Strong Towns Lingo

At Strong Towns, we value transparency, clarity, and accessibility. That means we try to avoid jargon as much as possible, but there are a few phrases that crop up in our writing and speaking now and again that we wanted to make sure are clearly defined. 

Whether you're new to Strong Towns or you've been with us for years, we hope you'll find these definitions to be a helpful reference when reading our posts and listening to our podcast.

Read definitions and terms in the Strong Towns glossary.

Here are a few articles explaining the language we intentionally don't use, too: 

• "Please, I'm Not a Smart Growth Advocate"
• "The Density Question"
• "Sprawl Is Not the Problem"
• "Is Strong Towns the Same as Sprawl Repair?"
• "What is Blight?"
• "Is This Development 'Out of Scale'?"
• "17 Head-Scratcher Housing Terms, Defined"
• "12 Ideas That Embody How Strong Towns Advocates Think"