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In the absence of a flair system on lemmy yet, let's try to make it easier to scan through posts by type in here by using tags:
- [meta] for discussions/suggestions about this community itself
- [article] for news articles
- [blog] for any blog-style content
- [video] for video resources
- [academic] for academic studies and sources
- [discussion] for text post questions, rants, and/or discussions
- [meme] for memes
- [image] for any non-meme images
- [misc] for anything that doesn't fall cleanly into any of the other categories
Additionally, it is preferred (although not mandatory) to post a brief submission statement in the body of link posts. This is just to give a brief summary and/or description of why you think it's relevant here. Hopefully this will encourage more discussion in this community.
What NIMBYs Get Wrong About Density (Intentionally?)
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Why Americans Live So Far Away From Everything
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Housing affordability drives supercommuting
We Need to Talk About the “Missing Middle” | Oh The Urbanity!
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In urbanist and YIMBY circles, we often talk a lot about missing middle housing, but this is actually a very broad category. This video gives more in-depth information about the kinds of missing middle housing and how prevalent they are in the five biggest Canadian cities.
The Power of Land: Georgism 101 | BritMonkey
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/7639583
> This video by BritMonkey gives an introduction to Georgism and the importance of land value taxation.
The Hidden Numbers that Design U.S. Cities | City Beautiful
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This video explains zoning and how these often obscure codes tremendously influence our built environment.
The Densest City in the U.S. Is Not What You Think | Oh The Urbanity!
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What Happened When This City Banned Housing Investors | Oh The Urbanity!
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Oftentimes people claim that the housing crisis is a result of investors outbidding regular home buyers, not a fundamental shortage of supply. This video debunks that idea, using the city of Rotterdam -- which effectively banned buy-to-let speculators across much of the city -- as an example. The result actually worsened housing affordability for lower-income households and increased gentrification.
In short, there is no solving the housing crisis without simply building more housing.
Urbanism: Insidious Globalist Conspiracy or Self-Evident Common Sense? | CityNerd
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CityNerd presents a broad thesis video on why urbanism is good, why we should have more of it, and the way in which our cities could be better.
How Canada got stuck building low-speed rail | CBC Creator Network
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I don't know about y'all, but I'll GLADLY say, "Yes in my backyard!" to high-speed rail
How to Turbo-Charge Your Public Transit | Oh The Urbanity!
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When The Housing Debate Breaks The Political Spectrum
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This video by Oh the Urbanity! dives into the pro- and anti-housing arguments used by YIMBYs and NIMBYs across the political spectrum.
Want to solve the housing crisis? Build these, experts say | CBC
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This video by CBC dives into "missing middle" housing, e.g., townhouses, plexes, etc.