The Buffalo Bicycle is a robust, utilitarian, and serviceable bicycle made to help the most remote communities on the planet. Today, we will closely examine the Buffalo Bicycle and show how its incredible engineering has created perhaps the most purpose-built machine ever and how it helps communities access healthcare, clean...
I thought this community might enjoy a dive into the MSA Gini coefficient numbers for income inequality. What I thought was especially interesting was hearing a liberal urban planner’s perspective on the intersection between urbanism and income inequality. The numbers really lay bare how poorly the US working class is doing.
This doesn’t apply to everyone, not on such a deep emotional level (I liked cars but I was never naming and hugging and kissing them) but when a car is a necessity, and you spend large swaths of your life in one, you definitely form a certain attachment, if not to the specific car, then to the general vibe and lifestyle. For...
Dealing with human wastes was a huge problem in cities at the beginning of the 19th century. The ways in which sewage and sanitation were handled (or not) often led to large-scale outbreaks of disease that killed thousands of people every year, and sometimes even more bizarre and spectacular disasters like the Great Stink of...