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@triphook.bsky.social

Geographer @ US EPA
Alexandria Co-Lead @ YIMBYs of NoVa

Del Ray, Alexandria, VA / Canaan Valley, WV
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Put this map together showing where YIMBY-endorsed candidates (mayor+council) got the highest proportion of the vote. No big surprises, but some interesting patterns.
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Hey, those dunes are like 400 feet tall. Not Hawaii but not bad for the Midwest
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627 N. West Street is a townhouse in a neighborhood that's almost exclusively townhouses, on a busy intersection across from a Metro stop. Someone who knows more about the law than I do will have to tell me how this person has standing to sue.
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Yes! Would love to have an outing sometime soon. @praveenkathpal.bsky.social is also learning to sail too. I got in way over my head building a deck at the cabin which has set us back sailing-wise this season, but we did make it out on an overnight to Annapolis last week.
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I can think of a few on-street parking lanes that could be converted to bike lanes pretty easily.
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Checked out the new Pier Bar at the waterfront after voting with @vebush.bsky.social. Cool spot to grab a drink literally on the river Pro-tip: go on a calm day. It's a floating pier and even these veteran sailors were seasick after 10 minutes.
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Correct answer. Would also accept:
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Nice! It's pretty cool as seen from the ground too
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This one on Adams always gives me weird vibes, although the We Support Ukraine sign kinda tempers it
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Let's say I disagree with certain people in the area as to whether fourplexes or weird oversized additions are more detrimental to the "neighborhood character"
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Bailed on my own NYE party for a good 45 minutes to drop in on the Bsky party. Got to sing 2 pop-punk songs from the early aughts, finally meet a bunch of fellow skeeters and YIMBYs, and even saw the Jet's Man. This definitely needs to be a regular thing. Thanks Becky and Joe!
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A foot of fresh powder at White Grass (Canaan Valley, WV). 10/10 would recommend
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Self-loathing urbanists?
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