Salim Furth
@salimfurth.bsky.social
Mostly on LinkedIn. Housing nerd. Personal views only. It's a free country.
Never mind, I'm not going to engage here. This website is a ridiculous parody of itself.
November 6, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Never mind, I'm not going to engage here. This website is a ridiculous parody of itself.
You should come to UEA!
November 4, 2025 at 1:16 AM
You should come to UEA!
@ballstonbakfiets.bsky.social used to drive one of these around NoVa
October 28, 2025 at 2:06 PM
@ballstonbakfiets.bsky.social used to drive one of these around NoVa
Regardless of whether you build roads, congestion scales with city size because there's an increase in the number of destinations worth driving to (and those destinations are further away). Only a wonk would think that growth might not be associated with congestion :-D
October 27, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Regardless of whether you build roads, congestion scales with city size because there's an increase in the number of destinations worth driving to (and those destinations are further away). Only a wonk would think that growth might not be associated with congestion :-D
[The photo is not from the councilor's street. The text is from an excellent article that doesn't otherwise relate to street widths.] www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_n...
Santa Fe aims to bring building into digital age with land use office modernization
Miles Conway, CEO of the New Mexico Home Builders Association, said the paper-based permit system can cost a developer as much as $10,000 for a project.
www.santafenewmexican.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:40 PM
[The photo is not from the councilor's street. The text is from an excellent article that doesn't otherwise relate to street widths.] www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_n...
Normies don't think in per-capita terms.
(A much easier example: immigrants probably increase traffic congestion even though they are less likely to drive than the native-born).
(A much easier example: immigrants probably increase traffic congestion even though they are less likely to drive than the native-born).
October 27, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Normies don't think in per-capita terms.
(A much easier example: immigrants probably increase traffic congestion even though they are less likely to drive than the native-born).
(A much easier example: immigrants probably increase traffic congestion even though they are less likely to drive than the native-born).
1 & 3) Swap out barely-observed, divisive Columbus Day for fun, unifying National Parks Day.
2) Flip MLK Jr Day to August, timed to King's greatest speech, and nudge Labor Day to late September.
+ Juneteenth should be a Monday holiday so it has the predictability to develop its own traditions.
2) Flip MLK Jr Day to August, timed to King's greatest speech, and nudge Labor Day to late September.
+ Juneteenth should be a Monday holiday so it has the predictability to develop its own traditions.
October 13, 2025 at 1:46 PM
1 & 3) Swap out barely-observed, divisive Columbus Day for fun, unifying National Parks Day.
2) Flip MLK Jr Day to August, timed to King's greatest speech, and nudge Labor Day to late September.
+ Juneteenth should be a Monday holiday so it has the predictability to develop its own traditions.
2) Flip MLK Jr Day to August, timed to King's greatest speech, and nudge Labor Day to late September.
+ Juneteenth should be a Monday holiday so it has the predictability to develop its own traditions.
Our holidays have 3 big problems:
1) Columbus Day is divisive; a few others are a bit confused
2) Just 4 of the 11 happen during the bright half of the year
3) There's a 98-day gap from Presidents Day to Memorial Day!
1) Columbus Day is divisive; a few others are a bit confused
2) Just 4 of the 11 happen during the bright half of the year
3) There's a 98-day gap from Presidents Day to Memorial Day!
October 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Our holidays have 3 big problems:
1) Columbus Day is divisive; a few others are a bit confused
2) Just 4 of the 11 happen during the bright half of the year
3) There's a 98-day gap from Presidents Day to Memorial Day!
1) Columbus Day is divisive; a few others are a bit confused
2) Just 4 of the 11 happen during the bright half of the year
3) There's a 98-day gap from Presidents Day to Memorial Day!
The program pays the same regardless of land cost and occupancy, a common feature in developing-world housing programs (Mex, ZAF did the same), which is a pretty big incentive for siting them on cheap land.
October 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The program pays the same regardless of land cost and occupancy, a common feature in developing-world housing programs (Mex, ZAF did the same), which is a pretty big incentive for siting them on cheap land.
I've seen a couple of those sites. We had to be taken there by helicopter (!!) because many are built on very cheap land multiple hours' commute from the core of Rio. It's a terrible system and we should not imitate it.
October 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I've seen a couple of those sites. We had to be taken there by helicopter (!!) because many are built on very cheap land multiple hours' commute from the core of Rio. It's a terrible system and we should not imitate it.
2031? I didn't know that!
September 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
2031? I didn't know that!
I'm a principled defender of local government and participatory democracy. You can tell I'm principled because it runs so hard against my other policy priorities!
A few decades of crappy housing policy isn't worth ending small democracies over.
A few decades of crappy housing policy isn't worth ending small democracies over.
September 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I'm a principled defender of local government and participatory democracy. You can tell I'm principled because it runs so hard against my other policy priorities!
A few decades of crappy housing policy isn't worth ending small democracies over.
A few decades of crappy housing policy isn't worth ending small democracies over.
My wife calls on rows - "would someone in Jon's row tell us..." -as a balance between asking the whole class and calling out an individual.
September 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
My wife calls on rows - "would someone in Jon's row tell us..." -as a balance between asking the whole class and calling out an individual.