@berkie1 Jonathan Berk
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Social category influence countries 8.81% finance 5.66% travel destinations #1062 celebrities 1.26% stocks 1.26% musicians 1.26% technology brands 0.63%
Social topic influence in the 3.77%, boston #306, community 2.52%, homes 2.52%, paris #111, build 1.89%, if you 1.89%, drivers 1.89%, york 1.89%, reduce #16
Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @richcalhoun @afinetheorem @massgovernor @concordpike @dmoisan @allstate @_justinfishman @patrickroath @nycmayor @govkathyhochul @tylerpager @brentbellamy @bostonplans @netflix @gitgudumiss @lioneltrolling @business @mnolangray @aboutherevideos @rohanaras
Top assets mentioned Allstate Corp (ALL) Ashland Global Holdings Inc. (ASH)
Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours
"Under Mayor Anne Hidalgo Paris has created nearly [---] rues aux coles in an effort to; improve air quality reduce crashes and give kids more safe spaces in their neighborhoods to walk bike play and just be kids"
X Link 2026-02-15T22:52Z 27.4K followers, 596.7K engagements
"Boston Properties filed plans for a 480-unit development on their 74-acre Weston Corporate Center. The development in an MBTA Communities district would include [---] townhomes [---] apts & [---] senior homes. Weston's population has remained stagnant since [----]. 📍Weston MA"
X Link 2025-10-20T20:25Z 27.3K followers, [----] engagements
"The Kraft Group is building a soccer Stadium in Everett without public subsidy. Mitigation agreements with Everett & Boston include; 🚦$48mil to Boston mainly for infrastructure upgrades 🌳$20mil for a waterfront park in Everett 🚇$17.5 mil ped bridge connection to Orange Line"
X Link 2025-12-31T20:44Z 27.3K followers, 998.4K engagements
""You should be able on a regular salary to afford a house in Stoughton or Norwood or Brockton that has access to a good school. an affordable daycare center." - @PatrickRoath Candidate for MA-08 Congressional District We deserve a leader whos ready to meet this moment for our country and our communities. Im Patrick Roath and Im running for Congress to fight for what matters. https://t.co/okY2MMEONc We deserve a leader whos ready to meet this moment for our country and our communities. Im Patrick Roath and Im running for Congress to fight for what matters. https://t.co/okY2MMEONc"
X Link 2026-01-28T14:30Z 27.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Bring back the rowhouses that once allowed middle-class families to thrive in New England"
X Link 2026-01-31T21:07Z 27.2K followers, 14.2K engagements
"Previously 64% of Missoula MT allowed only single-family homes or duplexes. This week City Council passed major zoning reforms including expanding small multifamily housing to 89% of the city allowing retail uses in most neighborhoods & eliminating all parking requirements"
X Link 2026-02-04T14:13Z 27.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Zoning reform is step one not the finish line. It can legalize the missing middle housing that built the middle class decades ago. But without modernizing the building codes layered on since many of these homes still wont get built at scale across North America. "At seemingly every level of policy we penalize and stigmatize apartments as though theyre a second-class form of housing." Meanwhile the rest of the world builds density at the same costs as SFHs. The International Building Code is a plague on American Cities. https://t.co/dt66mNGHVB "At seemingly every level of policy we penalize"
X Link 2026-02-04T19:37Z 27.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Holland Michigan boats North Americas municipally run snowmelt system with over 168mi of heated streets and sidewalks. The system first installed in [----] is powered by waste heat generated from the downtown municipal power plant. 📍Holland MI"
X Link 2026-02-05T02:39Z 27.3K followers, 15.2K engagements
"Massachusetts isnt just moving too slowly on housing its becoming a national outlier in its lack of urgency to fix the systemic barriers that make it one of the hardest most expensive places in America to build needed new housing"
X Link 2026-02-06T16:24Z 27.3K followers, 11.8K engagements
"Here we go again. ☃ 📍Salem MA"
X Link 2026-02-07T14:31Z 27.3K followers, 37.1K engagements
"Trump became animated as Mamdani described how the system slows housing construction telling the mayor he had wanted it overhauled for years The president was like If you can get that done thatd be amazing"
X Link 2026-02-07T18:56Z 27.3K followers, 60.9K engagements
"In [----] Congressman Stephen Lynch (MA-08) appeared at the Boston Zoning Board of Appeals to oppose an 8-unit building (with [--] parking spaces) replacing a single-family home in South Boston. The neighborhoods median condo price has surged from $489K to over $900K today"
X Link 2026-02-09T16:52Z 27.3K followers, 19K engagements
"As Massachusetts population grew and average household size shrank housing production fell off a cliff from an average of 30000-35000 units permitted annually in the 50s & 60s to an average of just [-----] units in the 2000s"
X Link 2026-02-09T22:01Z 27.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Our collective future gets brighter when we talk about first-time homebuyer credits child tax credits and building more housing so every community has options that meet peoples needs at every stage of life instead of senior property tax relief. Im proposing property tax relief for [------] seniors saving households an average of $345 a year by refunding approximately 10% of their property taxes. That's money back in their pockets to pay bills and put food on the table. Im proposing property tax relief for [------] seniors saving households an average of $345 a year by refunding approximately 10%"
X Link 2026-02-09T23:08Z 27.2K followers, [----] engagements
"H.R. [----] the Housing for the 21st Century Act passed the House tonight [----] a rare bipartisan moment in an increasingly partisan World. The bill modernizes federal housing programs expands financing tools & cuts red tape to help boost housing supply nationwide"
X Link 2026-02-10T01:41Z 27.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Investing in public spaces should be part of every communities housing strategy. The Corner Spot started as a small $50K investment in a temporary community space in [----]. Ten years later its thriving. bringing community & small business together on Main Street. 📍Ashland MA"
