Charles Marohn

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3. Big "Strong Town" Developer (?)

It's a really difficult question because the competitive advantage of being big is that you are squeeze out efficiencies by working at scale, by standardizing the approach and making the complex me...

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• May 03, 2021 05:19
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3. #dothemath

Any thoughts? Yes! It is important for a community to general wealth and productivity regardless of the form of taxation. From a pure numbers standpoint, the goal should be to generate the greatest...

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• February 28, 2021 05:05
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3. Can suburbs sustainably opt for high taxes instead of suburban infill?

I love this question. Here are my thoughts. https://www.loom.com/share/1730881a5c614c7eb09f3964be55d160?sid=147a0a5a-5e05-4c75-b48f-e59262968569

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• September 11, 2023 21:25
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3. upzoning to raise property taxes, but development stymied by covenants

You're demonstrating why I'm not a fan of restrictive covenants nor dramatic upzonings. This situation seems like bad policy decision meets bad policy decision. I don't see a simple or even logical...

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• February 07, 2023 02:36
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3. Upzoning and city infrastructure costs

Obviously, this is a block-by-block kind of determination, but if the macro argument is being made that this will stress existing infrastructure, I find that to be largely off the mark. Almost all ...

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• January 16, 2023 00:07
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3. strong town math

There's a lot here. Let me try and answer two of your questions. Do you believe that each homeowner should only pay for streets on which they drive? This is the inverse of the question I think yo...

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• November 21, 2022 01:54
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3. Expanded I-94 freeway in Milwaukee

I'm not sure. In Minnesota, we have a process called Municipal Consent. This is only required when the highway is changed -- more lanes, added right-of-way, etc... -- and that creates a little game...

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• November 16, 2022 04:44
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3. Trying to get traction for expanding a passenger rail line

For clarity, Michael -- what is the underlying problem you are trying to address? Why is passenger rail the solution to that struggle? How did you come to that conclusion? Passenger rail is delight...

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• November 16, 2022 02:00
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3. Ramsey County Redevelopment Help (Maplewood,

Yeah, great assist, Rodney.  Troy.... my gut reaction is: Do you really need to develop here?  I get the need to do something with the correctional facility -- those kind of large facilities are di...

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• Edited June 06, 2022 21:55
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3. "Ghosts of the Past" Project Bloomington, IL

Wow, this is great work. Very compelling.

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• June 06, 2022 21:46
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