Category: When Neighborhoods Go Bad

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Tree Trimming and Power Outages

Austin Economics Republicans Hate The Environment Urban Design Walking in Austin (Pedestrian Issues) When Neighborhoods Go Bad
Folks who don't want Austin Energy to trim their trees ought to be part of the solution rather than part of the problem. M1EK has…
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Bad Neighborhoods Shouldn’t Get Help

Austin I Told You So PS: I am not a crackpot Urban Design When Neighborhoods Go Bad
M1EK pleads for backup in his quixotic campaign against bad neighborhood interests
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Shoal Creek Summed Up

Austin Bicycle Commuting Bicycling in Austin I Told You So PS: I am not a crackpot The Shoal Creek Debacle Transportation Urban Design When Neighborhoods Go Bad
Quicktime presentation about Shoal Creek Boulevard, by Michael Bluejay. Will knock your socks off.
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I Got Mine, Now You Can’t Have Yours

Austin I Told You So Urban Design When Neighborhoods Go Bad
A couple of the McMansion Task Force's central Austin members already live in oversized or otherwise incompatible houses.
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The Drainage Emergency

Austin Urban Design When Neighborhoods Go Bad
M1EK solves the drainage emergency. The crowd goes wild.
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Irresponsible Center-City Neighborhoods And Their Plans

Austin Urban Design When Neighborhoods Go Bad
More irresponsible center-city neighborhood stuff, in honor of McMansion Week
bad neighbors Hyde Park Neighborhood Association neighborhood associations run amuck neighborhood plans
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Shoal Creek Attractive Nuisance Boulevard

Austin Bicycling in Austin I Told You So The Shoal Creek Debacle Transportation When Neighborhoods Go Bad
Cravenly caving to the neighborhood along Shoal Creek Boulevard is going to buy some future City Council a big legal headache
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Fifty-Fifty Journalistic Balance Sucks

Austin Bicycle Commuting Bicycling in Austin Politics (Outside Austin) The Shoal Creek Debacle Transportation When Neighborhoods Go Bad
"He said, she said" could be written by a monkey. Journalists should at least explore credibility.
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Houston outlaws density better than Austin does

Austin I Told You So Urban Design When Neighborhoods Go Bad
Despite popular misconceptions, Houston's development regulations are more anti-density than are most cities'.
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“Stick the renters in high-rises”

Austin Economics I Told You So PS: I am not a crackpot Urban Design When Neighborhoods Go Bad
The new strategy of the smarter, somewhat less evil central neighborhoods: stack 'em downtown away from our houses.
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