X Link 2026-02-10T15:09Z 27.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Dont let perfect be the enemy of good doesnt apply when the policy itself is harmful. The strictest rent control in the nation isnt just imperfect the policy proposed would be actively damaging to Massachusetts housing goals. Somethings got to give: Boston Mayor Michelle Wu says she supports rent control ballot measure. https://t.co/f5JFPjSkAu Somethings got to give: Boston Mayor Michelle Wu says she supports rent control ballot measure. https://t.co/f5JFPjSkAu"
X Link 2026-02-10T21:42Z 27.3K followers, [----] engagements
""When we build more not only can more people contribute to our city the rising cost of rent will also slow down." - @NYCMayor In a city that moves a mile a minute it shouldnt take two years to get an affordable home through environmental review Watch @NYCMayor stand with @GovKathyHochul to support streamlining state SEQR rules so we can deliver homes to New Yorkers faster & drive housing costs down. https://t.co/tqMFgHWx3B In a city that moves a mile a minute it shouldnt take two years to get an affordable home through environmental review Watch @NYCMayor stand with @GovKathyHochul to support"
X Link 2026-02-10T22:45Z 27.3K followers, [----] engagements
"The Ambassador Bridge owned privately by the Moroun family collects over $60mil annually from tolls. The Moroun family has tried to kill the Gordie Howe bridge owned jointly by Michigan & Canada as it would cut into their revenue SCOOP: Detroit Billionaire Owner of Ambassador Bridge Lobbied Administration Met With Howard Lutnick Monday Hours Before Trump Lambasted New Detroit-Michigan Gordie Howe Bridge w/ @tylerpager #cdnpoli https://t.co/A1JpN7GgU0 SCOOP: Detroit Billionaire Owner of Ambassador Bridge Lobbied Administration Met With Howard Lutnick Monday Hours Before Trump Lambasted New"
X Link 2026-02-10T23:43Z 27.3K followers, 31K engagements
"Massachusetts has deep rental deserts" high-opportunity communities with almost no rentals because we've restricted multifamily housing. Tenant stability matters but blunt rent control policies that ignore supply impacts risk hardening exclusion & shrinking access over time"
X Link 2026-02-11T17:08Z 27.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Feels worth reminding folks: all of these are examples of multi-family housing"
X Link 2026-02-11T22:50Z 27.3K followers, 10.4K engagements
"Officer: You ran right through that red light. Driver: The DOW is over [-----] right now"
X Link 2026-02-12T00:38Z 27.3K followers, [----] engagements
""One resident who opposes MBTA Communities noted that it is intended to boost housing production but Holdens plan is. aimed at minimizing new development. So as far as making a dent in the states housing shortage he said we wont help." https://commonwealthbeacon.org/housing/reluctant-mbta-communities-start-to-buckle/ https://commonwealthbeacon.org/housing/reluctant-mbta-communities-start-to-buckle/"
X Link 2026-02-12T13:07Z 27.3K followers, [----] engagements
"The median age boat owner in America is in their 60s. I'm begging both Democrats and Republicans to stop subsidizing boomer luxury at the expense of families and our future. South Carolina's boating industry generates $6.5 BILLION in annual economic impact and supports 27100+ jobs statewide. We introduced the No Tax on Boat Loan Interest Act of [----]. If you can deduct interest on your car loan you should be able to deduct interest on your boat https://t.co/W4EQHUqpnN South Carolina's boating industry generates $6.5 BILLION in annual economic impact and supports 27100+ jobs statewide. We"
X Link 2026-02-12T19:01Z 27.3K followers, [----] engagements
"@brent_bellamy This is the only way non authoritarian countries can afford to host the modern Olympics. As much reuse of existing infrastructure as possible and temporary facilities"
X Link 2026-02-13T12:49Z 27.3K followers, [----] engagements
"@Afinetheorem @MassGovernor Can I get you in a room with our fire Marshalls to repeat that 🙂"
X Link 2026-02-13T15:19Z 27.3K followers, [---] engagements
"The official @BostonPlans Valentines 😍"
X Link 2026-02-13T21:10Z 27.3K followers, [---] engagements
"180 homes proposed on [--] acres of surplus community college land in Wellesley. Every acre of natural open space will be permanently protected as conservation land. New homes would replace an existing surface parking lot. Yet still some local conservationists fain outrage"
X Link 2026-02-15T14:08Z 27.3K followers, [----] engagements
"https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/15/business/wellesley-housing-parking-lot/ https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/15/business/wellesley-housing-parking-lot/"
X Link 2026-02-15T14:08Z 27.3K followers, [---] engagements
"In the 1920s Boston demolished thousands of homes & businesses clearing 20-acres to build the Central Artery. Almost immediately after opening in [----] officials realized the damage theyd done to the City & began planning for the Big Dig which began construction in 1991"
X Link 2026-02-15T17:24Z 27.3K followers, 16.9K engagements
"me after reading this https://t.co/tjmbT5ytUN https://t.co/tjmbT5ytUN"
X Link 2026-02-16T01:28Z 27.3K followers, [---] engagements
"In [----] eight Rhode Islanders created a secret apartment inside The Providence Place Mall and lived there for four years filming everything along the way. Available on @netflix Friday"
X Link 2026-01-22T15:22Z 27.4K followers, 3.3M engagements
""Mayor Zohran Mamdani is staffing his administration with longtime advocates of making it easier to build in the city a clear sign that the pro-housing YIMBY movement has established a strong influence over New York housing policy.""
X Link 2026-02-13T14:48Z 27.4K followers, 23.2K engagements
"@GITGUDuMISS Transit does survey very high on peoples list of gripes. Id argue we have one of the best public transit networks in North America but our land use patterns have handcuffed our ability to get the most out of it. That of course impacts drivers and transit riders"
X Link 2026-02-16T15:31Z 27.4K followers, [---] engagements
""The very least we can do for families trying to achieve the American Dream is to allow homes to be built on smaller lots in the suburbs.""
