Pandemic Changes Congestion
Until the pandemic, people’s choices were largely shaped by their workplaces and commutes. A 25-minute drive to work could become an hour and a half at rush hour. read more »
San FranciscoPandemic Changes More Than Where We Work and Live
by Douglas Newby 12/26/2020
Pandemic Changes Congestion Until the pandemic, people’s choices were largely shaped by their workplaces and commutes. A 25-minute drive to work could become an hour and a half at rush hour. read more »
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Post-Pandemic Housing Reality, Alt Cities to CA-NYC Housing Boom
by Tory Gattis 12/23/2020
A crazy week with a *ton* of new items I'll only be able to partially get through in this post, including some followups to last week's post about California tech companies moving to Texas: read more » »
Peak Progressive?
by Joel Kotkin 12/22/2020
In the minds of most progressives, as well as some horrified conservatives, California is the harbinger of America’s future. read more » »
Governor Preen: Newsom's Woke Posturing Masks California's Dismal Economic Record
by Joel Kotkin 11/22/2020
If Hollywood were to cast a governor and future president, and if a straight white male were still politically acceptable, he would look like California’s Gavin Newsom. The 53-year-old governor, a former mayor of San Francisco, Newsom handsomely epitomizes the preening politics of the California elite class that has nurtured and financed his career from the beginning. read more » »
California and Its Contradictions: Rumblings of Realignment Beneath a Solid-Blue Surface
by Joel Kotkin 11/06/2020
California remains deep blue, but the good news from this week’s elections is that it has not yet achieved complete ballot-box unanimity. read more » »
The Limits of Rhetoric
by Charles Blain and Joel Kotkin 11/02/2020
Deep-blue cities and states are eager to declare their social-justice credentials. read more » »
The Roots of California's Tattered Economy Were Planted Long Before the Coronavirus Arrived
by Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky 10/26/2020
California is in far worse shape economically than the great majority of other states also struggling through the pandemic. COVID-19 may be the primary cause of our current distress, but the evolving structure of our economy has exacerbated this calamity. The worst part is our state leaders should have known this all along. read more » »
Blade Runner Meets Old Testament
by John Sanphillippo 10/01/2020
I took these photos at midday as I went about my usual chores. The forest fires that have been burning across California sent ash over San Francisco turning the sky a freakish shade of orange. read more » »
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This is the Great Reshuffling
by John Sanphillippo 09/22/2020
The Interwebs are abuzz over the mass exodus from cities triggered by the coronavirus. Cue up the images of Moses parting the sea for a caravan of U-Hauls destined for the verdant cul-de-sacs of the Promised Land. This outward population migration is quantifiable and real. You’ll get no arguments at all from me. But the nuances are being lost in the chatter. read more » »
Lazaretto Dining
by John Sanphillippo 09/04/2020
Last week a friend asked me for help in his back garden. This is the first time he’s owned a proper home rather than a condo and he’s not sure how to manage the yard. We’re in a part of the world where it doesn’t rain for most of the year and hand watering gets old fast. I brought over samples of the irrigation tubes and drip emitters I like to use and walked him through the installation process. read more » »
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