To move to a new city is to sign a multi-year (and often multi-decade) service contract with no onboarding process, no customer support, no consistent management, and opaque (and sometimes even predatory) pricing.

I'm in 😍

Most of the English speaking world is missing out on the use of "y'all" to smoothly refer to a collective "you" used plurally is confusing and "you guys" is clumsy "y'all" is charming and clear

Nothing fuels my determination to cancel a service more than when that service tries to trick me into not cancelling the service

My latest: a deep dive into whether everyone's least favorite material – plastic – might help make roads cheaper, better, greener, and easier to maintain.

112. Entrance Transition 128. Indoor Sunlight 134. Zen View 159. Light on Two Sides 210. Floor and Ceiling Layout 233. Floor Surface

“Order generated without design can far outstrip plans men consciously contrived."

Resident Urbanist partner writer Joel Anderson Joel Anderson shares what makes traditional dense and walkable cities so magical to live in, and what we can do to build more of them in the US. residenturbanist.com/p/magic-urban-…

"The best places, no matter where they’re located, have things in common. First of all, they’re filled with people, not cars." Joel Anderson usa.streetsblog.org/2024/02/09/thr…

"It’s more difficult than producing another 'live, work, play' that’s really just an apartment block in a corn field." Joel Anderson residenturbanist.com/p/beautiful-pl…

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C. S. Lewis, 1935

no matter how much you hydrate, old age is coming for you