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Ray Delahanty | CityNerd
@nerd4cities.bsky.social
Plangineer (AICP) when I’m at work, alter ego CityNerd when I’m not. New videos on cities and transportation every Wednesday. http://linktr.ee/CityNerd 🐘 @nerd4cities
I can’t stop thinking about them
November 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Yeah I’ll do something more comprehensive on prop 13 on some future LA or Bay Area visit
November 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I didn’t wanna do a whole tangent in the video where I explain what prop 13 is and what impacts it has. I just like leaving little bread crumbs for the curious
November 26, 2025 at 11:16 PM
It’s definitely causal, I’m just not sure which direction
November 26, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Aw
November 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Ah, that was intended for event night only! But someone filmed it and uploaded it

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CityNerd's Top 10 Formative Life Experiences with I-5 in Seattle (Ray Delahanty)
YouTube video by Coco
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November 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
And literally no one from Seattle will agree lol
November 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
“Doesn’t want to get yelled at” is probably as strong a driver in planning outcomes as there is
November 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Sellout
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
All I thought about while I was in Melbourne was Fisk
November 23, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Three-day free trial is still a thing, get it over Thanksgiving and binge the hell out of this nerdy crap. Also, Man Carrying Thing is the best

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CityNerd — Top 10 US Cities That Are Becoming More City-Like
If you listen to political discourse or follow urbanism content on the apps, you could easily believe US cities are uniformly terrible and getting worse. I'm here to tell you, this is incorrect. US ci...
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November 23, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Which US city has improved the most over the past 15 years?
November 23, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The leaf situation is out of control
November 21, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Like if I said “the fact that housing in urban centers fetches much, much higher rents per square foot than suburban housing proves people prefer urban living,” this would also be stupid. It’s ok to accept that these things are complex, heterogeneous, and borderline unknowable
November 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM