Matt Edens
@scruffycities.bsky.social
Downtown dweller. True crime writer. Transplanted Tennessean.
"Everybody makes their own fun. If you don't make it yourself, it isn't fun. It's entertainment." is one of my all time favorite quotes.
November 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
"Everybody makes their own fun. If you don't make it yourself, it isn't fun. It's entertainment." is one of my all time favorite quotes.
"Our cities do not produce their full contribution to the sinews of American life and national character. The moral and social issues can only be solved by a new conception of city building."
-Herbert Hoover, 1922
-Herbert Hoover, 1922
November 20, 2025 at 11:02 PM
"Our cities do not produce their full contribution to the sinews of American life and national character. The moral and social issues can only be solved by a new conception of city building."
-Herbert Hoover, 1922
-Herbert Hoover, 1922
The big fight in Frederick County concerns a data center being built on the site of a former aluminum smelter.
www.wypr.org/wypr-news/20...
www.wypr.org/wypr-news/20...
Health concerns raised over Frederick County data center construction
Neighbors raise health concerns as data center construction leaves mud on the road and dust in the air.
www.wypr.org
November 20, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The big fight in Frederick County concerns a data center being built on the site of a former aluminum smelter.
www.wypr.org/wypr-news/20...
www.wypr.org/wypr-news/20...
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?
"I think I'm having a heart attack - let me see who's offering the best deal..."
November 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
"I think I'm having a heart attack - let me see who's offering the best deal..."
The average Minnesota family, apparently:
November 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The average Minnesota family, apparently:
Also irritating in how these debates tend to treat city and suburb as absolutes when it's really a sliding scale - to the point that most cities' original suburbs are now "urban neighborhoods."
November 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Also irritating in how these debates tend to treat city and suburb as absolutes when it's really a sliding scale - to the point that most cities' original suburbs are now "urban neighborhoods."
Americans apparently preferred black Model-Ts, too.
November 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Americans apparently preferred black Model-Ts, too.
The straw man Will's arguing with seems to disagree.
November 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The straw man Will's arguing with seems to disagree.
Don't overlook how "tuition" for what's perceived as a better public school can constitute a sizable part of that cost.
November 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Don't overlook how "tuition" for what's perceived as a better public school can constitute a sizable part of that cost.
My favorite is where he just casually drops "my divorce" in the middle of a list of things that happened.
November 18, 2025 at 2:43 AM
My favorite is where he just casually drops "my divorce" in the middle of a list of things that happened.
Not specifically related to the show, but it always bugs me how the long & complex English/British history of militia vs standing army and who they answer to gets all but ignored in most 2nd Amendment debates.
November 17, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Not specifically related to the show, but it always bugs me how the long & complex English/British history of militia vs standing army and who they answer to gets all but ignored in most 2nd Amendment debates.
"Die Yuppie Scum" never dies.
November 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
"Die Yuppie Scum" never dies.
I must use the power of the state to keep businessmen out of my neighborhood...it's called capitalism, comrade.
November 16, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I must use the power of the state to keep businessmen out of my neighborhood...it's called capitalism, comrade.
But this Belvedere goes to eleven....
November 16, 2025 at 12:33 AM
But this Belvedere goes to eleven....
Kinda reminds me of the Belvedere.
November 16, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Kinda reminds me of the Belvedere.
The Dorilton on the Upper West Side - which some saw as gaudy when it was built:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dor...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dor...
The Dorilton - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 16, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The Dorilton on the Upper West Side - which some saw as gaudy when it was built:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dor...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dor...
Or the Churchill bust scandal?
November 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Or the Churchill bust scandal?