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"published_at": "2024-06-13T11:36:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc39-f587-713e-addd-6d258664e04b", "title": "What it might take for the Supreme Court to limit exclusionary zoning", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2024/06/12/what-it-might-take-for-the-supreme-court-to-limit-exclusionary-zoning/", "published_at": "2024-06-13T02:27:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc39-f587-713e-addd-6d2587348c49", "title": "The Home Alone house as one of the most newsworthy houses in America?", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2024/06/11/the-home-alone-house-as-one-of-the-most-newsworthy-houses-in-america/", "published_at": "2024-06-11T11:16:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc39-f587-713e-addd-6d2587957711", "title": "“Phoenix is a guide to our future”", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2024/06/10/phoenix-is-a-guide-to-our-future/", "published_at": "2024-06-10T15:54:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc39-f588-73b0-926e-e8a7271754ef", "title": "How about a speed range rather than a speed limit?", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2024/06/09/how-about-a-speed-range-rather-than-a-speed-limit/", "published_at": "2024-06-09T18:55:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc39-f588-73b0-926e-e8a727cbf18a", "title": "Rolling ball machine sculptures: art and fun", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2024/06/08/rolling-ball-machine-sculptures-art-and-fun/", "published_at": "2024-06-08T19:52:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc39-f588-73b0-926e-e8a727f12598", "title": "Turning former shopping spaces into entertainment centers", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2024/06/07/turning-former-shopping-spaces-into-entertainment-centers/", "published_at": "2024-06-07T11:07:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc39-f588-73b0-926e-e8a728816778", "title": "Manhattan congestion pricing plan delayed to persuade suburban swing voters?", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2024/06/06/manhattan-congestion-pricing-plan-delayed-to-persuade-suburban-swing-voters/", "published_at": "2024-06-07T03:02:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc39-f588-73b0-926e-e8a728f1d38c", "title": "Creating new communities to better benefit from their tax money paid (and support whiter, wealthier residents)", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2024/06/05/creating-new-communities-to-better-benefit-from-their-tax-money-paid-and-support-whiter-wealthier-residents/", "published_at": "2024-06-05T15:54:48+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc3b-95c3-7194-829a-0d934269a7c9", "title": "The International Car Wash Association, the American Beefalo Association, and the purpose of business associations", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2024/06/04/the-international-car-wash-association-the-american-beefalo-association-and-the-purpose-of-business-associations/", "published_at": "2024-06-04T11:11:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc3b-95c3-7194-829a-0d9342c5c7c7", "title": "When major water pipes break in a major American city", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2024/06/03/when-major-water-pipes-break-in-a-major-american-city/", "published_at": "2024-06-03T11:21:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc3b-95c3-7194-829a-0d9342f23aa7", "title": "Americans will watch TV where they could learn something – if it is competitive", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2024/06/02/americans-will-watch-tv-where-they-could-learn-something-if-it-is-competitive/", "published_at": "2024-06-03T02:47:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc3b-95c3-7194-829a-0d93437d135f", "title": "Sprint, acronyms, and building infrastructure along railroad lines", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2024/06/01/sprint-acronyms-and-building-infrastructure-along-railroad-lines/", "published_at": "2024-06-02T03:02:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc3b-95c3-7194-829a-0d9343a72151", "title": "What exactly is “strong opposition” to a proposed nearby development?", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2024/05/31/what-exactly-is-strong-opposition-to-a-proposed-nearby-development/", "published_at": "2024-05-31T11:27:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc3b-95c3-7194-829a-0d9344707754", "title": "Rockford as the top real estate market in the US", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2024/05/30/rockford-as-the-top-real-estate-market-in-the-us/", "published_at": "2024-05-30T11:49:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc3b-95c3-7194-829a-0d934544eec8", "title": "Now we have the Home Buyer Index", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2024/05/29/now-we-have-the-home-buyer-index/", "published_at": "2024-05-29T10:58:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc3b-95c3-7194-829a-0d934626f965", "title": "Naperville as “the second largest economic engine (in Illinois)”", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2024/05/28/naperville-as-the-second-largest-economic-engine-in-illinois/", "published_at": "2024-05-28T19:11:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc3b-95c3-7194-829a-0d934660da4e", "title": "Leaving a bit of your self in a childhood suburban home", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2024/05/26/leaving-a-bit-of-your-self-in-a-childhood-suburban-home/", "published_at": "2024-05-26T15:10:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc3b-95c3-7194-829a-0d93471c24ab", "title": "The amount of grass lawn in the US matches the size of this state", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2024/05/25/the-amount-of-grass-lawn-in-the-us-matches-the-size-of-this-state/", "published_at": "2024-05-25T11:58:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc3d-1704-72f6-9736-18f9ebbe250c", "title": "Suburban downtown apartments for empty nesters and young professionals", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2024/05/24/suburban-downtown-apartments-for-empty-nesters-and-young-professionals/", "published_at": "2024-05-24T11:14:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc3d-1704-72f6-9736-18f9ec92bbf9", "title": "More sprawl = more storm damage", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2024/05/23/more-sprawl-more-storm-damage/", "published_at": "2024-05-23T15:37:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc3d-1704-72f6-9736-18f9ed42e95e", "title": "Naperville continues to rank