Multifamily investor. Data @HubSpot. Formerly ran content for @noahkagan and @ryanserhant. I talk (a lot) about walkable cities.
Bellingham, WA / Ucluelet, BC
Joined May 2020
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Gabriel Hamilton retweeted
And then the monkeys would starve because they’d realize there weren’t actually 1 trillion bananas, but only the promise of 1 trillion bananas that could be produced by a special banana tree that only the dead monkey knew how to grow.
Gabriel Hamilton retweeted
It's ironic that Americans travel to Europe to enjoy the cities they've made illegal to build.
Somewhere along the way we traded utility for space and stripped ourselves of community, proximity, and beauty in the process. We gave up the things that made our places great. - @GabrielsNotes
Gabriel Hamilton retweeted
What's the best looking planned community in the US?
I'd nominate- Alys Beach. Nothing else looks like this.
Why? Because there are hard rules:
Gabriel Hamilton retweeted
It's ironic that Americans travel to Europe to enjoy the cities they've made illegal to build.
Somewhere along the way we traded utility for space and stripped ourselves of community, proximity, and beauty in the process. We gave up the things that made our places great.
Gabriel Hamilton retweeted
New York's West Village is one of the most beloved neighborhoods in America. But it's also one of the most controversial.
As a home to celebrities and billionaires, average rents are nearly $5,000.
Here's why it's so in-demand:
Gabriel Hamilton retweeted
New York's Upper West Side gets a lot of shade for being big and loud.
But, damn, is it also charming.
Here are 5 reasons why it's one of NYC's best areas:
Gabriel Hamilton retweeted
Legalize corner cafes again
Legalize mixed use buildings again
Legalize mid-rise apartments again
Legalize duplexes and triplexes again
Gabriel Hamilton retweeted
"A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. It's where the rich use public transportation."
—@EnriquePenalosa
Gabriel Hamilton retweeted
The idea is not to build cities without vehicles (few cities have ever had zero vehicles), but a city where most of the population can live comfortably and happily without vehicles for most of their daily lives.
Gabriel Hamilton retweeted
I made a list. There's remarkably little good literature on such a hugely important subject.
Gabriel Hamilton retweeted
Places like this are what make European urbanism so enchanting.
Built in partnership with the natural terrain, not at odds with it. Almost as if it were created alongside the Earth itself.
Centuripe, Italy • Est 5c BCE • Pop 5,416
Gabriel Hamilton retweeted
Among many other things, this video demonstrates to me that the rent/value for apartments in TRULY walkable cities and neighborhoods is much higher.
Gabriel Hamilton retweeted
Like, this is very far from my favorite form of housing development, but by God I will take it over a homelessness epidemic any day of the week.
Gabriel Hamilton retweeted
Create streets with fine vistas and safe, happy people.
(This also shows the revolution in street design underway across France: redesigning streets to be both more elegant and to put people first).
Gabriel Hamilton retweeted
Maybe, but there are direct relationships between density, greenery, walkability, mix of use and quality of life
Most of the cities with great quality of life look very different from the photos above
