The Deleted Scenes - New and Old #84
On Folk Malthusianism, The Bristlecone, Ned Reskinoff, November 13, 2022
This is a really neat point, especially for right-NIMBYs who are otherwise conservatives. The fact that NIMBYism was historically underpinned by a sort of Malthusian environmentalism, generally of a left-ish Paul Ehrlich variety, should concern those on the right who subscribe to it, shouldn’t it? Read the whole thing. What’s Working in Laconia, Quarantine Creatives Newsletter, Heath Racela, November 6, 2022 This is a fantastic illustrated piece about Laconia, New Hampshire, a large town/small city of 16,000. Racela (who also links this piece of mine!) notes that it nonetheless has a small-town feel. He profiles the town in detail and makes me want to visit it. What you’ll notice is that everything that makes Laconia great is more or less the same stuff that makes every city or town great. Yet we almost never say that small towns “all feel the same” or “look the same.” We say that about suburban sprawl because we don’t really like it, not because places looking the same is a bad thing. The Car and the World, Apex’s Notes, April 7, 2021
There are obviously a lot of the same broad ideas here as in my own work. This was a great read, and a bit of a philosophical one. Check it out! For the fourth item today, a neat post by a builder about his experience building a China Coast location, a strange 1990s attempt to create a P.F. Chang’s-style national Americanized Chinese chain restaurant. The chain failed within a few years, and the buildings, which were highly ornamented and complicated, struggled to sell. Anyone have any idea if a single one, out of about 50, is still standing in its original form? Related Reading: New and Old #12 Thank you for reading! Please consider upgrading to a paid subscription to help support this newsletter. You’ll get a weekly subscribers-only post, plus full access to the archive: over 400 posts and growing. And you’ll help ensure more material like this! You're currently a free subscriber to The Deleted Scenes. For the full experience, upgrade your subscription. |
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If cities were alive, would they be NIMBY or YIMBY?
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