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Announcement: I’m writing a book on Market Urbanism!
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The book isn’t written yet. I blocked off the next few months to complete the manuscript
I’ve decided while writing that I& #39;ll drop all research notes here. So this is a mega-thread for the links, studies and observations I discover while working through chapters.
Enjoy!
I’ve decided while writing that I& #39;ll drop all research notes here. So this is a mega-thread for the links, studies and observations I discover while working through chapters.
Enjoy!
Here& #39;s the full cover
Cover art by William Miller, who’s spent 3 months as MUR’s graphic designer.
Together we’ve also redesigned MUR’s website; the new version goes live in 4 weeks.
He’s a good designer. Here’s his FB profile:
https://www.facebook.com/williamisawsomemiller">https://www.facebook.com/williamis...
Together we’ve also redesigned MUR’s website; the new version goes live in 4 weeks.
He’s a good designer. Here’s his FB profile:
https://www.facebook.com/williamisawsomemiller">https://www.facebook.com/williamis...
William& #39;s also designing the book’s charts, graphs and illustrations - and the book will be packed with ‘em. Here’s one showing how anti-density zoning stifles optimum land use.
So what’s the point of the book?
First is to summarize Market Urbanism.
MU has for a decade+ been a movement & theory advocating free-market city policy. But no one’s written a comprehensive book on it, and I think that’s past due.
First is to summarize Market Urbanism.
MU has for a decade+ been a movement & theory advocating free-market city policy. But no one’s written a comprehensive book on it, and I think that’s past due.
The book’s second point is to bring full-circle a project I completed: my 3-year cross-America trip.
From Oct 2015-Dec 2018, I lived for about a month each in 30 U.S. cities to study urban issues.
This book is a culmination of my findings.
From Oct 2015-Dec 2018, I lived for about a month each in 30 U.S. cities to study urban issues.
This book is a culmination of my findings.
My book will open w/ me looking from Twin Peaks out over San Francisco.
SF always struck me as THE microcosm for larger failures in urban America.
Beautiful city, but inaccessible to most people.
SF always struck me as THE microcosm for larger failures in urban America.
Beautiful city, but inaccessible to most people.
I define SF as "inaccessible" in 2 ways
The big one is housing (it& #39;s among the world& #39;s most expensive markets)
The lesser-known one is transport: it has a network that doesn& #39;t get people around cheaply or quickly (which is an opportunity cost)
The big one is housing (it& #39;s among the world& #39;s most expensive markets)
The lesser-known one is transport: it has a network that doesn& #39;t get people around cheaply or quickly (which is an opportunity cost)
What major U.S. city has the lowest % of kids? San Francisco
"The mass exodus translates into a city with only 13% of its population under 18 years old. By comparison, youth make up 21% of the population in New York and 23% in Chicago." https://www.sfgate.com/mommyfiles/article/Many-families-leave-San-Francisco-but-what-about-10887001.php">https://www.sfgate.com/mommyfile...
"The mass exodus translates into a city with only 13% of its population under 18 years old. By comparison, youth make up 21% of the population in New York and 23% in Chicago." https://www.sfgate.com/mommyfiles/article/Many-families-leave-San-Francisco-but-what-about-10887001.php">https://www.sfgate.com/mommyfile...
SF& #39;s black population fell as the rest of the city grew.
Since 1970, population share went from 13.4% to 6.1%
Since 1970, population share went from 13.4% to 6.1%
A quirk of San Francisco demographics:
U.S. natives leave & are replaced by immigrants (leading to net population growth).
But many immigrants later leave too, presumably when learning they can get a similar lifestyle for less in other cities. https://www.sfgate.com/expensive-san-francisco/article/bay-area-exodus-fleeing-moving-cost-census-13778557.php">https://www.sfgate.com/expensive...
U.S. natives leave & are replaced by immigrants (leading to net population growth).
But many immigrants later leave too, presumably when learning they can get a similar lifestyle for less in other cities. https://www.sfgate.com/expensive-san-francisco/article/bay-area-exodus-fleeing-moving-cost-census-13778557.php">https://www.sfgate.com/expensive...
265k people commute into San Francisco each weekday. How many of them do you think would live there if they could afford it? https://sfist.com/2016/06/20/this_map_shows_you_where_all_sf_com/">https://sfist.com/2016/06/2...
SF Muni& #39;s on-time rating is 55%, because the city cordons its ROW for single-occupancy cars not buses. https://sf.curbed.com/2019/2/25/18240122/muni-sfmta-bus-on-time-most-least-late">https://sf.curbed.com/2019/2/25...
This would change in a market-based road pricing system; the dozens of bus riders could outbid the lone driver for use of road space.
