Reduced federal spending threatens family budgets more than increased taxes. [...]
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Housing - storiesBy David Stookey, on July 28th, 2011
 Has Japan’s disaster made your family more concerned about living near a nuclear reactor? Do you know where the nearest nuclear sites are? [...] By David Stookey, on July 25th, 2011
Walkable neighborhoods mean residents are likely to have higher trust, more community activities, and stronger social networks locally. [...] By David Stookey, on July 7th, 2011
Experts predict increasingly severe natural disasters. It makes sense to take this into account when making location decisions. [...] Cohousing can have advantages any time, but especially when energy, food and other family budget threats loom. [...] If America isn’t going to fight climate change, the least Americans can do is to change our grandchildren’s habits and expectations. [...] More families are going to want to move and downsize in the coming years, and for new reasons. [...] Most of us don’t realize how shaky most predictions are – and how useful they can still be. [...] People who live in towns with lots of college graduates have a better chance of avoiding recession and unemployment. [...] To live in a neighborhood where you have financial and environmental resilience, moving could be less painful than trying to build it around you. [...] By David Stookey, on February 8th, 2011
Walkable, bikeable, transit-oriented mixed-use neighborhoods are predicted to be in demand, pushing up prices and encouraging construction. [...] A map of Portland color-codes neighborhoods by walking/biking proximity to everyday destinations. Not everybody’s destinations.. [...] Building resiliancy is hard when everyone around you looks askance. There are “Transition” groups to join – or form. [...] Planning our family’s adaptation to a warmer planet is complicated by the fact that warmer winters bring more snowstorms. [...] While not fine-tuned to your family’s plans and concerns, city sustainability rankings are a good place to start to find and evaluate places you might choose to live. [...] Let others help end your paralysis. Meetups are smallish clubs of like-minded people inspiring each other, offering help, and doing tangible projects together. [...] This example of sea-rise damage seems like the first domino in a chain that topples property values and tax base, and eventually town and state coffers. [...] Some neighborhoods provide the compactness, the safe paths, and the vibrant activities that put a smile on your face – and gas money back in your pocket. [...] The Joys of Small really can make up for the Pride of Big. The Freedom of Simple can feel better than the Yoke of Complex. [...] Using bikes and scooters may work for some, but there may be a better way: choose a neighborhood where you can get around quickly on public transport. [...] Home Sweet Home has been an anchor keeping many of us from better jobs, keeping some from any job, period. [...] “The popular argument that renting your home is throwing money down the drain is really fallacious.” [...] Today, our past home choices wouldn’t make it onto our short list. Affordability has new dimensions. [...] There are bigger reasons to prevent sea-level rise, starting with half of Bangladesh and all of Houston. [...] While most of the world loses water and arable land, northern countries like Canada expect more of both. [...] |
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