1. This week at Market Urbanism: Carolyn Zelikow of Aspen Institute wrote her first Market Urbanism article, Richard Florida Should Replace The Term ‘Creative Class’ With ‘Country Club’So I was shocked that reading Florida’s book not only gave me zero ideas for my own community, but … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2016
“Public Schools Only” Vouchers and Sprawl
About a month ago, I wrote about the pros and cons of school vouchers as a solution for "school-based sprawl" (that is, parents moving to suburbs to avoid urban public schools). I noted that a voucher program that included private schools might be expensive, since some private schools are quite … [Read more...]
No, ‘New Urbanism’ And ‘Smart Growth’ Are Not The Same
There are two political movements in urban development that have a lot of overlap but are not the same. ‘New Urbanism’ advocates the legalization and building of communities resembling the 19th century American town, with a fair number of single family homes [or maybe ‘single family’ with granny … [Read more...]
Richard Florida Should Replace The Term ‘Creative Class’ With ‘Country Club’
Here’s a fun fact about me: I embody the Creative Class.I live in a big, old witchhatted townhouse between Dupont Circle and Adams Morgan in Washington, DC. I love locally raised produce and my exposed brick yoga studio has a juice bar. I fall in love with every silver bullet remedy for civic … [Read more...]
Market Urbanism MUsings April 22, 2016
1. This week at Market Urbanism: Nolan Gray Reclaiming “Redneck” Urbanism: What Urban Planners Can Learn From Trailer ParksTrailer parks remain one of the last forms of housing in US cities provided by the market explicitly for low-income residents. Better still, they offer a working example … [Read more...]
Market Urbanism Is Underrated
Michael Hamilton and I coauthored this post.Tyler Cowen has two new, self-recommending posts questioning whether or not market urbanist arguments are internally consistent. He argues that if land-use regulations are analogous to a tax on land, then either the benefits of deregulation … [Read more...]
Reclaiming “Redneck” Urbanism: What Urban Planners Can Learn From Trailer Parks
Given that “redneck” and “hillbilly” remain the last acceptable stereotypes among polite society, it isn’t surprising that the stereotypical urban home of poor, recently rural whites remains an object of scorn. The mere mention of a trailer park conjures images of criminals in wifebeaters, … [Read more...]
Market Urbanism MUsings April 15, 2016
1. This week at Market Urbanism: Michael Lewyn So Much For The Foreign OligarchsOne common argument against new housing in high-cost cities is that the rise of global capitalism makes demand for urban housing essentially unlimited: if new apartments in Manhattan or San Francisco are built, … [Read more...]