A tale told in charts. The average American household spend $12K a year on transportation. But the lowest American income decile spends 30% of their income on transportation, whereas the European one only spends 8%.

houston is so beautiful cuz there'll be lifted f250's that never hauled work a day in its life and then a nissan murano with half a junkyard balanced on top of it

>be econ student but not braindead >read Das Kapital >realize marx spotted a real problem but aimed at the wrong target >workers vs capital wasn’t the full picture >land quietly siphoning everything in the background >learn Georgism >oh >rent isn’t just "paying a landlord" >it’s economic rent >unearned value from location, infrastructure, society itself >city grows >nothing changes about the dirt >land price doubles anyway >owner gets rich doing literally nothing >wages go up? >land rent goes up faster >productivity gains? >capitalized into land prices >UBI? >lol landlords already priced it in >argue about capitalism vs socialism online >meanwhile both ignore the same leak in the system >private sector builds stuff >public sector builds infrastructure >landowners capture both >see rent control debate >price ceiling on symptoms >ignore the asset bubble underneath >construction slows >everyone acts surprised >hear "greedy corporations" >check balance sheets >most profits normal >check land values >oh >understand why cities like Vancouver feel impossible >it’s not just wages >it’s not just policy >it’s land absorbing everything >realize taxation isn’t the issue >what you tax is >tax labour? >you punish production >tax capital? >you slow investment >tax land? >you can’t move it >you can’t hide it >you don’t reduce supply >land value tax clicks >capture the unearned >leave wages and production alone >housing gets cheaper to hold >speculation dies >building actually makes sense again >stop arguing ideology >start closing the rent-seeking loop

Sometimes all you need is a European breakfast.

AI generated memes are getting better.

Hey Siri, play “Lover, you should’ve come over” by Jeff Buckley.

Does this mean they’re changing the name to Misanthropic?

The I-45 realignment will cost the city of Houston more than $300M/year in lost property and sales tax revenue.

I’m not exactly a Georgist but they were cooking with these billboards

Always setting reminders.

Skynet became sentient on August 29, 2027 2:14 am Eastern Time and immediately decided to exterminate humanity.

Based on recent market conditions ERCOT CEO Pablo Vegas has issued this statement.

Did you get stopped out shorting ERCOT winters again?

Posting single stair, underground trashcan, courtyard apartment block, walkable neighborhood propaganda.

Sunset at 15:30 in Norway

Every day I try to catch @evan7257 filming his daily Instagram vids in the chronicle parking lot.

Happy Thanksgiving!

REPs sending texts to energy brokers like.

New trees that died and had to be removed because of negligence. People having no sidewalk to walk on even though the original plan had one. Welcome to Whitmire’s Houston.