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Conversations and debates that will expose Urban living as the best lifestyle choice for city lovers, nature lovers, and everyone in between.

Tim DuBois


    • May 4, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 20m AVG DURATION
    • 41 EPISODES


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    A Fond Farewell

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2023 38:33


    My unedited conclusion to this podcast. 

    A Better Use for Autonomous Driving Technology

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2023 12:29


    Unedited. So long as I get credit you may have this idea. Hire me as well.

    Artists and Blue Collar Workers Unite for Cities

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2023 12:30


    Unedited. Cities need to make homes for people of all career backgrounds.

    Airbnb is a Verb AND Good for Cities

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2023 8:09


    Unedited. What happens when several generations in a row don't learn basic economics in school? Regulations in opposition to Airbnb.

    Cities need a Divorce from Past Industries

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2023 7:12


    Unedited. Railyards in cities? C'mon already, get a divorce lawyer.

    Urban Families are the Best

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2023 7:31


    Unedited. Kids raised in cities are more resilient, independent, happier, and more empowered then kids raised elsewhere, at least according to me.

    Suburbs are the Worst

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2023 8:04


    Unedited. I cannot even think of a defense of suburbs. They are just across the board bad.

    Maybe 200 sq ft is Enough

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2023 5:55


    Unedited. Can we please stop dictating minimum housing standards that the poor cannot afford?

    Want a Gym with your Studio Apartment?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2023 9:10


    Unedited. Amenities in apartment buildings are awesome on many levels.

    Renting vs Owning

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2023 7:57


    Unedited. Having been on all sides of this fight, I have come down strongly in favor of renting.

    Vacancy is Good for Renters

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2023 10:03


    Unedited. Sorry supply and demand skeptics but empty apartments are the friend of renters that we should aim towards not punish.

    F*ck Historic Districts

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2023 11:27


    Unedited. Historic districts are stupid, period, end of story. 

    Free Markets Make Cities Awesome

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2023 14:39


    Unedited. Free enterprise is what allows such an awesome diversity of experience in cities including food choices. We should embrace capitalism not run from it.

    Suburbs are Expensive

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2023 12:25


    Unedited. America is going broke from trying to sustain suburbs. Let's stop. If they can't stand on their own without subsidies then they should not exist. 

    Mobility is What Matters

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2023 9:45


    Unedited. Getting from point A to Point B is important but the hegomony of the car fulfilling that task is what makes America broke, unhealthy, and unhappy. So let's stop bending at the knee to automobiles. 

    Camping for Urbanists

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2023 6:25


    Unedited. Camping does not have to look the way it does in America with large SUVs, boxes of camping gear and poor sleep. Here is a better model with a free of charge rant about tent camping. 

    Your Big House Sucks

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2023 5:50


    Unedited. Big houses are compensating for small imaginations. They are lazy and depressing. 

    Sunlight is Not in the Bill of Rights

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2023 3:47


    Unedited. Sunlight is nice but not a right guaranteed in the Constitution. 

    War on Cars' Noise Continues

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2023 10:34


    Unedited. The unpleasent sounds of cities come from suburbs, lets regulate that. Cities should be for city lovers not car lovers.

    Tenant Rights Groups are a Scam

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2023 5:14


    Unedited. Tenant Right Groups tend to represent asthetic justice, making people feel good about change but lack any evidence of actually helping renters more broadly, and more often then not harm renters.

    To The Moon

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2023 2:48


    Unedited. Love them, hate them, but skyscrapers are a solution to several problems and the problems don't go away if you limit height of construction.

    Please Invest in My City

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2023 4:36


    Unedited. Some see out of state investors as undesirable, I see it as doing something right.

    Enough Public Participation Already

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2023 12:25


    Voting is democratic, markets are democratic, public participation is autocracy of the priveledged. Here is my unedited take down of public participation in real estate markets.

    Housing as a Commodity, Please!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2023 8:01


    This unedited short episode makes the case for thinking of housing more as a commodity and less like a craft good sold at boutique prices.

    Beginning of the End

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2023 6:11


    I am bringing a conclusion to this podcast. This unedited recording is my reason why and also represents the beginning of my final series. 

    YIMBY vs NIMBY

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2022 48:27


    Movements and organizations are as much the defining principle as the people within the respective movements. To that end both YIMBY and NIMBY may be bankrupt ideas. But maybe not. Listen to hear our take on the debate.

