Despite being the most diverse city in the country, Houston has suffered the least amount of unrest of any major city! This is because Houston is a city of real people who are pragmatic, and realize we have to live together; as opposed to a city of college educated demagogues…

Houston is already the logistics capital of the Americas (For example she is the busiest seaport in the Americas by tonnage, and ship movements.) And she will be the next World Capital! For she is blessed with three important geographic features (that are rarely found together): Seaport Central location on…

In the past large cities had enough economic function as to be able to survive mismanagement on the scale of DeBlase’s NYC, Lori Lighthead’s (I mean Lightfoot’s) Chicago, etc. But in 2020 many cities now offer more cultural vibrancy than New York or Chicago, without the drawbacks that are painfully…

How Houston survived the mass rioting while Chicago and the rest of the country did not. — You would expect Houston (the city where George Floyd grew up) to be burning right now, even more than the rest of America. But thankfully the prediction is wrong. Why is this the case and what can the rest of the country learn? The spirit of the people of Houston…

Anyone who is against new housing being built anywhere for environmental reasons is a xenophobe that makes Orange Hitler look like an open borders zealot! This is because new housing provides jobs for immigrants to move up the ladder as well as providing room for them to live. Which creates…

Travel times, Cities, and Subcities Transportation speed determines the size of the social city. The urbanized metro area can have multiple submetro urbanities, (which I will call Subcities. These are determined by 30 minute accessibility by car from a reference point (and can overlap). Maximizing travel speed reduces the number of subcities within an urbanized…

Ever since Thomas Newcomen turned fire into motion in 1712, the energy in fossil fuels has been the source of all new wealth. This is because all wealth is created by replacement of mans labor with machinery. This is why the energy industry is the highest paying industry, and Houston…

Zoning, “may issue” permitting, and urban containment; are the three major causes of the housing crisis facing cities around the world, (especially in the anglosphere.) …

Read the complaint against Edmund Burke here to see the malfeasance he is accused of: https://www.scribd.com/document/396751937/Burke-Complaint-Filed May Issue Permitting and Corruption Edmund (Ed) Burke, former Alderman of Chicago’s 14th ward was accused of using the zoning and permitting power over his ward to enrich himself (via extortion). This is enabled by having “may issue” construction…