Evan Roberts

🤩 here's an exceptionally curious (brilliant?) way of showing disparities that are observed today. Yet, with a caveat that the countries lagging behind will likely cover much of the path much faster. I wonder how critical this limitation is for the most likely reading of the figure? #demography

Just all reverting back to message boards and usenet groups

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Friendly neighborhood demographer here to say, 82, not extremely old. Old, yes. Declining, yes. Bad idea to try to lead your party into a physically demanding election campaign. But just average old. For a guy like Biden who reached 68 in 2010, life expectancy was 17.
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By 1934 it was common knowledge people could drink enough to have higher risk of crashes in surprising situations, but appear sober at routine tasks. 90 years later many US states still need suspicion to test drivers. Equivalent to airports/stadiums only metal detecting people with bulging pockets

Breaking up the massing's final boss

Indeed, I think in a snowy climate you'd have to have limited depth, or space at the end between buildings to remove snow. Good snow blower essential.

interesting. a bit of the same geometry in Limerick I noticed this year, which is obviously a very different place!

Indeed. With these where having the car (small fire engine) width driveway + short setback means there is often 25-30 feet between front doors.

The boat sinks. Sorry to ruin the ending if you ever watch it.

I have seen this style of 15' driveway access and narrow shared turning space in a small number of places in the Twin Cities. But you can find it all over Australasia, sometimes new through lot division, but also old. And I've seen it in the UK, Ireland, and Germany as well.

Lived on one of these at two points in life, and yes, for low rise moderate density, it's a great form. The adjoining backyards is a real benefit, whereas quite literally in the central Twin Cities we run cars through what could be the backyard border zone.

Cambridge, Mass has quite a few, both old and newer, often with the street suffix of "Court". Sometimes don't show on Google Maps streetview because they got ignored by the mapping car.

and houses fronting the alley/long driveway?

Your other rejoinder might well be "isn't this just a townhouse courtyard", and that's on point. Townhouse driveways in the US are a bit like this, and they are car dominated because of 2 car width garage design standards. Get that down to 1 and the front aspect is more appealing.

One of the reasons I think that alleys are a sub-optimal design choice in low density suburban contexts is you create a car-oriented space on both sides of your home. Locals, just walk down any Twin Cities alley and observe!

So in most cases there will be one car per property, and its parked out front in a tiny garage. Done well (there's the rub) you can have decent levels of land efficiency for single family home to small-plex style homes, and many of the homes have a lot of privacy and quiet. Plus adjoining backyards!

No, because a suburban cul-de-sac is often 30+' wide, whereas this is literally a driveway / narrow fire-lane, with room to do a 3 or 5 point turn in the common space at the end. Obviously (?) you're not packing lots of density into this layout, but you absolutely can do this with 2,000 - 5000 lots

A schematic drawing of property parcels and houses

One thing you don't see a lot of in the Twin Cities, but exists in many urban areas is the long deep driveway with some (maybe most?) houses not fronting the "main" street, which could itself be a typical low-volume residential street. You might say "isn't this just a suburban style cul-de-sac"

Combined Mexican/American flag

Runner at the Twin Cities marathon with a combined Mexican/American flag

Precarious temperatures

For all the fall lovers out there, that vertical line coming in on radar represents decorative gourd season. That's our cold front that switches us from August to October. #mnwx

Hating apartments was, of course also tied to pronatalism and anti-immigrant sentiment—and they're only talking about, like, Italians here.

This is just in a mainstream architecture pub in 1920. It merged into Arch Record.

Are Apartments Necessary? An Important Test as to the Legality of Zoning Regulations. Judge Kramer Rules Against Establishment of Apartment Houses in Resident Sections

Basically all professional journals treat multifamily dwellings as a selfish convenience with serious social costs in the 1920s. They always are opposed to the purportedly universal necessity of detached houses—which they always conflate with ownership and eusocial behavior.

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A woman running

Women's race leader

Two runners leading twin cities marathon

Leaders in the Twin Cities marathon at 19.5 miles

A cat with a fake mouse

There's more time for fake mouse play with the furless two-legged creatures on #Caturday

Huh. I really was expecting more from people who think history means time stops at a moment they're fond of.

Tariff Tunic Halloween costume

Seen at the local Spirit Halloween

Do people who believe in "neighborhood character" as a limitation on the size and design of new housing apply this principle inside their own house? Appliances and decor fixed at the point of purchase. No additions, remodels, or changing the landscaping.