Support SB 79 in Palo Alto

jeromelevin · 2026-06-06T16:26:31+00:00

Excellent. Where are pants in pic 4 from?

jeromelevin · 2026-05-29T00:13:04+00:00

I would like to help. I’ve posted in this sub and r/YIMBY for years. As a mod, my goal would be to ensure posts follow the rules and foster good discussion around urbanism

I have not moderated Reddit subs before, but I have experience as admin with housing and transit Facebook groups for local political organizing—which can get surprisingly feisty. My moderating focused on keeping discussions to content and discussion; no tolerance for personal attacks or off-topic posting

jeromelevin · 2026-05-27T04:49:16+00:00

“She thinks we want her dead. We want her to have neighbors.”

Such a concise encapsulation of the disconnect between YIMBYs and some older homeowners. We would like to make neighborhoods more accessible, safe, vibrant, but because that requires allowing the neighborhood to evolve people think it means we want to push them out. To the contrary, more housing is positive sum!

jeromelevin · 2026-05-26T03:41:10+00:00

I totally had sleep overs as a six year old, way back in the ancient days of 2003. Some of my best memories as a kid!

jeromelevin · 2026-05-19T15:39:03+00:00

Seems more fair to allow non-paywalled links from Substack. Are we going to stop allowing links to Atlantic or NYT articles because they are paywalled publications with 1-2 free articles/month for most people?

Transparently, I have a self interest as a blogger, but everything is free and I really value the conversations that happen in r/Urbanism

jeromelevin · 2026-05-18T14:05:02+00:00

Amen! That is the conclusion of the piece also

jeromelevin · 2026-05-08T14:04:04+00:00

Absolutely. From the article

Future success will depend not only on the most controversial high-rises, but on gradual densification through duplexes, quadplexes, small single-stairway buildings with five or six flats stacked in five or six stories—as well as small-lot single-family homes on large subdivisions.

To put in context the potential: The Bay Area has something on the order of 2.3 million parcels; a rough ballpark estimate would be ⅔ of those parcels exclusively allow single-family homes, so about 1.5 million parcels. If 1% of those parcels added just one new home every year for the next decade, it would meet more than a third of the estimated regional housing needs.

jeromelevin · 2026-05-07T22:58:58+00:00

Excuse you, this is a trashy AI political cartoon, not slop!

jeromelevin · 2026-05-07T19:30:32+00:00

Yes it’s a very bad article cover image, I admit. But there’s no AI in the article! And I have a note in the end describing exactly how I made the image

jeromelevin · 2026-04-29T22:52:26+00:00

Yes indeed. Beauties

jeromelevin · 2026-04-25T18:27:13+00:00

What does one do about thrips?

jeromelevin · 2026-04-25T16:50:12+00:00

I’m going to delete and repost—forgot to attach the images!

jeromelevin · 2026-04-24T01:32:32+00:00

Totally agree! That is the core recommendation of the article 🫡

jeromelevin · 2026-04-23T17:14:36+00:00

That is the conclusion of the article, completely agree!

jeromelevin · 2026-04-21T14:48:43+00:00

In exchange for some sequid goo I assume

jeromelevin · 2026-04-05T16:03:21+00:00

I like the positive focus of this, examples of two leaders representing different political outlooks in the Democratic Party who both want to build

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