theandrewwallace.bsky.social

Born and raised in Sulphur Springs, TX. Living in and trying to make Dallas, TX a better place.

[Ryan Moulton @moultano]

I refuse to use "market rate" and "affordable" to describe housing anymore. They are basically just propaganda, and the public does not understand what they mean. We should instead say "normal" housing and "wait listed" housing, to accurately reflect what they are.

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

the modern american mind can't imagine a life where stores are closer to each other and we don't depend on giant chains

[Mark R. Brown, AICP, CNU @Car_Free_USA]

Happy New Year.

The picture on the left is the free market.

The picture on the right is billions of dollars of government incentives and regulations.

[Nathaniel Barrett @ncoxbarrett]

Sowing: Local leaders designing local elections to have as low turnout as possible.

Reaping: Local leadership has no influence on local issues during national elections.

At least Proposition D passed, which would allow us to begin changing our broken local election system.

[Midwest Modern @JoshLipnik]

Liebert House (1907)
Hancock, MI

Jacobean Revival house designed by local German-born architect Hans T. Liebert as his own family home.

[theandrewwallace.bsky.social @agwallace92]

A new ingenious use for all those mailers about Prop S, T, & U from @KeepDallasSafe and @DallasExpress. They were really starting to pile up and I couldn't decide whether to trash them or use them to light my grill.

[(((Matthew Lewis))) cults & consequences @mateosfo]

newly-discovered use for all those campaign mailers from Berkeley NIMBYs:

They are *perfect* for scooping up cat vomit.

Thanks, Sophie!

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

The best way to pwn Elon Musk for all his election shenanigans is to build walkable neighborhoods so no one needs a car.

[steven monacelli @stevanzetti]

NEW: Conservative hotelier Monty Bennett and a California-based company that offers protesters-for-hire have seeded an “astroturf” right-wing influence network that has kicked into overdrive to push controversial “Dallas HERO” city charter amendments.
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https://t.co/WMzEppihKu

[Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler]

You do not have a right to a fixed and unchanging neighborhood character.

[Nathaniel Barrett @ncoxbarrett]

Warms my heart to see the new Curb Management Policy go into effect. Modest impact now but will be increasingly important if/when Dallas passes parking reform.

[Dallas Morning News @dallasnews]

Plan to cut DART funding should be stopped in its tracks | Opinion https://t.co/uw250tbTiL

[Nathaniel Barrett @ncoxbarrett]

"Critics of the plan say it will disrupt single-family zoned neighborhoods."

What of the millions of lives that have been disrupted by single-family zoned neighborhoods?

[Inam Teja @InamTeja]

Single family zoning is fiscally irresponsible.

[Gary Winslett 🌐🇺🇸 @GaryWinslett]

This is a common misconception about YIMBYs like me- that we have no theory of power in political economy. We actually do though. Or at least I do (I probably shouldn’t claim to speak for others).
Here’s my YIMBY theory of power. 1/

[theandrewwallace.bsky.social @agwallace92]

NIMBY-ism wasn't mentioned once. Nor was the need for urban infill housing.
Why Too Few Homes Get Built in the U.S. https://t.co/zY7GizcuuZ

[theandrewwallace.bsky.social @agwallace92]

MFH isn't a lead smelting plant or a toxic waste dump. Stop treating it as such.

[theandrewwallace.bsky.social @agwallace92]

If the NIMBY's only want SFH around them, then put your money where your mouth is and buy every lot that comes up for sale and pay the taxes accordingly. Otherwise, move to the suburbs and get out of the way of people who actually want to live in a city.

[Dallas Observer @dallas_observer]

In North Oak Cliff, a War Is Being Waged Over Plans for Denser Housing https://t.co/VjjcB0gS1a

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

enough demure. it's time for demore. de more affordable housing, de better

[Alex Contreras 🍉 @contrerasforca]

We have to look at some of our building regulations as arbitrary. Why does a building have to have 20 ft setbacks that run up the entire length of the building preventing balconies? Why do we regulate the facade of a building? WHO DECIDED FLOOR AREA RATIO WAS GOING TO BE A THING?

[theandrewwallace.bsky.social @agwallace92]

@dmtrubman I took the 315 from Philly to Cape May a couple months ago & it was fantastic. Absolutely stress free. Plus if you add that fare & all the fares I paid on other transit from that weekend, it was half what I paid on the Lyft I had to take to the airport just to fly to Philly.