Chris Sauer
@sauerball.bsky.social
One foot in the city, the other on a trail. he/him. Ride your bike. Be nice. In the past: OMB and Lehman Brothers. Currently: Board of BRC and Transylvania U. Transy/Michigan/Columbia. New York, NY and Woodside, CA.
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Relegalize SROs. Relegalize single stair buildings to enable larger, family sized homes. Legalize townhomes everywhere. Legalize ADUs everywhere. Legalize apartment buildings in more places. Yes to all the homes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/n...
The ‘New’ Solution for the N.Y.C. Housing Crisis: Single-Room Apartments
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Relegalize SROs. Relegalize single stair buildings to enable larger, family sized homes. Legalize townhomes everywhere. Legalize ADUs everywhere. Legalize apartment buildings in more places. Yes to all the homes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/n...
Distinctly remember - from one otherwise unmemorable late evening/early morning as an associate at 745 Seventh Avenue Lehman Brothers - looking out the window upon a malfunctioning Milford Plaza neon sign that had magically transformed into "Milf Plaza"
White House switchboard operators required to answer the phones like the ladies in the Milford Plaza commercial.
Milford Plaza Commercial Lullaby of Broadway New York City Hotel 80s
YouTube video by tzaremba958
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November 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Distinctly remember - from one otherwise unmemorable late evening/early morning as an associate at 745 Seventh Avenue Lehman Brothers - looking out the window upon a malfunctioning Milford Plaza neon sign that had magically transformed into "Milf Plaza"
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'We talk endlessly about the “missing middle.” But the real catastrophe was the “banished bottom”'
Good piece! I wish it mentioned that SROs are re-legalized in all multifamily zones in OR & WA
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Good piece! I wish it mentioned that SROs are re-legalized in all multifamily zones in OR & WA
substack.com/home/post/p-...
The Banished Bottom of the Housing Market
How America Destroyed Its Cheapest Homes
substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:54 PM
'We talk endlessly about the “missing middle.” But the real catastrophe was the “banished bottom”'
Good piece! I wish it mentioned that SROs are re-legalized in all multifamily zones in OR & WA
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Good piece! I wish it mentioned that SROs are re-legalized in all multifamily zones in OR & WA
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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This week I wrote about the rise of the e-bike dad - this piece was originally going to run alongside the story I did in September about the bike boom in general, and we didn't have space in print, but here it is:
www.economist.com/united-state...
www.economist.com/united-state...
Parents on e-bikes are transforming the school run
They’re smug, snug and often faster than drivers
www.economist.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
This week I wrote about the rise of the e-bike dad - this piece was originally going to run alongside the story I did in September about the bike boom in general, and we didn't have space in print, but here it is:
www.economist.com/united-state...
www.economist.com/united-state...
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A reminder that the crises routinely treated as separate—housing, food, climate, healthcare, electricity—are anything but.
This moment in America makes it glaringly clear: each feeds the other, driven by the same rapacious, profit-maximizing forces.
This moment in America makes it glaringly clear: each feeds the other, driven by the same rapacious, profit-maximizing forces.
November 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
A reminder that the crises routinely treated as separate—housing, food, climate, healthcare, electricity—are anything but.
This moment in America makes it glaringly clear: each feeds the other, driven by the same rapacious, profit-maximizing forces.
This moment in America makes it glaringly clear: each feeds the other, driven by the same rapacious, profit-maximizing forces.
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Evidence shows that an eligibility cliff on Affordable Care Act (#ACA) tax credits would make #healthcare unaffordable for middle-class #families in the US.
Explore the impacts in this Urban Institute brief. https://urbn.is/43pxAWV
Explore the impacts in this Urban Institute brief. https://urbn.is/43pxAWV
November 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Evidence shows that an eligibility cliff on Affordable Care Act (#ACA) tax credits would make #healthcare unaffordable for middle-class #families in the US.
Explore the impacts in this Urban Institute brief. https://urbn.is/43pxAWV
Explore the impacts in this Urban Institute brief. https://urbn.is/43pxAWV
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Bicycles - Why you might need more than one
Artist: Dave Walker
Artist: Dave Walker
November 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Bicycles - Why you might need more than one
Artist: Dave Walker
Artist: Dave Walker
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America’s soaring rents, home prices, and commute costs have been driven, in no small part, by an unusual cost problem. In many advanced nations, costs stay roughly the same as developers move from building single-family houses to midrise apartments. In the U.S., midrise buildings cost far more.