X Link 2026-02-04T16:14Z 27.4K followers, [----] engagements
"@ConcordPike @lionel_trolling Covering this missinformation wave all over housing discussions across Massachusetts recently. Newtons deceptive signage; A good reminder that opposition to new housing is often factually incorrect and hyper sensationalized when compared to whats actually being proposed. 📍 Newton MA https://t.co/NMMER57JKo A good reminder that opposition to new housing is often factually incorrect and hyper sensationalized when compared to whats actually being proposed. 📍 Newton MA https://t.co/NMMER57JKo"
X Link 2026-02-15T16:57Z 27.4K followers, [--] engagements
"Luxury Apartments Are Bringing Rent Down in Some Big Cities New building openings are bringing rents down as wealthy tenants trade up forcing landlords to drop prices for older apartments. @business"
X Link 2025-12-23T22:43Z 27.4K followers, 1.6M engagements
"Today @MassGovernor signed an executive order directing a statewide study on singlestair reform a move that could reshape how we build midrise housing in Massachusetts and safely unlock an old housing type largely outlawed for decades"
X Link 2026-02-12T17:54Z 27.4K followers, 99.4K engagements
"shocked they didnt have to go to [--] neighborhood association meetings and the Zoning Board of Appeals for this"
X Link 2026-02-14T12:18Z 27.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Yes to new cities and yes to legalizing abundant housing on our existing main streets. Growth isnt the threat stagnation is"
X Link 2026-02-14T21:02Z 27.4K followers, [----] engagements
"https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/15/business/wellesley-housing-parking-lot/ https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/15/business/wellesley-housing-parking-lot/"
X Link 2026-02-15T15:56Z 27.4K followers, [---] engagements
""Rent control is not going to be the solution to how we get through this crisis. We need to build more homes. I'm a no because if you look at the studies you effectively halt production. I don't want to see housing production stopped." - Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey"
X Link 2025-12-30T16:47Z 27.4K followers, 547.7K engagements
"Winter in Boston 🏒 ⛄ ❄"
X Link 2025-01-11T17:13Z 27.4K followers, 315.8K engagements
"@dmoisan @mnolangray Yes but I will say in this case this was the only way were getting this done and do think the Gov is motivated to get it done. Have to convince the BBRS. Our bill in the legislature was asking for the same"
X Link 2026-02-15T02:14Z 27.4K followers, [--] engagements
"What does "single-stair reform" mean How do rules prohibiting these building types impact our communities today How single-stair prohibitions lead to large blocky 'double loaded corridor' buildings. Are single-stair buildings safe A great explainer from @aboutherevideos"
X Link 2026-02-12T21:45Z 27.4K followers, 17.7K engagements
"180 homes proposed on [--] acres of surplus community college land in Wellesley. Every acre of natural open space will be permanently protected as conservation land. New homes would replace an existing surface parking lot. Yet still some local conservationists feign outrage"
X Link 2026-02-15T15:55Z 27.4K followers, 18.1K engagements
"New England hosts [--] of the top [--] metros for active housing inventory below [----] levels. 1) Hartford 2) Providence 10) Boston A year ago [--] of the [--] largest metro area housing markets had more inventory than in pre-pandemic [----] Now [--] of the [--] largest metro area housing markets have more inventory than in pre-pandemic [----] https://t.co/ksIHG2k703 A year ago [--] of the [--] largest metro area housing markets had more inventory than in pre-pandemic [----] Now [--] of the [--] largest metro area housing markets have more inventory than in pre-pandemic [----] https://t.co/ksIHG2k703"
X Link 2026-02-17T00:59Z 27.4K followers, [----] engagements
"After a $1.6 billion investment and years of hard work the Seine River which was once heavily polluted is now clean enough for swimming for the first time in over a century. The city has also invested in three public swimming locations. 📍 Paris"
X Link 2025-07-05T16:27Z 27.4K followers, 5.5M engagements
"Federal transportation dollars should reward the jurisdictions that allow property owners to build. They should not subsidize places that restrict growth with onerous regulations. @rohanaras @AWJustus"
X Link 2026-02-15T19:49Z 27.4K followers, [----] engagements
"https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/5738417-build-housing-near-transit/ https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/5738417-build-housing-near-transit/"
X Link 2026-02-15T19:49Z 27.4K followers, [---] engagements
"There is an element of at some point you age out. Youre not connected directly to the immediate struggles that folks are going through. Democrats struggles could be partly because theyre just too old says Obama https://t.co/RoZrVhKWVS Democrats struggles could be partly because theyre just too old says Obama https://t.co/RoZrVhKWVS"
X Link 2026-02-15T23:12Z 27.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Hard to say high taxes are why people are leaving Massachusetts when data shows younger people early in their careers are the ones leaving. While taxes may be a factor Id argue broader cost of living issues like housing & child care are a bigger piece of this story. Massachusettss high taxes are shrinking its population. But history shows that the state can responsibly reduce taxes and still support its residents. https://t.co/a3GU1MrkCB Massachusettss high taxes are shrinking its population. But history shows that the state can responsibly reduce taxes and still support its residents."
