Welcome

This is a new blog.  Sort of.   I have been blogging for the last three years at Austin Contrarian, where I've written about urban economics, demographics, New Urbanism, congestion pricing and such.  I like cities and I like to write about them. 

But at Austin Contrarian I also spend a lot of time  writing about local land-use fights, Austin's noise ordinance, the intricacies of Austin's land-use code and other things that must bore those who do not live in Austin (and many of those who do).  For the sake of both groups of readers, I am moving my general writing about  cities -- anything not specifically about Austin -- to this blog.  I have cross-posted here every such entry from my AC archives, which explains why this "new" blog has almost three years of entries. 

If you are new and want a better idea of what I write about, just scroll down.