Daniel Warwick

Maryland is everywhere if you know where to look

Love a USA states list that has American Samoa but not DC...

Flying to a conference this morning and it's low key embarrassing to be upgraded to first class depending on who else you know is boarding the flight... At least we got the Mariners plane!

Thank you @ryanmellotacoma.bsky.social for kicking off the Pierce County workshop for Build Here, Puget Sound! Grateful for Amazon supporting the development of this tool with PSRC and my HR&A colleagues for creating. Buildherepugetsound.com

Good dogs take transit

oregonjournalismproject.orgState Housing Agency Regularly Exceeds Benchmark for Construction Costs — Oregon Journalism Project

RS Means is not neccesarily the right benchmark but there's a lot that goes into driving cost for affordable housing development. Glad to see awareness/discussion www.oregonjournalismproject.org/state-housin...

Good morning Bremerton!

Turns out it's possible to get paid for your bullshit

Excited for allowing more housing! Better zoning is a critical roadblock to new housing but is insufficient in itself to build new housing. Developers and investors also need to believe they will make money.

Janeese4DC@janeese4dc.bsky.social

We can and we must build more homes for all of us.

"drinking in your dorm room with your friends? elite" - the things you hear at a Phoenix coffee shop near ASU

sfchronicle.comReal estate investors are profiting off a California tax breakThe welfare exemption has become a strategy for landlords to save money on taxes without necessarily giving tenants a discount on rent, a Chronicle investigation found.

Good article on the proliferation of Joint Powers Authorities for Welfare Exemption housing in California but the framing about investors making $ is misleading The problem is that public benefits aren't calibrated to the tax expenditure, not that $ is made www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...

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Texas and California are 100% exemptions for 100% at 80% AMI. Washington State's is 75% at 60% AMI and Montgomery County, MD is 50% at 60% AMI The way to get more 80% AMI housing is by letting developers build more and let the market work. 60% AMI and below typically needs subsidy

There are certaily places like Frisco, CO where market rents are >80% AMI (and even >120% AMI) and it's contextual to determine whether the public good is worth the tax expenditure.

Tax abatements are crucial for affordable housing and affordable housing is a public good that we should support. The question is if the public benefits are worth the cost At 80% AMI when in place and prevailing rents are well below 80% AMI probably not

That said, individually underwriting and negotiating every tax abatement doesn't work when preservation opportunities are on market for a few weeks at a time and real estate buyers need predictability to make big bets And often there is a real anti-displacement strategy tax abatements can help

Name partner at a law firm with a Pearl Jam quote in their signature is certainly a vibe

My favorite thing about L'enfant Plaza is how I get lost even when I know where I'm going

At a conference with a therapy dog session but the dog is sick. Can't believe I have to go to panels instead wtf

On the old train to Portland 😥

21 Sept

I regret never visiting La Sombarita

Kenny Uong@kennyuong.bsky.social

Was going to finally check out La Sombrita but they removed it?! 😩

12 Sept

A guy boarded my flight from PORTLAND, OREGON in a red Make America Charlie Kirk hat Blue cities have clearly not gone far enough

12 Sept

The Alaska Airlines boarding music includes Chappel Roan and Taylor Swift. I'd like to hope he is uncomfortable

11 Sept

The rats hate to see him coming

Abundant Housing Vancouver

8 Sept

The concept of buying a Loudon Gateway mini pylon from the metro store

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jamelle

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7 Sept

Replying to @jamellebouie.net

anyway i think DC statehood is a non negotiable. only way to give DC residents the tools to protect themselves.

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ggwash.orgInfill housing delayed is climate action deniedUrbanites have smaller carbon footprints than our suburban neighbors. That isn’t just something to feel smug about – it’s a call to action to embrace more infill housing in cities.

Seattle’s infill boom from 2000 to 2020 “eliminated about 1 million tons of potential greenhouse gas emissions basically for free… this category of climate action has been better than a free lunch. It’s been a lunch the region got paid to eat.”

6 Sept

People say DC has no culture but I'm standing on the Metro platform at Dulles and there's a guy wearing a Doug Jones for Alabama shirt who just asked "where were you when Obama was elected?" I'm home

6 Sept

Taking bluesky opinions over to the other site (LinkedIn)...

6 Sept

Rude of Spotify DJ to publicly out me as a top 5% listener of Sabrina Carpenter last week

Metro Park(way) never went to a park. It went to a mall

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Metro Parkway has a cool connection to the top of a park and ride and a great transit center under it that used to go into a big mall parking lot. Unfortunately the mall is gone and it takes 3x the time to get downtown than driving!

A transit oriented RV Park adjacent to a 55+ manufactured home community is some cursed land use for light rail that is of course in office

Metro Park(way) never went to a park. It went to a mall

We love a transit-oriented bank turned to gun & ammo shop don't we folks

1 Sept

A data center? You mean housing for the internet???

30 Aug

Call me Totoro

theurbanist.orgBellevue Permitting More New Housing Than Seattle, Intake Data ShowsIn the first six months of 2026, Bellevue saw at least 1,585 new multifamily units enter the pipeline, compared to just 1,137 housing units in Seattle. The numbers illustrate Bellevue's success in spurring development... and Seattle's continued slump.

26 Aug

Like Tysons in the National Capital region, Bellevue is the true downtown of the Seattle region

The Urbanist@theurbanist.org

NEW STORY// Bellevue Permitting More New Housing Than Seattle, Intake Data Shows By Ryan Packer via @theurbanist.org

proofmill.comSourdough Foundations: Saturday, September 19th (Shea)Have you dreamed of baking your own sourdough, but feel a little overwhelmed by how much there is to learn? In this class, you'll get all the information you need to start baking at home! You'll learn...

26 Aug

is it insane to pay $175 for a sourdough making class or am i just cheap? proofmill.com/products/sou...

26 Aug

Saw someone walking a husky in Phoenix today which seems basically like dog abuse when every day is 110+

nytimes.comAmerica’s Desert Metropolis Is on the Short List to Lose WaterDecades ago, Arizona won funding for a massive Colorado River project by agreeing to be first in line for cuts at a time of deep drought. The Trump administration says that time has come.

24 Aug

Trump take water www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/u...

24 Aug

Guy who supports Trump because he's helping make Phoenix not exist

23 Aug

Terrible day for the D-Backs but JJ Bleday just hit for the cycle which is kind of cool

23 Aug

ABS turned a strike into a walk that pushed in a run I have never more supported human judgement over machines