    Housing as a Right

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2022 27:14


    Although not in the Bill of Rights many people argue that housing should be a human right. Should it and what would that look like? Should every minimum wage earning 18 year old be entitled to a private apartment? Join Roger Valdez and I as we explore the question.

    We Heart Solving problems

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2022 43:49


    Guests on this episode include Andrea Suarez and Kevin Dahlgren from We Heart Seattle. As a few select cities, like Portland and Seattle take the official approach to homelessness of disruption and discomfort as being cruel, a small movement is growing out of We Heart Seattle that believes in a more active and engaged approach. Their work is more in-line with the rest of the Western world and is without a doubt more compassionate to homeless. Here how they do it, the challenges they face, and why it is so important. Visit their website here Rational In Portland episode

    Homeownership Subsidies are Bad Public Policy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2022 21:29


    I think homeownership is a scam. You may disagree but subsidizing is definetly a scam played on taxpayers. Join Roger and I as we discuss this hot topic. Watch this Economist to see a further explaination as to why it is a bad idea.

    Abolish Zoning Already

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2022 20:58


    Join my new co-host Roger Valdez and I as we discuss the topic that is gaining new traction thanks to a book by Nolan Gray titled Abritrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It. Whatever the origins of zoning are and no matter how outdates those ideas are, zoning persists, and Cities are all the worst for it.

    Booming Atlanta

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2022 35:06


    *Audio issues plauged me this episode, sorry to listeners and my guests. Join Destiny Collins and Ernest Brown to discuss some of the challanges housing advocates face in Atlanta while learning a little about the City. Discover the same wall blocking progress that face other cities when you leanr about neighborhood groups. Learn more at Abundant Housing Atlanta, Yimby Action Atlanta

    Urban Sustainability Advantages

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2022 36:39


    This episode is a brief discussion with guest Wesley Tam about the many advantages the urban form has over other built environments in being sustainable.  Email Wesley at wesley.tam@berkeley.edu Email Urban Environmentalism at info@urbanenvironmentalists.org Check out their website here Paul Krugman Opinion piece is here

    A Walk in Chicago

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2022 12:12


    I am doing something different in this episode. Inspired by my friends podcast, I wanted to take you on a hike through Lakeview in Chicago. To join me virtually start here.   

    Common Sense in Real Estate

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2022 27:59


    Part 1 of a three part interview with Philippe Belanger. This sprawling conversation touches on some of the crazy in how we think about finance, land use, and real estate.

    Clean that Air

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2021 43:22


    American cities still have highly polluting industry located in highly valuable land better used for other purposes. Modern land use patterns left to true market forces would leave dense cities some of the cleanest in terms of air pollution. Yet they are not. Join guest Greg Bourget and I as we discuss air pollution in Portland, a city that mirrors most US cities. http://portlandcleanair.org greg@portlandcleanair.org Disclosure: I am currently a board member for Portland Clean Air and Greg worked on my campaign for City Council as Campaign Director.

    The "So What?" Theory of Architecture

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2021 47:39


    Join Nicoai Kruger and I as we vent about stupid regulations seeking to improve subjective ideas of design. In other words, complain about people who want their unneeded opinion on appearance heard. Original 5 MLK designs Final 5 MLK design Safeway's endless process Nicolai's Studio

    Evict the Idea Evictions are a Problem

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2021 64:42


    How many articles need to be written and policies changed for the problem of evictions when they often represent less than 1% of renters? Join my guest Margot Black and I as we debate different sides of this topic. Data on evictions. Japan's housing solution. Germany's housing solution. Reach out to Margot at margot@mbradicalstrategies.com

    Insane Occupancy Limits

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2021 34:24


    Join guest Leon Porter and me as we explore the insanity that is housing occupancy laws.  Michael Anderson article Spare bedroom data Group Living proposal

    Housing Econ 101ish

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2021 79:27


    Join Housing advocate Roger Valdez and I as we discuss the inconvenient truth of housing and real estate markets. No matter what side of the political spectrum there will be something here for you to hate but the truth isn's always nice. Roger's Organization Rogers Blog 

    housing econ roger valdez
    Delayed Introduction

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2021 11:39


    In this episode Tim will briefly introduce listeners to the purpose of this show, himself, and what to expect moving forward. 

    Setbacks

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2021 52:45


    Public policy has everything wrong regarding building setbacks. My guest Lucy Wallwork and I discuss why. Lucy's blog: https://exclusive.multibriefs.com/author/lucy-wallwork Andrew Price article: https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/10/23/the-problem-with-setbacks

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