November 6, 2025 at 8:11 PM
America’s soaring rents, home prices, and commute costs have been driven, in no small part, by an unusual cost problem. In many advanced nations, costs stay roughly the same as developers move from building single-family houses to midrise apartments. In the U.S., midrise buildings cost far more.
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Walkable city baseball edition:
Andrés Giménez on how you get the feeling of a city by walking it.
Andrés Giménez on how you get the feeling of a city by walking it.
October 29, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Walkable city baseball edition:
Andrés Giménez on how you get the feeling of a city by walking it.
Andrés Giménez on how you get the feeling of a city by walking it.
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“Kentucky’s experience since passing House Bill 5 – sometimes called the ‘SAFER Kentucky Act’ – last year shows that cracking down on public homelessness doesn’t end it. It just makes it harder to see and harder to solve.”
Good read by @anabelrose.bsky.social
Good read by @anabelrose.bsky.social
The federal government is enabling U.S. cities to criminalize public homelessness. But Kentucky has already learned the hard way that decreasing visibility only exacerbates homelessness.
nextcity.org/urbanist-new...
nextcity.org/urbanist-new...
Kentucky’s Anti-Camping Law Has Pushed Rural Homelessness into Hiding
The federal government is enabling U.S. cities to criminalize public homelessness. But Kentucky has already learned the hard way that decreasing visibility only exacerbates homelessness.
nextcity.org
October 24, 2025 at 12:17 AM
“Kentucky’s experience since passing House Bill 5 – sometimes called the ‘SAFER Kentucky Act’ – last year shows that cracking down on public homelessness doesn’t end it. It just makes it harder to see and harder to solve.”
Good read by @anabelrose.bsky.social
Good read by @anabelrose.bsky.social
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Good NYT article on how benches in NYC are a dying breed, how this stems from a pathological hatred of homeless people, and how hostile architecture is hostile to everyone.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/n...
The Slow Death of the New York City Public Bench
www.nytimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Good NYT article on how benches in NYC are a dying breed, how this stems from a pathological hatred of homeless people, and how hostile architecture is hostile to everyone.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/n...
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#Cities across the United States need additional #housing to support their growing populations and address increasing housing costs. Aging #libraries could provide a solution.
Explore more in this new Urban Wire article.
Explore more in this new Urban Wire article.
Aging Libraries Could Offer Cities a Unique Opportunity to Build New Housing While Improving Public Services
Since 2000, more than 1,800 apartment units have been built in combined library-housing developments. These projects not only address local housing needs but…
urbn.is
October 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
#Cities across the United States need additional #housing to support their growing populations and address increasing housing costs. Aging #libraries could provide a solution.
Explore more in this new Urban Wire article.
Explore more in this new Urban Wire article.
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Modeling Monday: How clean are EVs, really?
Short answer: it depends on the question. Attributional vs. consequential LCA, average vs. marginal, short- vs. long-run... the metric can flip the answer. 1/🧵
Short answer: it depends on the question. Attributional vs. consequential LCA, average vs. marginal, short- vs. long-run... the metric can flip the answer. 1/🧵
October 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Modeling Monday: How clean are EVs, really?
Short answer: it depends on the question. Attributional vs. consequential LCA, average vs. marginal, short- vs. long-run... the metric can flip the answer. 1/🧵
Short answer: it depends on the question. Attributional vs. consequential LCA, average vs. marginal, short- vs. long-run... the metric can flip the answer. 1/🧵
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What we call things reveals a lot about our priorities and biases.
Graphic via @reenamahajan.bsky.social
Graphic via @reenamahajan.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
What we call things reveals a lot about our priorities and biases.
Graphic via @reenamahajan.bsky.social
Graphic via @reenamahajan.bsky.social
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I’m in the new issue of @vitalcitynyc.bsky.social with a piece about what Albany can learn from Sacramento when it comes to housing policy: www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/cal...
