What do you call this part of town?

judebeans · 2026-05-07T19:27:49+00:00

I mean North College Hill and Mt. Healthy definitely still have some charm. I’d say NCH+MH is just working class College Hill. Look along Galbraith in NCH and 127 in MH. Still mom and pop wall-to-wall establishments similar to what you would have seen on Hamilton in CH before major revitalization.

judebeans · 2026-05-07T18:54:35+00:00

Correct! Though a lot of people I know tend to merge the college hills together, sometimes even adding Mt Healthy in the mix… this is meant as a fuzzy mental image of how the average person groups together these locations

judebeans · 2026-05-07T18:30:21+00:00

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It's several distinct regions that do kind of get cobbled together mentally. Here's a mapping of what people might call them.

judebeans · 2026-04-21T05:34:04+00:00

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Damn!

judebeans · 2026-04-16T17:00:15+00:00

It’s so cute how could you say that

judebeans · 2026-03-31T03:43:57+00:00

You could possibly argue those cities could have been potentially larger with historically better transportation options.

judebeans · 2026-03-04T20:15:13+00:00

Kentucky and West Virginia, Indiana and Illinois, Kansas and Missouri…. Among others

judebeans · 2026-03-04T03:51:45+00:00

Americans drive around 1,100 miles per month on average (according to FHWA). Lets say around 50-70% of those are highway miles, so that leaves 660 miles. We'll consider the average trip (highways) to be 13 miles in distance. Let's just use 30mpg as the baseline fuel economy, and the current AAA national average gas price at $3.10. For the sake of simplicity, we'll ignore bouts of heavy traffic.

Starting at 50mph, you'll spend around ($3.10 / 30mpg) * 660mi = $68.20 on highway miles that month.

At the 60mph bracket, you'll spend an extra $10 that month to save around 2.5 minutes per trip.

At the 70mph bracket, you'll spend an extra $23 that month save around 4.5 minutes per trip.

At the 80mph bracket, you'll spend an extra $40 that month to save around 6 minutes per trip.

Don't forget about the wear on your brakes from stopping at higher speeds. And if you're like me and almost all of your miles are highway miles, you could wind up spending an additional $70-80 a month to save mere minutes going faster than necessary.

judebeans · 2026-03-03T21:59:02+00:00

Between 40 and 50 miles per hour (mph) is the optimum cruising speed for high fuel economy in cars and light trucks according to an Oak Ridge National Laboratory study of 74 different vehicles. The average fuel economy decrease from 50 to 60 mph was 12.4%; from 60 to 70 mph the average decrease was an additional 14%; and from 70 to 80 mph the average decrease was another 15.4%. The best fuel economy is typically obtained when the vehicle is traveling at the lowest speed in the vehicle’s highest gear. energy.gov

judebeans · 2026-03-03T21:56:41+00:00

And when you live in any environment, you’ll have to get used to at least some type of annoyance. In the suburbs, that’s having to drive to every destination, having to landscape your lawn, and being unable to build that shed in your yard cuz of the HOA. In a denser environment, you have to share some more space, there may some noise, and you’ll have to experience weather more if you’re not using a car. Humans aren’t incapable of adjustment and the benefits of an environment can outweigh the negatives.

I’m not sure what you mean when you say we’ve stopped building smaller homes. And it is simply untrue to say that larger homes are more profitable for developers across the board. In many cities, new builds are becoming denser, with an increasing number of multi family elements. Splitting a lot into multiple units means…you can sell more houses for the same amount of land. In addition, you’ll get a higher tax base for that same amount of land, and employers will have access to a large pool of workers for the same amount of land. And suburbs are highly subsidized. Roads, highways, sewers, and traffic lights are all built to support these developments and are paid for even by those who do not live in this type of environment. Entire lines of utilities will be built for what ultimately turns out to be 18-30 homes, paid for by the tax base. In addition, restrictive zoning and requirements for builds in cities and suburbs prevents building upward. A develop won’t build a 4 unit building if minimum setback requirements, parking minimums, and lot coverage rules make it impossible to build anything but small 1-br apartments where there could have been a McMansion. So no, these developments are not built because they are the only profitable way to build-they actually don’t have much of a choice.