highly, even for gardening", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2024/05/22/naperville-continues-to-rank-highly-even-for-gardening/", "published_at": "2024-05-22T10:47:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc3d-1704-72f6-9736-18f9ee07f2f7", "title": "Waiting for the realtor to advertise that they get the buyer the best price", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2024/05/21/waiting-for-the-realtor-to-advertise-that-they-get-the-buyer-the-best-price/", "published_at": "2024-05-21T11:22:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc3d-1704-72f6-9736-18f9eef99407", "title": "The new physical symbols of prestige in the modern corporate office", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2024/05/20/the-new-physical-symbols-of-prestige-in-the-modern-corporate-office/", "published_at": "2024-05-20T11:20:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc3d-1704-72f6-9736-18f9efcd2850", "title": "Let an AI robot deliver the commencement address at graduation!", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2024/05/19/let-an-ai-robot-deliver-the-commencement-address-at-graduation/", "published_at": "2024-05-19T11:35:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc3d-1704-72f6-9736-18f9f00a200d", "title": "All the birds flying over suburban homes in the Chicago region", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2024/05/18/all-the-birds-flying-over-suburban-homes-in-the-chicago-region/", "published_at": "2024-05-18T11:10:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc3d-1704-72f6-9736-18f9f0a856c4", "title": "Questioning Census population estimates when they show declines in Illinois", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2024/05/17/questioning-census-population-estimates-when-they-show-declines-in-illinois/", "published_at": "2024-05-17T11:47:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc3d-1704-72f6-9736-18f9f1726d09", "title": "Turning down a big proposed warehouse, thinking about affordable housing for certain members of the community", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2024/05/16/turning-down-a-big-proposed-warehouse-thinking-about-affordable-housing-for-certain-members-of-the-community/", "published_at": "2024-05-16T11:04:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc3d-1704-72f6-9736-18f9f23f6a17", "title": "A common suburban playbook: zone for big lots, oppose apartments", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2024/05/15/a-common-suburban-playbook-zone-for-big-lots-oppose-apartments/", "published_at": "2024-05-15T11:24:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc3e-9f41-72bb-b8b9-92b17741ce66", "title": "Almost half of Americans live in the Eastern time zone; what effect does this have?", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2024/05/14/almost-half-of-americans-live-in-the-eastern-time-zone/", "published_at": "2024-05-14T11:39:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc3e-9f42-7168-baee-e4e6c68bb4d2", "title": "Are these 15 factors that decide the best suburb or community the ones people to use to make a decision?", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2024/05/13/are-these-15-factors-that-decide-the-best-suburb-or-community-the-ones-people-to-use-to-make-a-decision/", "published_at": "2024-05-13T11:03:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc3e-9f42-7168-baee-e4e6c776cef2", "title": "Friends was almost exclusively filmed on studio backlots", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2024/05/11/friends-was-almost-exclusively-filmed-on-studio-backlots/", "published_at": "2024-05-11T11:10:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc3e-9f42-7168-baee-e4e6c83702c9", "title": "How come there are not more colleges with “suburb” or “suburban” in their name?", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2024/05/10/how-come-there-are-not-more-colleges-with-suburb-or-suburban-in-their-name/", "published_at": "2024-05-10T11:44:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc3e-9f42-7168-baee-e4e6c83d8ea8", "title": "When housing values and property taxes both go up", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2024/05/09/when-housing-values-and-property-taxes-both-go-up/", "published_at": "2024-05-09T11:23:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc3e-9f42-7168-baee-e4e6c91fffc8", "title": "Suburbanites in these 6 states will get a lot of attention from presidential campaigns in the next six months", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2024/05/08/suburbanites-in-these-6-states-will-get-a-lot-of-attention-from-presidential-campaigns-in-the-next-six-months/", "published_at": "2024-05-08T11:31:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc3e-9f42-7168-baee-e4e6c9b6df31", "title": "The symbiotic relationship between online shopping and brick and mortar stores", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2024/05/07/the-symbiotic-relationship-between-online-shopping-and-brick-and-mortar-stores/", "published_at": "2024-05-07T11:10:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc3e-9f42-7168-baee-e4e6ca31dd44", "title": "The key to the American middle class is feeling middle class", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2024/05/06/the-key-to-the-american-middle-class-is-feeling-middle-class/", "published_at": "2024-05-06T11:28:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc3e-9f42-7168-baee-e4e6cb30967a", "title": "An example of humans trying to bring order to nature", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2024/05/05/an-example-of-humans-trying-to-bring-order-to-nature/", "published_at": "2024-05-06T02:49:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc3e-9f42-7168-baee-e4e6cc1b0d2b", "title": "An American right to a good deal?", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2024/05/03/an-american-right-to-a-good-deal/", "published_at": "2024-05-03T11:34:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc40-1ced-70a1-b563-687c08f24099", "title": "Zillow Gone Wild is popular but how can one make money from it?", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2024/05/02/zillow-gone-wild-is-popular-but-how-can-one-make-money-from-it/", "published_at": "2024-05-02T11:43:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc40-1ced-70a1-b563-687c08fec707", "title": "A possible timeline of 50 years to build an American community for 50,000 people", "url": "https://legallysociable.com/2024/05/01/a-possible-timeline-of-50-years-to-build-an-american-community-for-50000-people/", "published_at": "2024-05-01T10:59:00+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog

