that dood. remember that dood who looked like a raisin
"dress code: professional business casual" 🤔🤔🤔
October 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"dress code: professional business casual" 🤔🤔🤔
bus filled up with 1Ls! heartwarming ❤️
August 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM
bus filled up with 1Ls! heartwarming ❤️
Immigration is very very good and we should let ~everyone who wants to come to America come, Ellis Island style.
what is your most "scare the hoes" political opinion
August 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Immigration is very very good and we should let ~everyone who wants to come to America come, Ellis Island style.
Shenna Bellows is a strong contender for governor because she bravely did the constitutional and moral thing of enforcing Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. That courage is more important now than ever!
August 7, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Shenna Bellows is a strong contender for governor because she bravely did the constitutional and moral thing of enforcing Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. That courage is more important now than ever!
We should copy this in Maine. Very straightforward.
A new state has joined the single-stair club: New Hampshire now allows four stories of multifamily, four units per floor, with a single stair. And it’s the cleanest code section there is – same conditions as for three stories. www.centerforbuilding.org/trackers?tra...
Center for Building in North America
The Center for Building is a non-profit that conducts research on building codes and advocates for reform in North America.
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August 7, 2025 at 2:58 AM
We should copy this in Maine. Very straightforward.
literally told the bus driver that "I like paying for the bus" when he told me not to worry about the app, wtf is wrong with me
August 6, 2025 at 8:51 PM
literally told the bus driver that "I like paying for the bus" when he told me not to worry about the app, wtf is wrong with me
air quality bad today... I can feel it just by walking uphill
August 5, 2025 at 9:29 PM
air quality bad today... I can feel it just by walking uphill
all dressed up to type on the computer
July 9, 2025 at 11:34 AM
all dressed up to type on the computer
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yeah i love waymo, way mo immigrants coming to my city
June 10, 2025 at 12:01 AM
yeah i love waymo, way mo immigrants coming to my city
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“Inclusionary zoning” is one of those policies that sounds great at first but then when you look at the actual impact it ends up just being a massive tax on new apartments that exempts single family homes, accomplishing the exact opposite of the intended effect
May 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
“Inclusionary zoning” is one of those policies that sounds great at first but then when you look at the actual impact it ends up just being a massive tax on new apartments that exempts single family homes, accomplishing the exact opposite of the intended effect
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So-called “inclusionary zoning” is bad policy and we should stop doing it.
Tying affordable housing funding and mandates specifically to new market-rate development is saying, in effect, we are going to tax the renters in these new buildings in order to pay for housing subsidies for, in many cases, slightly poorer or simply luckier (won a housing lottery) renters.
April 22, 2025 at 8:50 PM
So-called “inclusionary zoning” is bad policy and we should stop doing it.
nothing like taking the pc apart and putting it back together to unwind after a long workday 😮💨
April 4, 2025 at 12:24 AM
nothing like taking the pc apart and putting it back together to unwind after a long workday 😮💨
my ass rides on clean natural gas. thanks @gpmetro.org!
April 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM
my ass rides on clean natural gas. thanks @gpmetro.org!
I use my company laptop with 32GB of memory to log into a virtual desktop with 8GB of memory where I do all of my memory-hungry analytics 🫠
April 2, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I use my company laptop with 32GB of memory to log into a virtual desktop with 8GB of memory where I do all of my memory-hungry analytics 🫠
I love watching CSPAN
April 1, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I love watching CSPAN