Urban Proxima's Greatest Hits: 2025 Edition
An urbanist tasting menu
Lord, has it ever been a year.
Twelve months on and I’ve written a lot of words — many of which y’all weren’t around to read. So, for all of you newer subscribers, I pulled out what I think are my five most interesting posts from earlier in 2025.
These pieces cut across the breadth of my work over the year, so, regardless of what brought you here in the first place, there ought to be something for everyone.
Tasting Notes: My journey to the furthest reaches of the semi-contiguous US
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Tasting Notes: Adventures in city building
You May Also Like: Neighborhood Privatization is no Panacea
Tasting Notes: Lurid tales from when I worked at Lyft
You May Also Like: The Death of a Waymo
Tasting Notes: How I think we cure NIMBYism
You May Also Like: Three Ways Housing Supply Actually Lowers Prices
Tasting Notes: Tech x Urbanism crossover event
You May Also Like: How Hamlet Makes Public Data Useful
Ok, that’s it for the year. Thanks for spending part of 2025 thinking about urbanism with me (and wading through my prose).
I’m looking forward to everything 2026 will bring and, in the meantime, I hope all of you are able spend the remains of this year with the people — and in the places — that you all love the most.