X Link 2026-02-16T14:47Z 27.4K followers, 32.5K engagements
"Rather than turning to rent controltried and proven to fail often enough that politicians should know better by nowBoston and its suburbs need to step up pro-housing production efforts. https://www.city-journal.org/article/boston-mayor-michelle-wu-rent-control-housing https://www.city-journal.org/article/boston-mayor-michelle-wu-rent-control-housing"
X Link 2026-02-16T15:26Z 27.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Massachusetts has one of the best transit networks in North America. Our biggest problem is our land use patterns. Moderate transit typically needs [--] units/acre. Rapid transit needs [--]. Yet station areas around the MBTA Commuter Rail average just [---] units per acre"
X Link 2026-02-16T15:55Z 27.4K followers, [----] engagements
"https://www.bostonindicators.org/reports/report-detail-pages/transit-supportive-density-in-greater-boston https://www.bostonindicators.org/reports/report-detail-pages/transit-supportive-density-in-greater-boston"
X Link 2026-02-16T15:55Z 27.4K followers, [---] engagements
"35% of Boston's nearly [------] households do not own a car. In Allston Beacon Hill Chinatown Downtown Fenway Longwood Mission Hill North End and the West End more than half of all households are car free"
X Link 2026-02-16T19:39Z 27.4K followers, [----] engagements
"I dont think anyone fully appreciated the true depth of Robert Duvalls talent until his performance in Kicking & Screaming alongside Mike Ditka and Will Ferrell"
X Link 2026-02-16T23:10Z 27.4K followers, [----] engagements
"RT @mttymo: Housing affordability is the thing driving people out. Period. Number One. When a legitimate starter home halfway between Bos"
X Link 2026-02-17T03:30Z 27.4K followers, [--] engagements
"Every Boston resident has a public park within a 10-minute walk making Boston only the second major US city to achieve this feat alongside San Francisco. 📍 Boston Public Garden"
X Link 2025-07-11T14:28Z 25.6K followers, [----] engagements
"You think it was the Times Square @elmo"
X Link 2025-07-14T00:04Z 25.5K followers, [--] engagements
"New Hampshire Governor @KellyAyotte has signed SB [---] into law which limits municipalities from mandating more than one parking space per new housing unit statewide. The bill was originally introduced by Senator Keith Murphy (R) of Manchester and received bipartisan support"
X Link 2025-07-16T17:20Z 25.6K followers, 13.3K engagements
"Great to see places like Newburyport making their highly popular pandemic-era outdoor dining experiments permanent"
X Link 2025-07-18T20:14Z 25.6K followers, [----] engagements
"@JimDunna7 @MBTA_CR 1mile away. Easy [--] min walk down the rail trail"
X Link 2025-07-19T13:18Z 25.7K followers, [---] engagements
"Hot take: Boston is one of the best cities in America and we should build a lot more housing in and around the City so more people are able to set down permanent roots here"
X Link 2025-07-19T15:59Z 25.6K followers, 14.1K engagements
""By embracing a broad range of housing options in all neighborhoods we not only better support the long-term financial stability of local governments for but also offer seniors the quality of life they deserve." https://www.remainplaces.com/post/america-is-aging-our-communities-are-not-ready https://www.remainplaces.com/post/america-is-aging-our-communities-are-not-ready"
X Link 2025-07-21T15:05Z 25.6K followers, [---] engagements
"Boston ranked the most collision prone city in America. The citys relative collision likelihood sits 2.5x the national average. 📊 @Allstate"
X Link 2025-07-22T22:23Z 25.7K followers, [----] engagements
"@UrbanCourtyard @Allstate The Masshole name is earned"
X Link 2025-07-22T22:35Z 25.6K followers, [--] engagements
"To Moses' point this site was once a great way to stay connected with people innovating in the housing space across the Country. I'd see posts by great urbanists and builders like @Tesho13 and @seandsweeney almost daily and really enjoyed following along on their development projects and learning from what policy reforms actually helped them get shovels and homes in the ground. Today I have to actively seek their posts out sometimes searching specifically for them. I've never really found the two tabs "for you" and "following" helpful but I wonder if you can self select the topics you'd like"
X Link 2025-07-24T14:17Z 25.6K followers, [---] engagements
"Additive language focuses on what we gain not what we lose. ✅ More choices ✅ More neighbors ✅ More affordability ✅ More vibrant walkable communities /3"
X Link 2025-07-24T17:15Z 25.6K followers, [--] engagements
"This shift isnt about watering down reform Its about broadening the coalition. People support more homes when theyre framed as a positive addition not a forced change. /4"
X Link 2025-07-24T17:15Z 25.6K followers, [--] engagements
"New York City paid McKinsey $4mil to tell them to use trash cans with lids Meanwhile in Bergen Norway"
X Link 2025-07-26T16:43Z 25.6K followers, [--] engagements
""We need to build more homes and we need homes of all kinds. The Madison Council passed multiple pro-housing reforms this week including allowing duplexes on any lot city-wide and up to 6-floors by-right in the Downtown Core and Urban Mixed Use districts. 📍Madison WI"
X Link 2025-07-27T12:40Z 25.6K followers, [---] engagements
"We writers painters sculptors architects & lovers of the beauty of Paris that was until now intact come to protest with all our might against the erection in the very heart of our capital of the useless & monstrous Eiffel Tower. - Protest against Eiffel Tower. 1889"
X Link 2025-07-30T00:18Z 25.6K followers, [---] engagements
"In [----] the Canadian Government conditioned the awarding of $30bil from the Canada Public Transit Fund to local updates to zoning aimed at making it easier to produce housing near the transit. We should absolutely look to implement similar policies in the US. I have a new piece up (first with @NiskanenCenter) The federal government spends billions of dollars on transit each year. What can the feds do to get more on the dollar Two things: - Create an Army Corp for transit projects - Incentivize legalizing housing near transit https://t.co/gckA4rWx8u I have a new piece up (first with"
X Link 2025-07-30T14:44Z 25.7K followers, [---] engagements
"In Rhode Island triple deckers and quadplexes were forced to meet the same costly commercial building code requirements as high rises and shopping malls now a new bill reclassifies three & four family buildings as residential lowering the code requirements. 📍Rhode Island"
X Link 2025-07-30T20:36Z 25.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Nothing more American than the freedom to build a variety of housing types on your own property. 📍 Salem MA"
X Link 2025-07-31T00:49Z 25.7K followers, [----] engagements
""The case in Abundancethat zoning and other rules have constrained housing development for decades is based on an enormous amount of empirical research. The antitrust folks' argument is built on assertions in legal journals that reference assertions in blog posts that reference assertions in squib articles which aren't backed up by anything." New newsletter: Antitrust critics of Abundance claim homebuilding oligopolies are holding back supply and driving up prices. I did something simple. I called up their sources. Everyone I spoke to told me the same thing: Their claims are bullshit."
