An apartment or two over a small business is a completely traditional development pattern, and the fact that it's banned in much of our country is a great example of how modern zoning is often a radical rejection of how our ancestors built this country.

And close-in 1900-era "streetcar suburbs" should be upgraded to at least this density, if not greater because they're often such well-served areas (e.g. inner SE Portland?)

PDX Rose Quarter? Or "the gap between buildings will be much wider"

Self-driving cars could be a disaster for climate change and road safety -- even if they work perfectly. The Jevons paradox, a classic 19th century theory, explains why. Me in The Verge 🧵 theverge.com/2024/9/2/24232…

Yet, despite a high-profile cyclist death caused by a turning 53' truck, Portland has not discussed reducing allowed truck sizes. PBOT staff say federal law says all trucks must be allowed in city, anywhere within a 1/4 mile of a freeway exit/entrance. Anyone know details?

Just an OLD FOOL

Springfield residents supporting one of the local Haitian restaurants after Donald Trump and JD Vance spread racist rumours about their community! ❤️

See Portland’s Laurelhurst National Register District. Period of Significance: 1910s through 1948. Why then? “It’s when streetcar converted bus line.” (Also, when racial covenants were invalidated by SCOTUS)

The mask is slipping. This is Editor in Chief of long-time conservative magazine National Review.

How can DNC prevent this scenario?

The large truck heights are mostly to appeal to insecure men. They could drop the hood in sheet metal changes without even affecting the IC engine. Then there’s electric trucks, with no reason for that hood/grill at all!

Paint and Plastic Poles are not Sufficient Protection.

A candidate you don't like could still benefit from your vote if you rank them last. It fills in other choicess that may be 1st or second, using your 3rd place vote. Don't vote at all for folks you don't want to win!

This should absolutely happen. Property values SHOULD be depressed in flood prone areas.

Yes! This instead of front setbacks.

Yes! Or at least, you have to clean up one contaminated site and use it.

A public safety announcement…

Polio! The over-riding fear in my childhood. Kids on crutches, and trapped in Iron Lungs!! My parents got us to every vaccine as it was introduced. The Salk Vaccine, the Sabin Vaccine. And we didn’t get polio. And these idiots would bring us back to 1949 and let kids die?