All great cities are places where people want to live, driven by their unique combination of economic opportunities, cultural vibrancy, and quality of life. This desirability inevitably leads to competition for limited resources, particularly housing and space. No great city is inexpensive because demand drives up costs. As more people flock to these urban centers,Continue reading “The Paradox of Great Cities: Why Affordability Remains Elusive”
Category Archives: Cities
The Impact of 11-12 Million Illegal Immigrants on U.S. Cities
Congress and Washington, D.C. bureaucrats have allowed the nation to be flooded with millions of illegal immigrants while encouraging housing policies that have driven housing and rental prices out of reach for most Americans. State and city legislators have followed the capital’s lead by enforcing and adopting policies that continue to worsen housing by drivingContinue reading “The Impact of 11-12 Million Illegal Immigrants on U.S. Cities”
Homelessness and Housing Shortages: The Consequences of Rent Control, Zoning, Building Codes, and Economic Decline
Rent control and Euclidean zoning have long been tools used by cities to segregate the poor—both white and Black—away from the neighborhoods of the bourgeoisie, teachers, academics, and politicians, who consider themselves deserving of separation from the masses. Rent control has allowed private property to become state-regulated, benefiting existing tenants while discouraging new development, thusContinue reading “Homelessness and Housing Shortages: The Consequences of Rent Control, Zoning, Building Codes, and Economic Decline”
Homelessness
Tokyo does not have a serious homeless problem. Why? The building codes allow denser and smaller units.
Guns and Butter: Why Homelessness Is Here To Stay
The streets of American towns and cities are filled with homeless individuals, not due to a failed system, NIMBYs, or drug addiction, but because America is not as prosperous as it appears. Despite the abundance of fiat money, the nation is grappling with financial struggles. The root causes of America’s economic woes are clear: itContinue reading “Guns and Butter: Why Homelessness Is Here To Stay”
The Nature of Cities
Max Weber Ibn Khaldun
Parasitic Capitals and the Decline of American Cities
By Arnold Roquerre Capital cities—whether federal or state—often exhibit parasitic tendencies, drawing resources from other urban centers that sustain their economic and material well-being. Too often, they enact legislation and regulatory codes that harm cities by stripping them of autonomy, enforcing rigid standardization, imposing excessive taxation, and reallocating resources to less productive areas.¹ If theseContinue reading “Parasitic Capitals and the Decline of American Cities”
Food Waste Bioconversion
Cities, large hotels, and restaurants would benefit from using an automated fly larva system to convert food waste into fertilizer and animal feed. Urban waste and trash dumps could become a source of clean fertilizer and feed for animals and fish.
Nuclear War, Not CO2
City politicians are concerned about the impact of climate change, plastic pollution, and processed foods. However, these threats pale compared to the real danger that could become a reality in less than an hour. The biggest threat to cities is a nuclear missile attack, for which there is no defense. A one-megaton nuclear warhead orContinue reading “Nuclear War, Not CO2”
Tishaura Jones
Tishaura Jones, the mayor of St. Louis, is incompetent and lacks any concept of governance. Our cities are being devastated by politicians like Jones, whose ineffectiveness is undeniable. The question isn’t whether they’ve taken the red or blue pill; it’s how such individuals end up in power. These politicians seem to have swallowed a bottleContinue reading “Tishaura Jones”