X Link 2025-07-31T16:22Z 25.7K followers, [----] engagements
""It's estimated that there are [--] parking spots for every car covering up to 30% of our cities and taking up as much space as West Virginia. The rules that manage our parking needs not only influence the way we move around but also shape our urban landscapes." 🎥@voxdotcom"
X Link 2025-07-31T20:29Z 25.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Its been 4-years since the Mass Ave Bridge added separated bike lanes. Despite initial opposition its been a massive success for bikers drivers & pedestrians. Fall [----] data saw an avg of [----] bikes crossing the bridge a 51% increase. Vehicle travel times remain unchanged"
X Link 2025-08-02T17:24Z 25.7K followers, [----] engagements
"@danprimack Chisholm is not going to pay $6.1 billion for the Celtics and remain content with being a tenant at TD Garden. https://www.boston.com/sports/boston-celtics/2025/03/20/boston-celtics-sale-owner-william-chisholm-wyc-grousbeck-nbc-sports/ https://www.boston.com/sports/boston-celtics/2025/03/20/boston-celtics-sale-owner-william-chisholm-wyc-grousbeck-nbc-sports/"
X Link 2025-08-02T19:43Z 25.7K followers, [---] engagements
""Without case-by-case zoning relief the current zoning code effectively declares that nothing should be built in Boston that looks like what is currently in Boston." 99% of all residential parcels in the City would be illegal to build today under modern zoning. 📍 Boston"
X Link 2025-08-04T12:20Z 25.7K followers, [----] engagements
"In [----] the former Salem District Court was transformed into [--] walkable transit-oriented condos. The project is a great example of converting underutilized public land into desperately needed infill housingright where it belongs: in the heart of our communities. 📍Salem MA"
X Link 2025-08-04T14:19Z 25.7K followers, [----] engagements
"The Denver City Council voted 9-3 to eliminate citywide minimum parking requirements creating more space for homes small businesses and people. A major step towards creating a more affordable sustainable and people-focused city. 📍Denver CO"
X Link 2025-08-05T19:53Z 25.8K followers, 23.2K engagements
"Some Boston-area candidates are ignoring the overwhelming research consensus on bike lanes and displaying a staggering lack of regard for people who cycle victims of traffic violence and everyone who cares about safer roads"
X Link 2025-08-11T12:06Z 25.7K followers, [---] engagements
"A state judge in George ruled that Calhoun's zoning code which set the minimum new home size at 1150sf violates the states constitution paving the way for a tiny home development offering home ownership opportunities for under $100000 1/3 of the avg home price. 📍Georgia"
X Link 2025-08-11T14:43Z 25.8K followers, [----] engagements
"🚨 MBTA to extend evening service by 1-hour on Friday & Saturday nights We know that there are so many people that rely on mass transportation beyond our normal service hours that we felt like this was a good opportunity to offer that to our riders. - GM Phil Eng"
X Link 2025-08-12T14:34Z 25.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Wild that this post is still up 4+ hours later and as many have pointed out very clearly a fake. 1) No "leaked" document would have a header that says "leaked memo" and 2) it's very clearly created on ChatGPT based on the use of icons spacing and dividers. LEAKED: Top-secret Democrat memo found on DC street reveals their "Project 2026" nightmare agenda Higher taxes open borders skyrocketing gas prices no more gas cars crime in the streets trans sex changes for kids and no more freedom - this is their deranged blueprint https://t.co/YtETMm6kQW LEAKED: Top-secret Democrat memo found on DC"
X Link 2025-08-12T16:33Z 25.7K followers, [---] engagements
"The Pickled Onion proposed building [--] homes over a new restaurant. The project died when they were told they'd need to provide [--] parking spots for the restaurant. Theres been a restaurant there for [--] years. weve never been required to have parking." 📍Beverly MA"
X Link 2025-08-12T18:38Z 25.7K followers, 43.7K engagements
"@hogpopsicle @JuniperViews @ArmandDoma Beverly's a City form of gov"
X Link 2025-08-12T20:08Z 25.7K followers, [--] engagements
"You should be able to build this anywhere in Massachusetts. 🏠9 apartments 📐6300sf lot 🚉0.2 miles from MBTA Commuter Rail 📍Salem MA"
X Link 2025-08-13T00:32Z 25.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Massachusetts is one of the worst states in America in housing production building only [--] units per [----] residents. Not only are housing costs soaring for those here but weve artificially stunted our economic growth and placed the future of the Commonwealth in jeopardy. Is your state building housing Heres how many housing units were permitted per [----] residents in [----]. Youll notice that many red states are booming but only four blue states - Washington Maine Colorado and Delaware - are above the nationwide median. https://t.co/7FodZVOPM9 Is your state building housing Heres how many housing"
X Link 2025-08-13T20:58Z 25.7K followers, [----] engagements
"MassDOT officials say that they're in the "early development stage" for planning a new car-free crossing of the Charles River from Leverett Circle in Boston to Land Boulevard in Cambridge. @StreetsblogMASS"
X Link 2025-08-15T15:37Z 25.9K followers, [----] engagements
"https://mass.streetsblog.org/2025/08/15/massdot-starts-planning-new-car-free-crossing-of-the-charles-river-next-to-museum-of-science https://mass.streetsblog.org/2025/08/15/massdot-starts-planning-new-car-free-crossing-of-the-charles-river-next-to-museum-of-science"
X Link 2025-08-15T15:37Z 25.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Boston has some of the worst traffic in America with drivers spending [---] hours annually in traffic. The pain of commuting is among the biggest things workers cite against a return to the office. Perhaps it's time to explore congestion pricing as way of alleviating that burden. BIG NEWS: office activity in NYC in July exceeded pre-pandemic levels for the first time. Congestion pricing didn't slow NYC's economy it supercharged it. Traffic: still down. Business: up more than ever. We are SO BACK. https://t.co/pWXBoUSYrG BIG NEWS: office activity in NYC in July exceeded pre-pandemic levels for"
X Link 2025-08-18T15:23Z 25.7K followers, [----] engagements
"In Boston 99% of existing residential properties would violate the underlying zoning. In Gloucester it's 91%. If Massachusetts ever hopes to solve it's housing shortage a great starting point would be to legalize the very communities some fight so hard to "protect.""
