Mary Elkington 💙💛🇺🇦
@maryindevon.bsky.social
Town Planner and Geographer (MRTPI)
I used to work at NASA - planning IS harder than rocket science.
We can do better.
I used to work at NASA - planning IS harder than rocket science.
We can do better.
It'll find a home in some sci fi movie playing on the bridge of the evil alien ship
(very nice for a few moments of zen anyway - thx for sharing!)
(very nice for a few moments of zen anyway - thx for sharing!)
November 22, 2025 at 2:39 PM
It'll find a home in some sci fi movie playing on the bridge of the evil alien ship
(very nice for a few moments of zen anyway - thx for sharing!)
(very nice for a few moments of zen anyway - thx for sharing!)
"Natty DMs" from the mellenial/genZ planners, no doubt.
November 22, 2025 at 12:34 PM
"Natty DMs" from the mellenial/genZ planners, no doubt.
"overdevelopment" in some areas wld be great. Build Enough Housing ➡️some areas become v low value & "ripe for redevelopment"
Obvs some social issues eg US urban redevel cleansing PoC but if Eng didn't keep propping up rubbish old terraces via supply constraint, one cld buy up terraces for redevel.
Obvs some social issues eg US urban redevel cleansing PoC but if Eng didn't keep propping up rubbish old terraces via supply constraint, one cld buy up terraces for redevel.
November 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
"overdevelopment" in some areas wld be great. Build Enough Housing ➡️some areas become v low value & "ripe for redevelopment"
Obvs some social issues eg US urban redevel cleansing PoC but if Eng didn't keep propping up rubbish old terraces via supply constraint, one cld buy up terraces for redevel.
Obvs some social issues eg US urban redevel cleansing PoC but if Eng didn't keep propping up rubbish old terraces via supply constraint, one cld buy up terraces for redevel.
Paywalled, but if they are compared with us tax system without mentioning the scale of state/local income tax and municipal tax raising it may be a pointless read (cf public services and burdens )
November 21, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Paywalled, but if they are compared with us tax system without mentioning the scale of state/local income tax and municipal tax raising it may be a pointless read (cf public services and burdens )
(and whisper it, development is almost exclusively market-lead and Uk planning is reactive.)
November 20, 2025 at 6:56 AM
(and whisper it, development is almost exclusively market-lead and Uk planning is reactive.)
Not main issue, but... many times I've been at planning consults speaking to (elderly) objectors; I say how it's hard for young families to get into home ownership only to hear "well its not a problem for us because our kids moved to austrailia/usa/spain/etc" - they are just not seeing it
November 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Not main issue, but... many times I've been at planning consults speaking to (elderly) objectors; I say how it's hard for young families to get into home ownership only to hear "well its not a problem for us because our kids moved to austrailia/usa/spain/etc" - they are just not seeing it
see also www.rte.ie/news/world/2...
Post-Brexit record in Irish passport applications from UK
Almost a quarter of a million people living in the UK applied for an Irish passport last year, the highest number since the UK formally left the European Union.
www.rte.ie
November 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
see also www.rte.ie/news/world/2...
Surely one can spare a bit of anger for the coalition austerity cutting local authorities to bone?
November 19, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Surely one can spare a bit of anger for the coalition austerity cutting local authorities to bone?
For me it's seeing the Resolute Desk in sin city a lago - can't stop being angry about that. Minor compared to everything else, but it's so "me me mine" and fuk America
November 19, 2025 at 9:03 AM
For me it's seeing the Resolute Desk in sin city a lago - can't stop being angry about that. Minor compared to everything else, but it's so "me me mine" and fuk America