The Problem with Urban Planning: a professional silo is gatekeeping our nation's growth. My new essay w/ @inflectionptswk. The problem at the heart of planning is not political—it's professional. 🧵

RT @ALeighMP: Progress shouldn’t be rationed - abundance should be the goal. In the inaugural edition of “Inflection Points”, I outline a v….

RT @cityaestheticss: I can’t believe the US perfected the skyscraper…. and then just stopped building towers like this. .

RT @tomasheard: People choose the best housing they can find. When government bans housing options, perfect housing doesn't magically app….

RT @BenPhillips_ANU: CRA increases benefit 1.3m renters today. There are 350k public/social dwellings. Talk of increasing PH has rarely bee….

RT @ALeighMP: Why is there a skull on my desk? 💀 It’s not just for drama. It’s a reminder that we’re not here forever. So let’s use our tim….

RT @JacintaAllanMP: Footy at the the G, trams and laneways, four seasons in a day, and the best coffee in the world. Better luck next time….

RT @BenPhillips_ANU: Unfortunately if we think rent assistance goes straight into the pockets of landlords (the research does not show that….

RT @inflectionptswk: In 1967, a planning permit for a 3-storey apartment building only took 12 pages. In 2025 the same planning permit wou….

RT @inflectionptswk: Children who move to better neighbourhoods are more likely to go to university, earn more, and stay out of poverty. S….

RT @cjsbishop: “Destroying the idea that the New Zealand economy should just be based on house price growth is a fundamental formula this g….

RT @StuartBDonovan: "supply alone will do nothing good". I dunno eh, maybe housing supply would at least be good for the people who wouldn'….

RT @peter_tulip: Many residents think the housing issue is a question of “Which looks nicer, A) this old house and garden or B) this block….

RT @michaelkoziol: “Cities are dynamic and changing places of creation and growth - and yet the main role of legacy planners is to forestal….

RT @yvryimby: Amazing.

RT @EricDLombardi: I would love this data for Toronto.

RT @SteveSaretsky: Need this chart for Canada.

RT @cornoisseur: Incredible YIMBY propaganda in Edgewater. (Photo:

RT @StuartBDonovan: New Zealand's Minister of Housing and Urban Development argues we need to "destroy the idea that the economy is linked….

RT @PaulNAustin: The problem with planning . A debate-changing essay by the King of the YIMBYs, @jonobri . #auspol #springst #housing.