When I hear someone—even in my own neighborhood!—say 'Oh, it’s such a lovely place to live, isn’t it?' my first thought now is, 'I bet you oppose new housing, huh?' How do you be an urbanist and *not* feel that way? This gives me some pause. thedeletedscenes.substack.com/p/hit-me-with-…

The reason the US lacks this isn’t “culture” (everyone likes nice coffee shops)…it’s just zoning.

The issue with being a remote worker in suburbia is that everything except sitting in your house in your pajamas requires an affirmative choice. thedeletedscenes.substack.com/p/state-of-work

Ryan Musser Addison Del Mastro Had a former relative tell me that anyone who walks on sidewalks is either homeless or a criminal.

Long Island mentality.

“Perhaps what the US lacks is an urban culture where an orderly hustle-and-bustle is just normal. Perhaps our cities are so unpleasant, by global standards, because we refuse to live in them as they are meant to be & designed to be lived in.” -Addison Del Mastro
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In today's newsletter I'm checking in on this question of whether remote work will turn out to be good for cities and urbanism (and whether those are the same thing) thedeletedscenes.substack.com/p/state-of-work

Wow. That's a great modern starter home. The land cost alone would exceed this entire price in a lot of markets, though!

'Like Kmart—and unlike Walmart—Howard Johnson’s saw most of its growth in an era that was almost, but not quite, our own.' From the archives, Addison Del Mastro on two American business behemoths that left barely a trace: thebulwark.com/p/kmart-elegy

Minivan supremacy!