You've done the Lord's work today
Local homeowners and "left" NIMBYs have successfully killed the 48th/Chester "poop building". Congratulations to "Protect Squirrel Hill" on blocking a mixed-income, mid-sized apartment building, including 15 affordable units, in favor of a set of luxury homes.
This is the way.
I would simply do a Red Vienna, and I would do it without residency requirements, means testing, cross-subsidy, raising anyone's property taxes, replacing any existing buildings, imposing unwanted noise or density, exacerbating parking or traffic problems, casting any shadows,
Same. Once I hit 10k, I had to seriously reconsider whether I wanted to be known for dunking on people. (Being a dad and wanting to set a good example for my kid helped)
The year is 2030. Zoning overlays have made it illegal to build apartments in West Philadelphia. The median home price tops $1 million. UPenn professor Valerie Ross leads a successful campaign to prevent Clark Park from adding a public bathroom, for fear that it might gentrify the neighborhood
This kind of smart, walkable, mixed-use urbanism is illegal to build in many American cities.
