Everything Urban

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

A Fond Farewell 05/04/2023

A Fond Farewell My unedited conclusion to this podcast. /episode/index/show/everythingurban/id/26746749

A Better Use for Autonomous Driving Technology 03/08/2023

A Better Use for Autonomous Driving Technology Unedited. So long as I get credit you may have this idea. Hire me as well. /episode/index/show/everythingurban/id/26161659

Artists and Blue Collar Workers Unite for Cities 03/08/2023

Artists and Blue Collar Workers Unite for Cities Unedited. Cities need to make homes for people of all career backgrounds. /episode/index/show/everythingurban/id/26161635

Airbnb is a Verb AND Good for Cities 03/08/2023

Airbnb is a Verb AND Good for Cities Unedited. What happens when several generations in a row don't learn basic economics in school? Regulations in opposition to Airbnb. /episode/index/show/everythingurban/id/26161611

Cities need a Divorce from Past Industries 03/08/2023

Cities need a Divorce from Past Industries Unedited. Railyards in cities? C'mon already, get a divorce lawyer. /episode/index/show/everythingurban/id/26161572

Urban Families are the Best 03/08/2023

Urban Families are the Best Unedited. Kids raised in cities are more resilient, independent, happier, and more empowered then kids raised elsewhere, at least according to me. /episode/index/show/everythingurban/id/26161536

Suburbs are the Worst 03/08/2023

Suburbs are the Worst Unedited. I cannot even think of a defense of suburbs. They are just across the board bad. /episode/index/show/everythingurban/id/26161494

Maybe 200 sq ft is Enough 03/08/2023

Maybe 200 sq ft is Enough Unedited. Can we please stop dictating minimum housing standards that the poor cannot afford? /episode/index/show/everythingurban/id/26161461

Want a Gym with your Studio Apartment? 03/08/2023

Want a Gym with your Studio Apartment? Unedited. Amenities in apartment buildings are awesome on many levels. /episode/index/show/everythingurban/id/26161428

Renting vs Owning 03/08/2023

Renting vs Owning Unedited. Having been on all sides of this fight, I have come down strongly in favor of renting. /episode/index/show/everythingurban/id/26161413

Vacancy is Good for Renters 03/08/2023

Vacancy is Good for Renters Unedited. Sorry supply and demand skeptics but empty apartments are the friend of renters that we should aim towards not punish. /episode/index/show/everythingurban/id/26161335

F*ck Historic Districts 03/08/2023

F*ck Historic Districts Unedited. Historic districts are stupid, period, end of story. /episode/index/show/everythingurban/id/26161296

Free Markets Make Cities Awesome 03/08/2023

Free Markets Make Cities Awesome 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. /episode/index/show/everythingurban/id/26161236

Suburbs are Expensive 03/06/2023

Suburbs are Expensive 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. /episode/index/show/everythingurban/id/26145195

Mobility is What Matters 03/06/2023

Mobility is What Matters 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. /episode/index/show/everythingurban/id/26145150

Camping for Urbanists 02/28/2023

Camping for Urbanists 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. /episode/index/show/everythingurban/id/26085822

Your Big House Sucks 02/28/2023

Your Big House Sucks Unedited. Big houses are compensating for small imaginations. They are lazy and depressing. /episode/index/show/everythingurban/id/26085324

Sunlight is Not in the Bill of Rights 02/28/2023

Sunlight is Not in the Bill of Rights Unedited. Sunlight is nice but not a right guaranteed in the Constitution. /episode/index/show/everythingurban/id/26085219

War on Cars' Noise Continues 02/28/2023

War on Cars' Noise Continues Unedited. The unpleasent sounds of cities come from suburbs, lets regulate that. Cities should be for city lovers not car lovers. /episode/index/show/everythingurban/id/26083560

Tenant Rights Groups are a Scam 02/28/2023

Tenant Rights Groups are a Scam 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. /episode/index/show/everythingurban/id/26082846

To The Moon 02/28/2023

To The Moon 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. /episode/index/show/everythingurban/id/26082237

Please Invest in My City 02/28/2023

Please Invest in My City Unedited. Some see out of state investors as undesirable, I see it as doing something right. /episode/index/show/everythingurban/id/26082102

Enough Public Participation Already 02/27/2023

Enough Public Participation Already 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. /episode/index/show/everythingurban/id/26062554

Housing as a Commodity, Please! 02/27/2023

Housing as a Commodity, Please! 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. /episode/index/show/everythingurban/id/26061936

Beginning of the End 02/27/2023

Beginning of the End I am bringing a conclusion to this podcast. This unedited recording is my reason why and also represents the beginning of my final series. /episode/index/show/everythingurban/id/26061765

YIMBY vs NIMBY 10/11/2022

YIMBY vs NIMBY 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. /episode/index/show/everythingurban/id/24657312

Housing as a Right 09/05/2022

Housing as a Right 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. /episode/index/show/everythingurban/id/24278925

We Heart Solving problems 08/01/2022

We Heart Solving problems 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 Rational In Portland /episode/index/show/everythingurban/id/23928120

Homeownership Subsidies are Bad Public Policy 07/25/2022

Homeownership Subsidies are Bad Public Policy 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 to see a further explaination as to why it is a bad idea. /episode/index/show/everythingurban/id/23790845

Abolish Zoning Already 07/18/2022

Abolish Zoning Already 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. /episode/index/show/everythingurban/id/23778536

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