Vital City | California Dreaming
New York should follow the Golden State’s lead when it comes to housing legislation.
www.vitalcitynyc.org
September 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I’m in the new issue of @vitalcitynyc.bsky.social with a piece about what Albany can learn from Sacramento when it comes to housing policy: www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/cal...
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10% of recycled paper in NYC gets turned into pizza boxes on Staten Island!! and other fun facts:
Where Does NYC’s Recycling Go and How Much Really Gets Reused, Anyway?
Sorting out answers at Staten Island’s giant paper pulp vat and the massive sifter in Brooklyn — including why seeing metal thrown in the trash makes one waste expert “weak in the knees.”
www.thecity.nyc
January 31, 2025 at 4:42 PM
10% of recycled paper in NYC gets turned into pizza boxes on Staten Island!! and other fun facts:
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America is now a place where a prominent cable news host can openly call for homeless people to be murdered — and face zero consequences.
September 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
America is now a place where a prominent cable news host can openly call for homeless people to be murdered — and face zero consequences.
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I rode the 7 train with Sean Manaea on his regular commute from Midtown to Citi Field, and he told me all about being just another New Yorker nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/09/12/m...
SEE IT: Mets Pitcher Sean Manaea Is Just Another Guy On The Subway - Streetsblog New York City
As the beloved Amazin's open a crucial homestead, we took a subway ride to Citi Field with a man on whose arm depends everything. The ride, at least, was no big deal for this veteran commuter.
nyc.streetsblog.org
September 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I rode the 7 train with Sean Manaea on his regular commute from Midtown to Citi Field, and he told me all about being just another New Yorker nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/09/12/m...
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It’s mega-fucked that SEPTA has to be bailed out by a betting app: defector.com/its-mega-fuc...
It's Mega-Fucked That SEPTA Has To Be Bailed Out By A Betting App | Defector
Prior to Philadelphia’s Thursday home opener against the Dallas Cowboys, the Eagles’ stadium put out a travel advisory for attending fans. The home opener comes 11 days after SEPTA, the Philly metro…
defector.com
September 4, 2025 at 3:47 PM
It’s mega-fucked that SEPTA has to be bailed out by a betting app: defector.com/its-mega-fuc...
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For months, cities around the state have ramped up enforcement against people sleeping in tents on the street. Now, some are focusing on a new target: People who live in vehicles. https://cal.news/4nf1NiJ
📸 Florence Middleton
📸 Florence Middleton
September 3, 2025 at 12:55 AM
For months, cities around the state have ramped up enforcement against people sleeping in tents on the street. Now, some are focusing on a new target: People who live in vehicles. https://cal.news/4nf1NiJ
📸 Florence Middleton
📸 Florence Middleton
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"SEPTA cuts made Philly schools’ attendance tumble significantly
Early district data show 63% of city schools showed an increase in late arrivals, and 54% had more students absent." -- www.inquirer.com/education/ph...
Early district data show 63% of city schools showed an increase in late arrivals, and 54% had more students absent." -- www.inquirer.com/education/ph...
SEPTA cuts hurt Philly schools’ attendance
Early district data show 63% of city schools showed an increase in late arrivals, and 54% had more students absent.
www.inquirer.com
September 2, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"SEPTA cuts made Philly schools’ attendance tumble significantly
Early district data show 63% of city schools showed an increase in late arrivals, and 54% had more students absent." -- www.inquirer.com/education/ph...
Early district data show 63% of city schools showed an increase in late arrivals, and 54% had more students absent." -- www.inquirer.com/education/ph...
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A Labor Day reminder: today there isn't a single city, metro area, or state in the U.S. where a full-time minimum-wage worker can afford a modest 2-bedroom apartment.
Millions of people with jobs—even multiple jobs—aren't safe from homelessness in this country.
Millions of people with jobs—even multiple jobs—aren't safe from homelessness in this country.
Opinion | America Is Pushing Its Workers Into Homelessness
www.nytimes.com
September 1, 2025 at 11:54 AM
A Labor Day reminder: today there isn't a single city, metro area, or state in the U.S. where a full-time minimum-wage worker can afford a modest 2-bedroom apartment.
Millions of people with jobs—even multiple jobs—aren't safe from homelessness in this country.
Millions of people with jobs—even multiple jobs—aren't safe from homelessness in this country.