Matt Edens
@scruffycities.bsky.social
Downtown dweller. True crime writer. Transplanted Tennessean.
A metropolitan planning regime that places some limitations on housing consumer choice, eh?
November 19, 2025 at 10:43 PM
A metropolitan planning regime that places some limitations on housing consumer choice, eh?
The average Minnesota family, apparently:
November 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The average Minnesota family, apparently:
Kinda reminds me of the Belvedere.
November 16, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Kinda reminds me of the Belvedere.
"There are no good cops. @audacityofdespair.bsky.social knows this, he’s produced award winning shows about this..."
November 6, 2025 at 3:53 AM
"There are no good cops. @audacityofdespair.bsky.social knows this, he’s produced award winning shows about this..."
Remember when Cracker Barrel changed their logo and a bunch of people got mad?
October 22, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Remember when Cracker Barrel changed their logo and a bunch of people got mad?
At the Planning Commission meeting for the Galleria and a couple commissioners got uptight about the parking requirements for the restaurant space - one parking space per four seats in the dining room "wasn't realistic."
We're talking downtown mixed-use project, not an Applebees at the mall.
We're talking downtown mixed-use project, not an Applebees at the mall.
October 13, 2025 at 11:39 PM
At the Planning Commission meeting for the Galleria and a couple commissioners got uptight about the parking requirements for the restaurant space - one parking space per four seats in the dining room "wasn't realistic."
We're talking downtown mixed-use project, not an Applebees at the mall.
We're talking downtown mixed-use project, not an Applebees at the mall.
A developer in downtown Frederick is finally - after almost a quarter century - building some dense housing next to the city's MARC commuter rail station.
So of course people are flipping out...
So of course people are flipping out...
October 9, 2025 at 2:54 PM
A developer in downtown Frederick is finally - after almost a quarter century - building some dense housing next to the city's MARC commuter rail station.
So of course people are flipping out...
So of course people are flipping out...
Wonder what Postman would have made of Trump?
October 9, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Wonder what Postman would have made of Trump?
Guess how grandpa bought that private jet:
September 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Guess how grandpa bought that private jet:
Gotta give this one to PNC Park, though:
September 25, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Gotta give this one to PNC Park, though:
Troops sometimes referred to the preceding 1980s PASGT Kevlar helmet as the "Fritz."
September 5, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Troops sometimes referred to the preceding 1980s PASGT Kevlar helmet as the "Fritz."
Pretty sure I lived in this city at one point:
September 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Pretty sure I lived in this city at one point:
Piedmont had its own newspaper at one point - and the building's still there:
September 2, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Piedmont had its own newspaper at one point - and the building's still there:
There's no street view available, but they're all on three blocks between the river and the railroad (the old train station is just out of frame upper left:
September 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
There's no street view available, but they're all on three blocks between the river and the railroad (the old train station is just out of frame upper left:
Stumbled across these a few months ago in Westernport, MD - pop. 1,812:
September 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Stumbled across these a few months ago in Westernport, MD - pop. 1,812:
Someone posted this back during the confirmation hearing and I can't unsee it:
August 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Someone posted this back during the confirmation hearing and I can't unsee it:
"I used to kill for the CIA."
August 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM
"I used to kill for the CIA."
In fairness, Efeezhswer was the original German spelling...
August 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
In fairness, Efeezhswer was the original German spelling...
In today's email, it appears that "Citizens for Responsible Growth" thinks building housing in the heart of our walkable downtown, within a block or two of the transit center and commuter rail station is a bad thing:
August 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
In today's email, it appears that "Citizens for Responsible Growth" thinks building housing in the heart of our walkable downtown, within a block or two of the transit center and commuter rail station is a bad thing:
It's almost always Andres Duany's second wave of gentry complaining about the third:
July 29, 2025 at 11:08 PM
It's almost always Andres Duany's second wave of gentry complaining about the third:
The board chair of the Claremont Institute, for example:
July 29, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The board chair of the Claremont Institute, for example: