@yimbyandy

SeattleYIMBY Chapter lead. CRE practitioner.

 Seattle
seattleyimby.org
Joined December 2008
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How do we feel about trolling the anti-housing crowd and bringing these signs to the next comp plan meeting? Too much?
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But what if I am a private development absolutist?
Nia 🪩@_johnsonatorOct 25
left-NIMBYs think left-YIMBYs are private development absolutists because they’re public housing absolutists and lack the intellectual horsepower to comprehend a position more nuanced than their own.
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Kevin Levy@KevinMLevyOct 25
Every time I sit with a local elected official I point out that our refusal to build housing is going to directly lead to Pennsylvania losing representation in the house and the first like 4 sentences I get back each time are about gentrification, equity, and displacement.
Chicago 2100 Urbanism
@Chicago2100Oct 25
Blue states like Illinois California and New York are handing congress to the south because we refuse to build more housing
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Crazy how pretty this campus is
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To my Seattle code nerds - can these be built in Seattle?
Austin Tunnell
@AustinTunnellOct 24
This has been such a a fun workshop so far. We kept it small at 25 people so we have time for personal conversations. Developers, architects, builders, family offices, and many business owners in attendance. Wrapping up this evening with an outdoor dinner in the Townsend courtyard!
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I remember my mom taking me to the voting booth in 1996 so she could vote for Bob Dole.
King Abert
@Abert_SquirrelOct 21
What is the oldest political news story you can remember? For me it's Joe Biden being selected as Obama's VP.
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First game at CPA, very cool! Go Kraken!
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We know how to make our streets safer, so we did it 600 times. Red light cameras reduce red light running by 80% and T-bone crashes by 65%. Most importantly, they help New Yorkers get home safely. That's why we installed new red light cameras at 600 intersections across the five boroughs to help stop dangerous driving before tragedy strikes, and make our streets safer for everyone who walks, rolls, drives, or takes the bus. nydailynews.com/2026/10/21/n…

NYC expands red light cameras to 600 intersections, meeting goal

In 2024, state lawmakers authorized the city to put red light cameras at 600 intersections — up from the prior cap of 150.

nydailynews.com
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Neighbors ratted out Volunteer Park Cafe over their patio and now no one can sit on their patio after the city determined patio use wasn’t within their special operating agreement. These are the worst people you know.
Basil🧡
@LinkofSunshineOct 21
Boomers will see happy families and friends drinking coffee and eating at a corner shop and think it’s the worst thing they’ve ever seen
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Joe Veyera
@JoeVeyeraOct 17
Anthropic has leased an additional 50,000 square feet at Dexter Yard North in South Lake Union, the Puget Sound Business Journal reports.
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We’re hiring a principal director of program development! Build our next research program (and then the next). sightline.org/principal-dire…

Principal Director, Program Development

Principal Director, Program Development

sightline.org
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We should stop making enough paper towels to meet demand, say 60% of existing demand, and see what happens to the price of paper towels
The Sacramento Bee
@sacbee_newsOct 15
Would building housing reduce poverty in California? Sacramento-area experts split sacbee.com/news/local/articl…

Would building housing reduce poverty in California? Sacramento-area experts split

A recent study argued that building housing could lower state’s poverty rate, currently the second-highest in the U.S. behind Louisiana.

sacbee.com
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THIS HOLE IN THE GROUND WILL BECOME A BRAND NEW ELEVATOR THANKS TO CONGESTION PRICING
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The rightoids on this site would have you believe that every liberal bastion is emptying out and homes values are getting crushed but the reality is most home price drops are concentrated in the South while the liberal West and Northeast are, comparatively, much more in demand.
Mike Simonsen 🐉
@mikesimonsenOct 12
San Francisco and New York City are really the only hot real estate markets in the entire country right now. Ranked by Price Reductions:
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This is nuts. Seattle has 23 homicides YTD, a homicide rate of about 2.9/hundred thousand residents (and from a homicide perspective very low across the US). And even we are getting smoked by El Salvador, a country of 6m.
Crémieux
@cremieuxrecueilOct 14
El Salvador homicide update: The country is on track to have its lowest year ever, with just 60% of the homicide rate of stereotypically-peaceful Canada. The country is now *very* safe.
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Why do these tech guys always have to make a post about their layoffs? They never look good doing it, it wasn't a thing until like 5-7 years ago. I don't get it.
Federico Simionato
@fedesimioOct 12
Today we’re laying off a large part of the Airtable team. This is not a reflection of their work but a reflection of our deep belief that small teams ship more and better. For Airtable, better is about to look like: - A new Core team shipping your top requests monthly (already 30+ shipped in 3 weeks) - Upgraded Omni, Airtable Canvas, a stronger MCP, and BYO agents, coming soon - New Performance and Infra teams focusing on speeding up bases and increasing limits on records, fields, and syncs To everyone leaving: thank you. If you’re hiring, these are excellent people and worth a call.
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I don't understand why so much of modern leftism is just "if you don't think living in crime-riddled squalor is good you're right-wing"
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New addition to the Lime bike family: a 10 mph speed limiter when you enter parks/shared paths. It's that easy Ideally, all car manufacturers should be required to install this. It would save thousands of lives, but the collective hissy fit/war on motorists would be unbearable
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Brendan
@ninthhostageOct 2
I've always found the Starbucks vs Local Coffee Shop thing mildly interesting because Starbucks fairly famously offers extremely generous benefits How many local coffee shops offer health care, equity, PTO, and tuition assistance to part time employees?
Jimmy King
@Jimmyking35Oct 2
“A resolution passed on Thursday makes Philadelphia the first U.S. city to officially back the Starbucks Workers United boycott.” We don’t need Starbucks with so many good and local shops in the city and I’ll always stand by that
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I've never understood the arguments around upgrades. The seat has to be available to even get an upgrade. We know airlines are expanding 1st and Business classes because they sell so well, so why should travelers expect upgrades? It's unlikely there's even a seat available.
Josh Kaplan
@josh__kaplanSep 30
Replying to @josh__kaplan
I genuinely can’t remember the last time I was upgraded to Delta One. Even using a global upgrade certificate, it feels nearly impossible. For a status that requires a pretty absurd amount of loyalty/spend, the actual benefits just don’t feel very beneficial anymore.
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"We can't allow candlestick makers to lose their jobs. We'll require candlestick makers to install all new lightbulbs."
James Stephenson
@ICannot_EnoughSep 30
🚨BROKEN: The Minneapolis City Council … yesterday voted 7-4 in favor of a requirement for DRIVERLESS robotaxis to have: “a human monitor physically present within the driver’s seat of the vehicle and with immediate access to controls for steering, braking, and acceleration.”
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