Urban Geographer @ UMN. Cityscape columnist @ Minnpost. Skyway Don Quixote. Tread lightly on earth. he/him Author of "St. Paul: Urban Biography”
"My soul was searching for a walkable and bikeable city with a reasonable cost of living, and of course, I was always going to end up in Minneapolis." streets.mn/2026/07/30/g...
Goldilocks and the Three CitiesLet’s go on a ride through the three cities where I’ve lived and arrive in Minneapolis, the city that is right for me.streets.mn
“If I get hot in my car and want some air conditioning, I just want to turn a knob and have cold air come out." Meet the drivers who are rebelling against the tech revolution in cars: www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...
These Drivers Are Taking Extreme Measures to Avoid New Car TechnologyThey scour dealerships for models with the fewest bells and whistles. Then they disable alarms and reconfigure dashboards in search of low-tech bliss.www.wsj.com
“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
Handy guide to the "wienering" meme, which I genuinely had not heard of before... knowyourmeme.com/editorials/g...
What Does 'Wienering' Mean On TikTok? The Viral Slang Term's Meaning ExplainedAcross TikTok, videos about the things people will do after some respectable wienering are going viral. Here's why.knowyourmeme.comWaterfront property in Minnesota’s most valuable neighborhood.
elliot hughesA Star Tribune spokesman on Wednesday confirmed the company reached a deal with Legacy Investing, the firm that transformed part of downtown’s Sleep Number Building into a data center for artificial intelligence and cloud computing:
Boy what a cluster-F! www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Residents frustrated with slow pace of repairs, relocations from troubled Mpls housing complexThe city recently allocated $2.5 million to hasten repairs at Heritage Park apartments and to start moving hundreds of residents, but so far large-scale relocation hasn’t happened.www.mprnews.orgI need a list of at-grade RR crossing SNAFUs of the Twin Cities, STAT! www.minnpost.com/metro/2026/0...
Glimmer of hope for Northside residents stuck at one of city’s worst rail crossingsMore than an annoyance, the delays hinder emergency vehicles. But much-needed changes are on a very slow track.www.minnpost.com