X Link 2025-08-19T15:27Z 25.8K followers, [----] engagements
"In [----] a stretch of I-195 that ran through the heart of Providence was demolished freeing up 26-acres of Downtown adjacent land for new housing public space offices and labs and reconnecting neighborhoods once divided by the original highways construction. 📍Providence RI"
X Link 2025-08-21T11:57Z 25.8K followers, 22K engagements
"arrest whoever did this Building's false front being removed revealing historic stone facade Michigan Street South Bend https://t.co/128vd39LzM Building's false front being removed revealing historic stone facade Michigan Street South Bend https://t.co/128vd39LzM"
X Link 2025-08-22T23:16Z 25.8K followers, 13.1K engagements
"Weespergilde is a contemporary housing development crafted to echo centuries-old character. Its [--] homes on [---] acres near Amsterdam show how density can be achieved with design that blends heritage & modern living sensitive to place scaled to people & rooted in community"
X Link 2025-08-26T12:49Z 25.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Happy NextGen @Amtrak Acela launch day to all who celebrate 🚆 The new trains capable of reaching top speeds of 160mph will enter service between Boston New York and Washington D.C. tomorrow"
X Link 2025-08-27T14:44Z 25.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Allow housing here to protect there. In Hamilton MA [--] acres couldve added needed senior housing. Now a conservation group is racing to buy it first in a needless battle against sprawl that could be easily overcome by just allowing infill housing development near Downtown"
X Link 2025-08-27T20:18Z 25.8K followers, [----] engagements
"We should absolutely be celebrating the new NextGen Acela trains We should also be aware the rest of the World is laughing at us for celebrating something theyve had in spades for decades. Lets unlock the full potential of American train travel"
X Link 2025-08-28T13:11Z 25.8K followers, [---] engagements
""Im still wanting to get community input but Im also now looking at it from the lens of we cant keep doing it this way. and weve got to find a way to work between the two parties to get the housing built. - Councilman @Bradford4D13 📍Nashville TN"
X Link 2025-08-28T14:56Z 25.8K followers, [---] engagements
"https://nashvillebanner.com/2025/08/28/nashville-housing-development-debate/ https://nashvillebanner.com/2025/08/28/nashville-housing-development-debate/"
X Link 2025-08-28T14:56Z 25.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Built in [----] this 3-family fits perfectly on a 4000sf lot. It would be illegal to build today. Zoning now demands: 🚫 1F only 🚫 15000sf lot 🚫 [--] parking spaces 🚫 Giant setbacks We celebrate historic charm while outlawing the very homes that create it. 📍 Salem MA"
X Link 2025-09-01T14:11Z 25.8K followers, 22.1K engagements
"A recent report revealed that near SkyTrain stations in the Tri-Cities region of Vancouver there is an avg of [----] parking stalls per unit with an occupancy rate of 64%. Areas without frequent transit have an avg of [----] stalls per unit with an avg occupancy rate of 68%"
X Link 2025-09-02T21:50Z 25.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Built in [----] this triple-decker is among the earliest of its kind in New England. It would be illegal to build today and its not even close ❌min lot size ❌setbacks ❌parking ❌min lot size per unit etc Why do we ban the places we fight so hard to protect 📍Salem"
X Link 2025-09-04T12:08Z 25.8K followers, [----] engagements
"@jayparsons I will say the early sentiment Im getting here is proposing a no local option draconian 5% rent control has turned some of the more moderate potential supporters against it"
X Link 2025-09-04T19:03Z 25.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Legalize the starter home again. Lennar is introducing 700sf homes on small lots with a small yard to the North Texas community of Princeton. The price is affordable to households making $52000 or less annually"
X Link 2025-09-05T16:59Z 25.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Tillamook Row in Portland OR fits [--] homes with shared lawns and gardens onto a single [-----] sf lot. In much of Greater Boston half of communities require [-----] sf or more just for one single-family home on 50%+ of their land. Only 4% of MA land allows [--] units+ 'by right.'"
X Link 2025-09-09T15:38Z 25.9K followers, [----] engagements
"🚨 Some good housing news in MA Massachusetts Governor @maura_healey has proposed MEPA reforms echoing CAs CEQA streamlining. Housing near transit that limits car trips could see environmental reviews shrink from [--] year to [--] days a major shift for infill development"
X Link 2025-09-09T20:39Z 25.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Darkest days in Massachusetts History 1) Babe Ruth traded to the Yankees 2) Tom Brady signs with Tampa Bay 3) every day on the Southeast Expressway 4) Mookie Betts shipped to the Dodgers 5)"
X Link 2025-09-10T11:44Z 25.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Between June [----] and June [----] home prices in America fell in metro areas where available housing inventories increased from June [----] levels. Prices rose in metro areas where inventory is still below June [----] levels. 📊 @Harvard_JCHS"
X Link 2025-09-11T15:14Z 25.9K followers, [---] engagements
""Larger minimum lot sizes increase both home sales prices and rents. For instance doubling minimum lot sizes increases home sales prices by 14% and rents by 9%""
X Link 2025-09-12T16:07Z 25.9K followers, [---] engagements
""This problem is not going to improve until voters in high-demand areas toss out the politicians who impose anti-development zoning laws and regulations allow permitting processes to be buried in red tape and stoke a NIMBY culture." - @RickSantorum"
X Link 2025-09-12T17:36Z 25.8K followers, [---] engagements
"https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/3/need-private-sector-investment-housing-less/ https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/3/need-private-sector-investment-housing-less/"
X Link 2025-09-12T17:36Z 25.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Its remarkable how states like Montana Texas and California are responding to their housing crises and passing numerous housing production bills every year meanwhile in states like New York Connecticut and Massachusetts SB [--] HAS PASSED https://t.co/9p4eSAWCFj SB [--] HAS PASSED https://t.co/9p4eSAWCFj"
X Link 2025-09-12T22:40Z 25.9K followers, 20K engagements
"93% of Rhode Island voters say housing costs are a problem in the State. While many support solutions like new apartments middle housing Affordable housing & homeless shelters in Rhode Island support for those same solutions drops off dramatically "in their neighborhood.""
