Attention freeway builders! Want to make up for dividing the community and destroying neighborhoods? How about replacing the homes you demolished?
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Actions speak louder than words; blocking new housing will drive up rents.
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My plan was always to leave Oklahoma for lovely, liberal Portland. It didn’t work out that way, but I got something much better by hanging around.
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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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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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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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Refuting 4 myths about why housing in Portland (and cities like it) is so expensive.
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This fall, five articles explored important questions about the cost of housing and the need for "growth" and development in Portland, OR.
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The task of moving from our bloated, modern zoning codes to ones that create Strong Towns is different from starting with a blank slate.
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Our job as Strong Towns advocates is to share our message with our friends, neighbors and others in our communities, 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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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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The mechanism creating inflated housing prices in cities like Portland is actually relatively simple.
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Questioning 4 common arguments about why housing is unaffordable in Portland.
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These places all have many of the physical elements needed for success, quite frankly, because they were built for it originally. What they need most is people; people that care about the place and have the energy to make it better.
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Pedestrian activity is an indicator of vibrant neighborhoods and a healthy local economy. How can we transform our streets so that pedestrians feel safe and drivers are attentive and courteous to their needs?
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The Portland Streetcar recently put out this infographic showcasing some of its recent successes and ridership stats.
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Building our cities to cater to the needs of car traffic have produced lower levels of livability. There are good reasons to believe that throwing more money at the existing system of building and operating streets will do little to make city life better.
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