I think if I’m being totally honest, I would not advise anybody to move to NYC. I used to be either encouraging or just quiet if asked my opinion on this. However it really seems to be the case that most people end up slightly worse for living here.
Being part of a magical supportive crew is sooooo rare. I probably should've built my whole life around the few I've experienced. Instead we let ourselves get picked off by grass-is-greener-style opportunities, petty squabbles, or default endings (eg "school is over now")… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Here's a crazy one... A former church ⛪ is turning into apartments • 7 total units + event space • Top floor 4-bed penthouse with 8 balconies • Keeping much of the exterior • Originally built in 1897 📍San Francisco, CA pic.twitter.com/7PT3qZgnOo
Thought I saw all the craziest stadium + housing developments ...until I saw this one. Houses in the middle of the stadium • Former home of the Nankai Hawks • These were model homes used to sell • Homes were a failure; Western design wasn't adopted by the Japanese 📍Osaka pic.twitter.com/7OetCtDvv3
I miss having friends. Like real old-school, hang out any day, all night, up-for-whatever type friends. Where by default, if you've got free time you're together, having great conversations or heading out on some adventure. I've watched the humor drain from people around me as… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… pic.twitter.com/wMI5aEpSqc
I reference this Onion headline at least once a week at this point pic.twitter.com/EzT9qk6NJQ
Buy a 10 acre, great plot of land split between friends. Build a great house each in at least an acre. Why is this not everyone’s goal?
I am going to create a Brooklyn community of stay at home moms and other baby loving people who hang out from 9-5, help each other do mundane life tasks together, and have fun raising a bunch of babies together if it kills me
I should add to this thread by saying this is why I believe so fervently in Massena, NY. Let me explain: There's only one thing better than a commune: A community with a functional 'town square'. Lots of people living in separate housing who live within walking distance and get… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… twitter.com/shagbark_hick/…
An epic $1 billion Four Seasons development is coming to Telluride. 52 hotel keys and 40 hotel residences. $$$$$ Not to be picky, but it’s actually in Mountain Village which isn’t quite the same as being in town. pic.twitter.com/np5MWrJ6oI
Hold up, here's the most unique residential conversion I've ever seen... A former soccer stadium ⚽ turned into apartments • 650 units • Grandstand exteriors remain • The old field is now a garden • Former home of @Arsenal • 93 years of soccer played there 📍London pic.twitter.com/WIYW1GAfMa
It's easy to knock "hippie communes" but once you've lived this way it's quite difficult to go back to "normal". Virtually everywhere I stayed in my adult life was some iteration of a collective, whether at anarchist squats or their oddly-similar antipode - military barracks. 1/ pic.twitter.com/nFktxykLRG
The most picturesque towns and villages in the United States - a thread 🧵 1. Leavenworth, Washington pic.twitter.com/qbYjT9nTOb
How I am just learning about Alys Beach? Why is this place not more well known? Absolutely stunning. And a new urbanism dream. pic.twitter.com/bxZqFcp9A1
Over the last 100 years, we have witnessed the fall of the extended family as default social context, after millennia of dominance. Families are so much smaller (8 siblings and 64 cousins used to be not crazy unusual) they cannot support a social scene in the same way.
In just a few minutes, this model home has the ability to increase its dimensions to three times its initial size. Source @TechInsider pic.twitter.com/DKOBdmzvZp
current pov: everyone’s first goal should be assembling their avengers; 4-7 core homies w/ aligned values, career, mission, and deep resonant vibes. everything else flows so naturally from a strong center-squad
People often tell me that their friend group talks about living near each other. And yet, almost none of them have successfully clustered their friend group yet. Here's how I got 22 of my friends to live within walking distance ✨ prigoose.substack.com/p/how-to-live-…
Would you live in a place like this as a single adult? Private studio apartment with shared kitchen, laundry, dining. Central courtyard. Maybe a library too. Why or why not? pic.twitter.com/YKnV0VJqxc
These houses are designed to be easily collapsible and expandable, with the capability to be packed and shipped to any location. The process of folding and unfolding them can be completed in as little as 10 minutes. Credit @TechInsider pic.twitter.com/PDDAPO6eQl
How can you write a whole book about the problem of modern kids not being given the freedom of kids from yester-year & the problems which this then generates without factoring this fact into your equations of whats going on? pic.twitter.com/QtPUNk6oOa
Things I see destroy the possibility of enduring local community: • Globalized career market (ppl move for better opportunities) • Globalized dating market (ppl move away for love) • Rent (ppl get priced out of neighborhoods) If u wanna build, u gotta handle these What else?
“how to make friends as an adult” I don’t want new friends I want my old friends in the same place as me
This is so true. Public halls were critical to society. They were the most basic tool of societal communication. twitter.com/dbessner/statu…
- Decline of "halls"
We need to build less car-first streets and more complete streets for everyone! pic.twitter.com/FBij3eU7Af
I have become semi-obsessed with this subject. The car-dependent suburban lifestyle is ***so bad for kids***. They develop no spatial sense; they are utterly dependent on others to get anywhere; they have no freedom or autonomy. twitter.com/modacitylife/s…
starting an ongoing thread of my favorite 3rd spaces or "community living rooms" in San Francisco 🛋️ 📍Arcana - a bar x plant shop in the mission that hosts a line-up of local musicians. pic.twitter.com/2O3sTo22g6
After 3 weeks of living in Europe I would like to admit I was wrong. Cities arent spiritually bankrupt wastelands, I only ever lived in North American ones and did not expect how incredible it is to live in cities that cater to the human experience
'Home ownership' is 74% the subconscious urge to isolate oneself from the negative affect of social interfacing. 22.6% a bid for status Mostly a made up psychological status war between you+yourself lol "My friends will come over" No They Won't Busy working on *their* House
And often, they're not looking to get maximum return on their space, they'd just like something nice downstairs for the neighborhood they live in and care about. It's a completely different mindset from a large commercial real estate company that results in a different townscape.