X Link 2025-09-15T13:31Z 26K followers, 406.3K engagements
""Investing to close the housing shortfall could create up to [---] million jobs and add nearly $2 trillion in cumulative GDP through 2035." @McKinsey"
X Link 2025-09-16T14:16Z 25.9K followers, [---] engagements
"A City of Boston program is transforming aging public library branch buildings and a vacant City owned lot into [---] affordable homes while also delivering new branches of the Boston Public Library to the West End Chinatown and Uphams Corner neighborhoods"
X Link 2025-09-18T16:05Z 26K followers, [----] engagements
"Through July the Boston metro area recorded only [----] housing starts according to Census records. That ranks 35th nationally trailing much smaller metro areas such as Boise Idaho and Greenville South Carolina"
X Link 2025-09-20T12:36Z 26K followers, [----] engagements
"99% of Bostons residential parcels could not be rebuilt today under our modern regulatory framework. This holds true across many Northeast cities and towns. Our regulations prevent the very places we cherish today. "If somehow you wiped off America's built environment but kept our regulatory system and we had to rebuild America we absolutely not could do it. We are unable to rebuild the civilization we live in today and it's not even close." From earlier chat w/ @isaiah_p_taylor. https://t.co/TjYZ8zJQMa "If somehow you wiped off America's built environment but kept our regulatory system and"
X Link 2025-09-21T11:53Z 26K followers, 140.2K engagements
"One day New England will finally shake lose its puritanical shackles Until then youll drink beer in Salem Common surrounded by a double layer of fencing and a [--] wide DMZ"
X Link 2025-09-21T13:32Z 26K followers, [---] engagements
"The average construction cost for a residential unit in Massachusetts excluding the value of the land was $334280 one of the highest in the country. In the state with the lowest construction costs Delaware the average unit costs just $143579 to build. @BostonGlobe"
X Link 2025-09-22T12:08Z 26K followers, 88.4K engagements
"if Tylenol wins their upcoming lawsuit against the Federal Government"
X Link 2025-09-22T21:56Z 26K followers, 714.6K engagements
"These Second Empire style row houses in Bostons South End are so cool"
X Link 2025-09-24T00:34Z 26K followers, [----] engagements
""When she was younger Clouser was interested in having kids. "But then as I've gotten older and as I started working and kind of experienced how difficult it is to feel financially comfortable it's just become less and less desirable for me."""
X Link 2025-09-25T17:33Z 26K followers, [---] engagements
"https://www.npr.org/2025/09/25/nx-s1-5540077/housing-prices-fewer-children https://www.npr.org/2025/09/25/nx-s1-5540077/housing-prices-fewer-children"
X Link 2025-09-25T17:33Z 26K followers, [---] engagements
"Decades in the making: South Burlington is building the walkable downtown its long needed mixing student senior & market-rate housing with shops and gathering spaces. Hundreds of new desperately needed units of housing while most of the citys wilderness stays preserved"
X Link 2025-09-25T22:10Z 26K followers, 11.9K engagements
"Ventura City Council voted [--] to make the [----] Main Street pedestrian street pilot permanent. At the hearing [--] residents and business owners spoke in support while just [--] spoke in opposition"
X Link 2025-09-28T20:44Z 26K followers, [---] engagements
"Building stadiums in the middle of nowhere disconnected from public transit so everyone has no choice but to drive there and sit in traffic for 3-hours trying to get out of the stadium parking lot after a game is kind of wild This is kind of wild. Croke Park is in the middle of a neighborhood. People can touch the stadium from their backyards https://t.co/UN9g8Gl77B This is kind of wild. Croke Park is in the middle of a neighborhood. People can touch the stadium from their backyards https://t.co/UN9g8Gl77B"
X Link 2025-09-29T02:14Z 26K followers, 11K engagements
"🚨 BREAKING: Salem Massachusetts my City has eliminated multi-family parking requirements citywide after a 10-1 vote at City Council and unanimous support of Planning Board"
X Link 2025-09-29T19:14Z 26K followers, [---] engagements
"Eliminating minimum parking requirements is a historic-preservation strategy a climate action a mobility win & housing-affordability policy rolled into one. It helps make housing more affordable neighborhoods more walkable and our city more livable. - Salem Planning Board"
X Link 2025-09-29T21:18Z 26K followers, [----] engagements
"nothing better than Red Sox - Yankees in October"
X Link 2025-10-01T01:45Z 26K followers, [---] engagements
"nothing better than Red Sox - Yankees in October"
X Link 2025-10-01T01:53Z 26K followers, [--] engagements
"Just 1.2% of the land mass (walkable urban cores) in America's [--] largest metros generates 20% of U.S. GDP. America's metropolitan areas drive 90.8% of total GDP & 92.1% of salaries. Cities are America's hyper-efficient economic engine"
X Link 2025-10-01T17:22Z 26K followers, 32.1K engagements
"Planning Department Calls For Scrapping Business District Parking Requirements Land within the city and within the region is limited and if we can decouple parking from the businesses or the spaces themselves we can provide more space for businesses." 📍Newton MA"
X Link 2025-10-02T12:16Z 26K followers, [----] engagements
"This 9-unit building built in [----] on a [----] sq ft lot clocks in at [---] units/acre. Todays zoning makes it illegal and even the proposed MBTA Communities compliant zoning (15 units/acre) would still ban it. 📍Marblehead MA"
X Link 2025-10-03T18:18Z 26.1K followers, [----] engagements
"@aaron_lubeck Love the Bike Bus movement Sam has built out there. Even had Justin Timberlake join for a ride this spring"
X Link 2025-10-03T18:54Z 26K followers, [---] engagements
""The time for half-measures and studies has passed. New Hampshire must act because housing is not just about where people sleep at night. It is about whether our state remains a place where families can live work and thrive." - New Hampshire Children's Health Foundation"
X Link 2025-10-04T12:42Z 26.1K followers, [----] engagements
