@db_econ

economist, enjoyer of nice buildings

 Sydney
Joined January 2013
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Dom@db_econJul 23
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In 2014, a council in Adelaide, South Australia cut its minimum lot sizes to as low as 150sqm, down from 350-500sqm. In 2019, it was partially reversed. Exploiting this on-then-off setting, we find the reform caused large increases in supply (approvals up 67%, stock up 6%)
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Australian academic housing research: - Often asks bad questions - Generally does a bad job of answering those questions - Regularly misrepresents its own findings For such an important topic, this is v bad! @jonobri and @hillfolkAU reckon @AHURI_Research is a big reason why.
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Hard to read this and come away thinking that this is a functional research institution serving the country well!
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read the full (startling) report here: jonobri.com/docs/ahuri

The Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute: a case for radical reform -- Jonathan O’Brien

AHURI is the main body Australian governments fund to research housing and land use. We audited all 462 of its Final Reports, and 49 more it has sold to governments and peak bodies through its...

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This councillor once described building apartments in Campsie as, I promise you I am not making this up: "ethnic cleansing unseen in the history of the modern world"
Sydney YIMBY@SydneyYIMBYOct 27
Independent councillor says new social housing in Belmore is an “8 storey Ghetto”
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perhaps we should take power to decide things that aren't bins and libraries away from these people
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This is right in my backyard, and I've made a submission in support. You should too!
TheSydneyBlog@TheSydneyBlogOct 23
KINGS CROSS | A DA has been lodged for a 40-storey/139m tower at 203-225 Victoria St. Designed by Bates Smart & Neeson Murcutt Nellie, the development proposes 249 apartments with 1,650m2 of retail space and a 1,708m2 public plaza. Read more here: planningportal.nsw.gov.au/ma…
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I've been saying this for months and it gets people really mad for some reason. The thing you must understand about NIMBYs is that they do not actually care about the things they say they do. No matter the specifics of the project, they will always find some excuse to oppose it.
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@StatisticUrbanOct 25
What makes this depressing is that it theoretically met NIMBY criteria. Aesthetic, built with local stone, provides cheap groceries during a cost-of-living crisis. All built *literally* on an empty grass field. But, no dice. They don't actually want to build anything at all.
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When you live by yourself you occassionally have days with nothing on, and it's important to spend those days off your phone and doing things you enjoy, like making tagliatelle to go with an absurdly good oxcheek ragu for dinner
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Tin of razor clams, garlic, parsley, splash of white wine mounted with some butter into a loose sauce on a really good baguette. Has to be one of the highest effort-reward lunches in existence
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👀👀👀👀👀👀👀
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Look for all our flaws in this country, at least we're not that country
Robert Colvile@rcolvileOct 20
More depressing news from @MoliorLondon: - London on course to deliver 20% of 88,000 home target - No recorded starts (developments of 20+ homes) in four boroughs - No local authority development in 21 boroughs - 'Skyline gap' b/t 6 and 15 storeys, cos second staircases
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I showed @db_econ & @geothibbons around Campbelltown, the rezone area in their paper, over the weekend. We witnessed first hand the parking pressures which have resulted from overdevelopment in the area. Economists should remember data is no substitute for real world experience
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Senior planning academics appear to think that people spend a million dollars on an off-the-plan apartment without being able to find the north arrow on the floorplan??? And that these rules a) increase amenity, b) don't increase costs but c) wouldn't be built anyway???
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Went to a conference last week where ~half the presentations were obvious, unrepentant claudeslop. Instantly makes me not take someone seriously. Do people pumping this shit out not realise that it's so obvious? Do they think it's good? Do they just not care?
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It's gotta be that they don't care. Most of the content was slop too so if you've got nothing of value to say may as well half ass the preso too
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Byron bay is cool dam is it good to be back in Sydney. Not only is it the only city loved by god as my great friend baba says, but it is the centre of all things beautiful about western democracies and life itself. Nothing compares.
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I'm starting a nonfiction book club in Sydney! For round 1 we'll be discussing Waves of Plenty by Mark Cully, a fascinating history of Aus immigration. November 10th in Chippendale, details below- should be fun! Hoping to turn this into a ~monthly thing if we get traction!
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partiful.com/e/MTdbpk5DPaUE0…

RSVP to Sydney Nonfiction Book Club First Edition: Waves of Plenty | Partiful

There's been a few times recently that I'd read a book and really wanted to discuss it but none of my friends had read it. There's also so, so many interesting books out there that I have been...

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And you're going to meet them this Friday at Coopers Alehouse, 6pm, where I'll be discussing parking regulations, RSVP here: yimbyadelaide.com/events/
Ash@ashlikuwuOct 13
your soulmate DOES live in adelaide australia
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