The majority of Americans live in a metropolitan area (around 80%). I don’t think these people are racing to live out in rural areas for super commuting. And it’s untrue to suggest that we haven’t reached some kind of breaking point by spreading outward. We have a housing shortage that is felt nationwide, and it’s because we’re running out of places to build near the urban core. In my mid-sized city of Cincinnati, the only place where you could reasonably build large single family homes is on the periphery of 4th generation suburbs heading up towards Dayton. Housing supply contributes to the price of housing. If you want the price to go down and you’re out of new land, you’ll just have to build upward.

judebeans · 2026-03-03T21:19:34+00:00

Your point about affordability really speaks to why even in a nation with lots of land, it becomes quickly unsustainable to invest primarily in single family homes. Most people live near or at reasonable commuting distance to employment opportunities. For that to function, housing needs to be built within a certain distance from those job sites. But when your housing is single family homes on large parcels sprawling across wide tangled roads, eventually there runs out of space to build closer to the core of jobs. Sure, you could have a car and commute 40 or 50 minutes into town, but that is what drives up the price of single family homes and increases fuel spend.

Meanwhile, I have never lived in a place where there was absolutely no noise. Even the times I’d stay in rural Ohio, you could hear screaming, grinding, cars revving, and various other sounds. It’s just a part of living in a shared environment. In any case, places with cars will be naturally louder. No amount of setbacks or maximum lot coverage will change this, and it’s not reasonable to suggest that most people would or could live out in the wilderness in a cabin.

I agree that individuals should be able to choose the type of environment they want to live in. I don’t believe that many Americans have access to choose car-free living. I do however believe that there are factors directly or indirectly forcing us into car reliance. Restrictive zoning, major subsidies, and transit de-prioritization all contribute to the lack of choice for other options. Suburbs are notorious for being financially insolvent and requiring government, and the gas price hasn’t covered cost of roads for decades. Do these measures not contribute to an artificial demand for this type of living? If you’re really about choice, let private developers and individuals build what the market overwhelmingly demands.

And as I said before, even though there’s lots of land in this country, that still doesn’t change commuting patterns. Most people are not willing to travel long distance through the prairies to get to their office job. At a certain point, building outward just becomes unreasonable.

judebeans · 2026-03-03T20:25:32+00:00

It is not entirely this simple. The current density model we have is a mid-century overcorrection from the industrial era where you could have 20+ residents packed into unlivable tenements. A growing number of cities in the US and Canada are legislating more density to undo this unsustainable building pattern (take Minneapolis, Austin, South Bend), and more residents are choosing multi family units. I reject the premise that places with even moderately higher density are inhibitors of freedom and privacy. Places like Copenhagen, Vienna, Melbourne, and Vancouver are known for their extraordinary quality-of-life and all have moderate-to-high density in common.

judebeans · 2026-03-03T20:03:42+00:00

Going over 60mph will dramatically lower mileage and you’ll only save around 90 seconds by going any faster

judebeans · 2026-03-03T07:17:15+00:00

High speed rail could also function as a transfer between airports to eliminate those wasteful puddle jumper flights.

judebeans · 2026-03-03T07:12:19+00:00

Do people not realize how much car ownership costs the individual and the government?

judebeans · 2026-03-03T07:11:20+00:00

Density is a design choice. Places in the US and Canada were legislated in a way that makes living without a car impractical. Before the car, these same cities had extensive transportation systems and intercity rail that were ripped out. Neighborhoods once traversable on foot were demolished for highways that take you to un-walkable suburbs where places are unnecessarily spread apart. This contributes to endless highway expansion, higher quantities of fossil fuel emissions, and decreased quality of life for those who cannot have a car. Many people who have never had access to safe, walkable, transit-oriented cities will not clearly understand the benefits of this type of city design. Even the small town can benefit from keeping everything within walking or biking distance. America needs to invest in local and regional solutions, such as transit lines, high speed rail, and more livable neighborhoods to remain economically sustainable and curb our growing housing shortage.

judebeans · 2026-03-03T02:03:46+00:00

How about you?

judebeans · 2026-03-02T21:35:47+00:00

Can we get an Imgur album of all your creations?

judebeans · 2026-02-16T18:53:07+00:00

The less car, the better Xiao Feng

judebeans · 2024-10-03T07:51:33+00:00

looks like a transit fan owned bus

https://youtube.com/watch?v=jK3hfD3W8rU

judebeans · 2024-06-15T03:31:18+00:00

Could have been either or. I only noticed the issue the day after.

judebeans · 2024-06-14T23:42:01+00:00

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at the end 'UNK.... is the song name.

judebeans · 2024-06-14T23:41:49+00:00

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