"new england in fall is the biggest psyop because you go there expecting a ralph lauren catalogue but in reality its 100x better than a ralph lauren catalogue"
X Link 2025-10-04T18:38Z 26.1K followers, [----] engagements
""Officials in Salem deserve praise for a zoning change that could make it significantly easier to build housing in the city. Ending minimum parking requirements is a smart move and more communities should follow suit." - Salem News Editorial 📍Salem MA"
X Link 2025-10-06T22:44Z 26.1K followers, [----] engagements
"@donnelly_b No. The NIMBY artists and aristocrats wouldve flooded a community meeting and killed the whole thing. https://www.toureiffel.paris/en/news/history-and-culture/when-eiffel-tower-was-subject-controversy https://www.toureiffel.paris/en/news/history-and-culture/when-eiffel-tower-was-subject-controversy"
X Link 2025-10-07T13:19Z 26K followers, [--] engagements
"Developers building new condos in Massachusetts Gateway Cities are operating on razor-thin margins or a loss. Every permitting delay every extra parking space every fee matters. Smarter local policies could close those gaps and unlock a wave of attainable homeownership"
X Link 2025-10-07T14:40Z 26.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Report from @MassINC https://massinc.org/research/2025-gateway-city-housing-monitor-chapter-3-conditions-for-growth/utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Chapter%203%20of%20the%202025%20Gateway%20Cities%20Housing%20Monitor%3A%20Conditions%20for%20Growth&utm_campaign=2025%20GC%20Housing%20Monitor%20-%20Chapter%202%20%28Copy%29&vgo_ee=pem60yWaRB3zkOum0ZR5%2FvaSfiAAZCHklSeqKcgLpHy4Zh%2BPnD%2FIXTE%3D%3AlJ0Tkyezae%2B2s0COZEt59viDx3tk%2BNuk"
X Link 2025-10-07T14:41Z 26K followers, [---] engagements
"Bostons newly redesigned Copley Square doing a great job serving its purpose as a public square hosting a farmers market today"
X Link 2025-10-07T20:00Z 26.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Sea Captains Row replaced an abandoned commercial lot with [--] new homes steps from historic Downtown Hyannis. Five small multifamily buildings built with modular construction on a 1.6-acre site show what smart infill can look like in response to Cape Cod's housing shortage"
X Link 2025-10-09T17:01Z 26.1K followers, 27.7K engagements
"Three-family homes like this one give people options; to start out to grow their families or to downsize into later in life all within the same community. Yet today this type of housing is allowed on less than 7% of all the land in Massachusetts"
X Link 2025-10-09T22:53Z 26.1K followers, 16.8K engagements
"@mwmoedinger Long overdue but many states are moving to strip that 'discretion' away recognizing that it's been abused by many communities as another way to prevent development or make it so expensive & unpredictable it has a chilling effect on future development"
X Link 2025-10-10T15:17Z 26.1K followers, [---] engagements
""For too long California has poured billions into transit without building the housing density needed for those systems to reach their potential. SB [--] helps change that by focusing more homes near rail stations - boosting ridership. cutting traffic and pollution lowering household costs and expanding access to jobs schools and services." - @GavinNewsom Ladies and gentlemen we did it. SB [--] has been signed. https://t.co/h3kZBkiKDT Ladies and gentlemen we did it. SB [--] has been signed. https://t.co/h3kZBkiKDT"
X Link 2025-10-10T16:57Z 26.1K followers, 20.6K engagements
"Greeted this morning by this beauty honoring the legacy of the Boston and Maine Railroad that served this regions transit needs for nearly 150-years starting in 1830"
X Link 2025-10-11T12:46Z 26.1K followers, [----] engagements
"73-units of Affordable housing may replace a single story retail building in the heart of Porter Square. This project would be possible because of the City's Affordable Housing Overlay (AHO) which allows fully Affordable buildings 12-15 floors in key corridors. 📍Cambridge MA"
X Link 2025-10-13T14:19Z 26.1K followers, 12.4K engagements
"Assuming no changes in [----] the ages of New England's Senate Delegation in [----] Collins (ME)- [--] King (ME)- [--] Markey (MA)- [--] Warren (MA)- [--] Whitehouse (RI)- [--] Reed (RI)- [--] Blumenthal (CT)- [--] Murphy (CT)- [--] Shaheen (NH)- [--] Hassan (NH)- [--] Welch (VT)- [--] Sanders (VT)- 86"
X Link 2025-10-15T13:26Z 26.1K followers, [----] engagements
"@IJW121 @CAForever Hartford is one of the most tragic under discussed examples of how highways destroyed great American cities. Between the highway cutting off access to their waterfront and all the supporting infrastructure like garages and surface parking the City was just decimated"
X Link 2025-10-15T14:31Z 26.1K followers, [--] engagements
"68% of New Hampshire voters responding to a recent @SaintAnselmPoll support "allowing people to convert large single-family houses into up to four units if they have water and sewer service.""
X Link 2025-10-17T01:41Z 26.1K followers, [---] engagements
"Not Boston Cape Cod The White House has frozen funding for the needed replacement of the 90-year old Bourne and Sagamore Bridges that connect the main land to Cape Cod and the Islands. More than 50% of Cape Cods labor force commutes over these bridges every day. The Democrat shutdown has drained the Army Corps of Engineers' ability to manage billions of dollars in projects. The Corps will be immediately pausing over $11 billion in lower-priority projects & considering them for cancellation including projects in New York San Francisco The Democrat shutdown has drained the Army Corps of"
X Link 2025-10-17T20:38Z 26.1K followers, [---] engagements
"Congrats to @mattlauzon and @dunwello on the seed funding. Best of luck and continued success"
X Link 2014-02-14T18:42Z 24.7K followers, [--] engagements
"The Undertaker or presidential candidate. #RNCinCLE"
X Link 2016-07-19T02:36Z 24.9K followers, [--] engagements
"A grateful nation has found its hero. #Nickelback #summertour2017"
X Link 2017-02-02T01:20Z 24.9K followers, [--] engagements
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