Are you considering moving to #Austin? Let me know if you have any questions or need help as you relocate. 📈🏠. #austinrealestate #atx #realestate #austin #housing statesman.com/news/20190417/…
In San Francisco, Making a Living From Your Billionaire Neighbor’s Trash 🗑 #reuse ———— “A snapshot from 2019: One of the world’s richest men and a trash picker, living a few minutes’ walk from each other.” nytimes.com/2019/04/07/us/…
“We have gotten ourselves entrenched in a cycle of work and spend — a cycle of long hours and consumer mentality as a way of life.” #truth twitter.com/theintercept/s…
A Decade After the Housing Bust, the Exurbs Are Back —— “Rising mortgage rates and home prices, especially in urban centers, are once again motivating buyers to drive until they can afford a home” / 🏘🏚#sprawl #exurbs #deathbycommute wsj.com/articles/a-dec…
Good piece — the rise of “secondary cities” is an important trend. 🏠📊 #realestate #housing —— “Five Trends That Will Impact Real Estate Investing This Year” forbes.com/sites/forbesre…
It's time to emphasize the fourth "R" beyond reduce, reuse, and recycle — REFUSE! ♻️--- "What Happens Now That China Won't Take US Recycling" bit.ly/2NU2VsR (@TheAtlantic) #recycling #CircularEconomy
Condos > McMansions 🏠🏠 —— “Our way of building homes and neighborhoods lost the plot a long time ago.” nytimes.com/interactive/20…
Buy the smaller house and run your car into the ground before trade-in. #retirement #fire #money 💸💸 businessinsider.com/retire-early-f…
“Over 400 U.S. cities have pledged to work together to reduce emissions, yet few are taking the dramatic steps needed to curb transportation emissions” curbed.com/2019/4/11/1830…
Nice #infographic on the current crop of pure EVs. 🚘🍃🔋 #EV #ElectricVehicle #BEV
Good piece on cutting through the noise when considering an #EV twitter.com/cleantechnica/…
😡😡 “Every year, the world’s five largest publicly owned oil and gas companies spend approximately $200 million on lobbying designed to control, delay or block binding climate-motivated policy.” —— ⛽️⛽️📈📉 #climatechange #climatepolicy #greenwashing —— forbes.com/sites/niallmcc…
+1 — “altercations between cars and bikes aren’t so much about the risk factors, like distracted driving, bike lanes, or mountain versus road. They’re about a car culture that devalues bikes.” #biking #cycling twitter.com/outsidemagazin…
"A lot has changed since 2015. While some short-term rental hosts run a single listing part-time to help pay their bills, an increasing number of people are turning to short term-rental hosting and management full time as a career. They run multiple listings in multiple cities, providing travelers with more options than ever before for accommodations. As the market has grown and Airbnbs have started to compete with hotels, traditional vacation and property rental managers have taken notice. They’ve jumped into the short-term rental economy, listing their properties on Airbnb, HomeAway, and other booking sites."
“new scientific findings all support what parents, trainers, and coaches have been saying for years: eat less junk, and continue to be skeptical of the latest miracle diet” 🥗🥑🥦 sciencealert.com/study-on-half-…
“The Democrats’ proposals could radically change the way health care providers do business and could drastically shrink the role and the revenues of insurers, depending on how a single-payer system is devised.” / 🏨💊#HealthCareForAll nytimes.com/2019/02/23/us/…
This needs to be supported — more electrification of the transportation industry will have far-reaching effects. | #EVs #cleaneconomy #Sustainability ———- “U.S. bill to boost electric car tax credits could rev GM, Tesla” reuters.com/article/us-aut…
📈 👉 “In the 15-year period through June 30, 2018, Standard & Poor’s found that its S&P 500 index, composed of roughly the 500 largest companies on U.S. exchanges, beat 92.4% of large-cap funds.” #investing twitter.com/kiplinger/stat…
Good news — “The case adds to a growing roster of legal losses for Mr. Trump’s efforts to undo Mr. Obama’s environmental legacy.” nytimes.com/2019/03/30/cli…
Insane — what term will our kids use for cutting the stream? — “the costs can add up. Smith, his wife and their two children have accounts with Netflix and Hulu. They also pay for Amazon Prime, cable and broadband at a cost of nearly $340 a month.” npr.org/2019/03/23/702…
Amazing how many resources are wasted on lawns in the U.S. — “Edible Landscapes Are Un-Lawning America” (@CivilEats) civileats.com/2019/01/14/edi…
Mapping the Mega-Regions Powering the World’s Economy 🏦🏗🏭 #cities _____ Texas Triangle (Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Austin) generates $1.2 trillion in economic output housing just under 20 million. It would rank as one of world’s top 25 economies. citylab.com/life/2019/02/g…
Who the hell uses three rolls a week? —- “U.S. plush toilet paper use wiping out Canada’s forests” nationalpost.com/news/canada/u-…
We caught @Mandolin_Orange at this weekend’s #oldsettlersmusicfestival — Really enjoyed their set..what a great band and sound. #texas #music #folkmusic #americana #austin 🎻🎸🎻🎸
Hoping progress will be made on right-to-repair laws soon. / ——- “Apple and John Deere, among other companies, have lobbied vigorously, and so far with success, against proposals for state right-to-repair laws.” 😡 nytimes.com/2019/04/06/opi…
Nice list — and you can stay in one of our AirBnBs 😎 #austin #airbnb #travel |🦇🚲🌇 twitter.com/cntraveler/sta…
Nobody needs that much space 👉 “boomers are discovering that these large, high-maintenance houses no longer fit their needs as they grow older, but younger people aren’t buying them.”🏘 —— #mcmansions #realestate wsj.com/articles/a-gro…
40K tweets later 😳😱 Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! #MyTwitterAnniversary
“Rather than paying for higher rent, you can pay that in commuting time.” — bloomberg.com/amp/news/artic…
“Forty-two states have had a net loss of people to the Austin area, according to the data. The U.S. cities outside of Texas with largest net migration to Austin include New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco” | #austin ✈️🚘 statesman.com/news/20190225/…
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