You haveeeee to set boundaries with people. Especially when they show you who they really are. You gotta limit or revoke access, stop letting people play in your face.
My grandfather bought a 3 br home in Massachusetts in the 1950s for $25,000 on one railroad worker’s income.
I make 3x more than he ever did and will never own a house. I recently paid $2,000 to get a crown put on even though I have dental insurance.
Has there been a bigger urban glow-up than the Division Street corridor in Nashville?
Sure, Hudson Yards in NYC or Navy Yard in DC, but aside from master planned redevelopments... I can't think of a single street that transformed like this with no coordination.
2009
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2023
Picture this. You wake up and walk downtown. Neighbors greet you from their porches. The streets are filled with people—kids playing, adults chatting. You run into an old friend and catch up outside a local cafe.
This is the life we want to create in cities across North America.
Kalamazoo, Michigan has been making their streets safer by decreasing motor vehicle lanes, building bike lanes, and adding other amenities.
Since these changes, injury crashes have dropped by 100% and downtown has become a place for spending time in, not just driving through.