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2024

I saw a sign for “Steeple Storage” – and drew the wrong conclusion original ↗

15 Aug 2024

Imagining a car-free Los Angeles and using the coming Olympics to move that direction original ↗

14 Aug 2024

Living with a distant view of a big city’s skyscrapers original ↗

13 Aug 2024

Rents set by algorithm and how housing prices are set original ↗

12 Aug 2024

Will “did not vote” once again win the presidential vote in 2024?original ↗

11 Aug 2024

Locating the geographic center of Chicago original ↗

10 Aug 2024

How does a story about a band’s tour bus dumping waste on a tourist boat enter a city’s “pop culture fabric”?original ↗

9 Aug 2024

Commemorating the portage that led to the creation and flourishing of Chicago original ↗

8 Aug 2024

Creating collaborative archives in historic skyscrapers original ↗

7 Aug 2024

New American homes down in square footage in 2023 original ↗

6 Aug 2024

Bureaucracy misses property tax assessments, property owners can pay up to 3 years later original ↗

5 Aug 2024

River deltas in miniature, sandy form original ↗

4 Aug 2024

Large wealth disparities in Chicago by race and ethnicity original ↗

3 Aug 2024

90% of songs are about love?original ↗

2 Aug 2024

Where the houses are large and household size is declining, Australia edition original ↗

1 Aug 2024

Extended settlement to Gautreaux case addressing Chicago public housing discrimination original ↗

31 Jul 2024

Keep driving – just do so on a green highway original ↗

28 Jul 2024

Are speed limits about safety, traffic control, fuel efficiency, or local norms?original ↗

27 Jul 2024

Cat Kid Comic Club and “I blame society!”original ↗

26 Jul 2024

Many years can pass – at least 17 for one suburban development – between proposing and completing a project original ↗

25 Jul 2024

Planning for cities with fewer offices original ↗

24 Jul 2024

“Small-time landlords still dominate the single-family-rental landscape” and have new tools original ↗

23 Jul 2024

Look out hallways! You may be on the chopping block original ↗

22 Jul 2024

A championship football game played in a suburban shopping mall = peak American Dream?original ↗

21 Jul 2024

How many American communities want super big houses?original ↗

20 Jul 2024

Starbucks moved away from being a third place, emphasized drive thru and mobile orders original ↗

19 Jul 2024

Searching through millions of paper records of guns, modern crime fighting, and large scale societies original ↗

18 Jul 2024

The most recent wave of Irish pubs in Chicago original ↗

17 Jul 2024

Transportation advantage: Illinois has the third most interstate miles in the country original ↗

16 Jul 2024

Post pandemic evictions up in some cities, down in others original ↗

15 Jul 2024

“Stars – They’re Just Like Us!” and reflecting on those experiences original ↗

14 Jul 2024

Government-developed skyscrapers, World Trade Center edition original ↗

13 Jul 2024

One small community claims to be at the center of a hemisphere original ↗

12 Jul 2024

“With America’s golden era of infrastructure construction behind us…”original ↗

11 Jul 2024

“We need to make the case for public transit to the general public”original ↗

10 Jul 2024

Proximity to population centers means warehouses for rural areas original ↗

9 Jul 2024

Christian faith and the banality of suburbia original ↗

8 Jul 2024

A big city as “sociological soup”original ↗

7 Jul 2024

The increasing percentage of income going to homeownership costs original ↗

6 Jul 2024

How to rank skylines – with Chicago finishing 3rd in the world original ↗

5 Jul 2024

Combining a new Costco and affordable housing in LA original ↗

3 Jul 2024

If Americans own a home, they are very likely to own a grill original ↗

2 Jul 2024

The endless search for water in the (fictionalized) origin story of Los Angeles original ↗

