Favorites July 25 2021
This guide to voter's rights from 1908 mentions that in *half* of the states in the US, non-citizen immigrants were allowed to vote, as long as they declared that they intended to *eventually* become naturalized citizens.
I did not know this, very interesting. Although it's still a century ago, so not exactly a democratic utopia.
Delta is clearly very contagious but I wish we had better explanations for the rather abrupt turnaround in cases in India and now (fingers crossed) in the UK.
Chise 🧬🧫🦠💉 @sailorrooscout
It's scary to get good news that you don't understand. The modeling of the ongoing rates of infection also appear to be in the dark.
NIMBYs: California doesn’t have enough WATER for GROWTH
also NIMBYs: every home MUST have a LAWN, front AND back!
YVRYIMBY @yvryimby
Hah! I like this framing: 'setbacks waste water'.
Sometimes the stunning photos are simultaneously mundane. For clarity, that’s smoke, not a sepia photo.
Now that there's national energy around zoning reform and furthering fair housing I'm seeing a lot of vaporware upzoning. If a zoning proposal requires your average homeowner to spend years paying fees and debating with neighbors in order to build a home: its nothing.
Permitting rules should be simple enough to do in 90 days. Whatever special requirements you wish to add should be added at the start. These long negotiations are designed (and liked) by big developers who openly admit they can weed out competition.
Cities pretend that long complicated processes are free, but it's actually a huge part of the cost of new homes.
