1. This week at Market Urbansim: Collective Action Problems Are Similar For Land Use And Schools by Michael Lewyn...it occurred to me that there are some similarities between American school systems and American land use regulation. In both situations, localism creates gaps between … [Read more...]
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Market Urbanism MUsings October 28, 2016
1. This week at Market Urbansim: ‘Who better to determine local needs than property owners and concerned citizens themselves?’ by Michael HamiltonInstead, land-use regulations can, and often are, used as cudgels against disfavored groups or individuals. Issues of personal taste—yard … [Read more...]
Episode 05: Samuel Zipp and Nathan Storring on Vital Little Plans
This week on the Market Urbanism Podcast, I chat with Samuel Zipp and Nathan Storring on the wonderful new volume Vital Little Plans: The Short Works of Jane Jacobs. From Jacobs' McCarthy-era defense of unorthodox thinking to snippets of her unpublished history of humanity, the book is a … [Read more...]
Market Urbanism MUsings October 21, 2016
1. This week at Market Urbansim: The Invisible City by Sandy IkedaIt is this: A city—especially a great one—cannot really be seen. Paradoxically, the closest we can come to actually seeing one is through the imagination. Otherwise, it’s invisible. Moreover, if you can fully comprehend … [Read more...]
The Invisible City
Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities is a short, often wonderful but consistently enigmatic (at least to me) novel about an extended conversation between Marco Polo and Kublai Khan. Marco tells the Khan a series of tales about fantastical cities he’s perhaps only imagined.I’ve always … [Read more...]
Market Urbanism MUsings October 14, 2016
1. This week at Market Urbansim: Markets As Cities by Sandy IkedaThere is a deep affinity between cities and markets, and indeed between cities and liberty. (As the old saying goes, “City air makes you free.”) Cities aren’t merely convenient locations for markets; a living city (which I’ll … [Read more...]
Markets As Cities
Why are a growing number of libertarians fascinated by cities and indeed pinning their hopes for a freer future on cities? Two examples of this just from recent Freeman issues are by Zachary Caceres on startup cities and the winner of the Thorpe-Freeman Blog Contest, Adam Millsap, responding to one … [Read more...]
Market Urbanism MUsings October 7, 2016
1. This week at Market Urbanism: 4 Things Austin’s City Council Could Do Today To Fight The Housing Shortage by Dan KeshetCentral Austin needs more housing. Prices have been rising, more and more people want to live where they have short commutes, but are only able to afford homes near the … [Read more...]