1 Jul 2024

The future of driving beneath cities original ↗

30 Jun 2024

Who is tackling the issue of growing Chicago traffic?original ↗

29 Jun 2024

Why there might not be a walkway between apartments and a grocery store original ↗

28 Jun 2024

Banks and “extend and pretend” for office properties original ↗

27 Jun 2024

Trying to make the American “feeling economy” measurable and efficient original ↗

26 Jun 2024

The difficulty of measuring pain original ↗

25 Jun 2024

Build a Samsung semiconductor plant in a small town 29 miles from Austin and what could change?original ↗

24 Jun 2024

Three thoughts on pop/rock music about the suburbs original ↗

22 Jun 2024

Ben Folds and “Rockin’ the Suburbs”original ↗

21 Jun 2024

Arcade Fire and recalling growing up in the suburbs original ↗

20 Jun 2024

Folk music about the “little boxes” of suburbia original ↗

19 Jun 2024

The Beatles on Penny Lane and the Liverpool suburbs original ↗

18 Jun 2024

Olivia Rodrigo and driving through the American suburbs original ↗

17 Jun 2024

Goodbye dining rooms in American residences original ↗

16 Jun 2024

Costs rising for owning and maintaining a home original ↗

15 Jun 2024

Argument: you cannot understand the attachment to smartphones and social media today without accounting for the decline in community life starting in the 1960s original ↗

14 Jun 2024

From railroad easement to tax deduction during railroad merger to Millennium Park original ↗

13 Jun 2024

What it might take for the Supreme Court to limit exclusionary zoning original ↗

13 Jun 2024

The Home Alone house as one of the most newsworthy houses in America?original ↗

11 Jun 2024

“Phoenix is a guide to our future”original ↗

10 Jun 2024

How about a speed range rather than a speed limit?original ↗

9 Jun 2024

Rolling ball machine sculptures: art and fun original ↗

8 Jun 2024

Turning former shopping spaces into entertainment centers original ↗

7 Jun 2024

Manhattan congestion pricing plan delayed to persuade suburban swing voters?original ↗

7 Jun 2024

Creating new communities to better benefit from their tax money paid (and support whiter, wealthier residents)original ↗

5 Jun 2024

The International Car Wash Association, the American Beefalo Association, and the purpose of business associations original ↗

4 Jun 2024

When major water pipes break in a major American city original ↗

3 Jun 2024

Americans will watch TV where they could learn something – if it is competitive original ↗

3 Jun 2024

Sprint, acronyms, and building infrastructure along railroad lines original ↗

2 Jun 2024

What exactly is “strong opposition” to a proposed nearby development?original ↗

31 May 2024

Rockford as the top real estate market in the US original ↗

30 May 2024

Now we have the Home Buyer Index original ↗

29 May 2024

Naperville as “the second largest economic engine (in Illinois)”original ↗

28 May 2024

Leaving a bit of your self in a childhood suburban home original ↗

26 May 2024

The amount of grass lawn in the US matches the size of this state original ↗

25 May 2024

Suburban downtown apartments for empty nesters and young professionals original ↗

24 May 2024

More sprawl = more storm damage original ↗

23 May 2024

Naperville continues to rank highly, even for gardening original ↗

22 May 2024

Waiting for the realtor to advertise that they get the buyer the best price original ↗

21 May 2024

The new physical symbols of prestige in the modern corporate office original ↗

20 May 2024

Let an AI robot deliver the commencement address at graduation!original ↗

19 May 2024

All the birds flying over suburban homes in the Chicago region original ↗

18 May 2024

Questioning Census population estimates when they show declines in Illinois original ↗

17 May 2024

Turning down a big proposed warehouse, thinking about affordable housing for certain members of the community original ↗

16 May 2024

A common suburban playbook: zone for big lots, oppose apartments original ↗

15 May 2024

Almost half of Americans live in the Eastern time zone; what effect does this have?original ↗

14 May 2024

Are these 15 factors that decide the best suburb or community the ones people to use to make a decision?original ↗

13 May 2024

Friends was almost exclusively filmed on studio backlots original ↗

11 May 2024

How come there are not more colleges with “suburb” or “suburban” in their name?original ↗

10 May 2024

When housing values and property taxes both go up original ↗

9 May 2024

Suburbanites in these 6 states will get a lot of attention from presidential campaigns in the next six months original ↗

8 May 2024

The symbiotic relationship between online shopping and brick and mortar stores original ↗

7 May 2024

The key to the American middle class is feeling middle class original ↗

6 May 2024

An example of humans trying to bring order to nature original ↗

6 May 2024

An American right to a good deal?original ↗

3 May 2024

Zillow Gone Wild is popular but how can one make money from it?original ↗

2 May 2024

A possible timeline of 50 years to build an American community for 50,000 people original ↗

1 May 2024