Phoenix YIMBY

Do you have a second to talk about zoning?

Urbanization, planning, housing policy, Maricopa County Focus

[YIMBYLAND @YIMBYLAND]

Public sector unions are a cancer.

[M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray]

The refusal of blue states to build housing means that they will lose the equivalent of Wisconsin in 2028 no matter how hard they campaign.

[YIMBYLAND @YIMBYLAND]

Imagine showing Stalin this picture

[YIMBYLAND @YIMBYLAND]

We hate on The French too much.
Without them, we would be nothing.

[YIMBYLAND @YIMBYLAND]

Austin is reducing residential new construction review timelines by nearly 50% solely by changing the expected response date internally.

This is awesome.

[Alex Armlovich @aarmlovi]

These skyscrapers on the train station in Oakland were 100% illegal before state housing law

Several YIMBY laws are helping, but AB2923 in particular gave BART control of its own zoning

BART is a state corporation just like a city--now they can zone their own land like a city

[YIMBYLAND @YIMBYLAND]

American anti-data-center populism is a tool of the CCP.

If you’re a politician in the middle of a political fight about data centers, pick a side. Do your duty as a leader and as an American!

[Lee Kuan Yimby @LeeKuanYimby]

New builds play it way too safe on design now.

[M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray]

But this the tragic thing about wealth creation in San Francisco. In any other city this would be true. But in San Francisco, it just means: a bunch of dumpy tuck-under townhouses in the Sunset get a lot more expensive.

[Tall Roman Statue @TallRomanStatue]

Why would you be proud of glass boxes?

[Hayden @the_transit_guy]

San Antonio would rather you live in a closet in the middle of a field than densify the city.

[☀️AliquisNovus☀️ @PalmyrPar]

Anti-“gentrification” people will say this is an immoral horrible travesty

[Elijah Gonzalez @ElijahG_68]

Plan the train correctly. Build the train and people will ride it. It’s that simple.

[The Old World Show @theoldworldshow]

Ugliness comes with a paragraph

Beauty requires no explanation

[YIMBYLAND @YIMBYLAND]

And it looks fantastic.

[Bobby Fijan @bobbyfijan]

Two reasons we build sprawl rather than infill:

1) Construction costs. It depends on the market, but it's easily 2-3X more on $/SF basis to build infill as it does to build suburban sprawl homes. And the housing crisis is where Americans are saying "I just don't have any more money!" not "I wish the housing was better, I'd gladly pay more!"

2) Schools. Very few families who currently live in and can afford the $/SF of homes in dense areas can *also* afford private schools. The falling quality, and rising cost per student in the cities pushes them to look out to the suburbs

[Warren Steury @NWSteury]

This was all built in 2021.

Beauty is not a forgotten form, it is a choice.

[Phoenix YIMBY @PhoenixYIMBY]

@2020erase Check your county notification requirements. Counties are required to notify property owners in a certain radius of the site.

[Phoenix YIMBY @PhoenixYIMBY]

Pinal County just approved 3 separate data center projects in one meeting. La Osa near Eloy: 3,374 acres, $33B, 3 GW capacity. The Phoenix-Tucson corridor is coming for Northern Virginia's crown. 🔗 https://t.co/Ep87UL6VtV

[YIMBYLAND @YIMBYLAND]

Nothing here is crazy…
- moderate density
- simple, classical proportions
- narrow streets
- mixed-use
- human focused walkable infrastructure

We know how to do this, but we’ve made it illegal in 90% of America. To rebuild, we must first repeal the laws stopping us.

[Brandon Donnelly @donnelly_b]

I really like the look and scale of this neighbourhood.