"There is nothing that will teach you, in your gut, about living in a fragile, finite spaceship of a world quite like spending months in an even more fragile, tiny spaceship that travels through the oceans."
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In an era of increasingly divisive politics and refusal to compromise, the Strong Towns message does not promote a political ideology. Rather, it offers a lens through which to view local challenges and a vision for strengthening all communities.
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You care about the place where you live—not about parking lots. So why should you support Strong Towns?
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We don't cover towns like Lehigh Acres, Florida or Fitchburg, Wisconsin because we're trying to fulfill some sort of rural quota or understand how Trump got elected. We do it because it's what we're about.
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Get a crash course in Strong Towns or get your burning Strong Towns-related questions answered in this week's webcasts. Whether you're a long-time member or completely new here, we've got something for you.
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When you become a member of Strong Towns, you are supporting a change in the conversation. You are giving us the resources that we need to get this powerful message in front of more and more people. It’s working. All we need today is your support.
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This week was all about the power of incrementalism and how we can make a better world, step by step.
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Our job as Strong Towns advocates is to share our message, to keep bringing the conversation back to the persistent fact that our current approach is not working financially. We’re broke and so we must start thinking differently.
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What's the relationship between easy lending and car ownership? And what sort of features do the auto bubble and the housing bubble have in common?
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We have come up with many ways to explain the decline we see around us. In reality, we've simply given our cities no other option.
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A fetish with density is spiking the rising tide of housing demand in cities like Portland. To make housing affordable, we have to deal with the cause of the spike.
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When the issue of housing affordability comes up again and again, it is always tied to the agreed upon narrative that Portland is growing and will continue to grow, world without end. I don't buy that.
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Where improvement is not an option, stagnation and decline are all that remain.
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Is historic preservation just thinly veiled NIMBYism?
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"Build it and they will come" transit has distorted the housing market in Portland.
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Forget about the superstar neighborhoods—even most run-of-the-mill inner suburban neighborhoods would be next to impossible to build today.
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It's the incremental nature of both the private and the public investments that made traditional cities strong, resilient and financially productive.
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Chuck and Rachel discuss several recent events in Traverse City and Chicago, as well as upcoming events in Brainerd, MN, Atlanta, GA and Calgary, AB.
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Refuting 4 myths about why housing in Portland (and cities like it) is so expensive.
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It is incrementally rising land values, combined with the ability to redevelop to something more intense, that naturally prompts the redevelopment of property in decline. Take away one of those two factors and redevelopment breaks down.
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