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Chuck Wolfe's avatar

I was an urbanist, three books about cities, now place-ethereal—but relevant—I promise. https://resurgencejourney.substack.com/

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Ryan Puzycki's avatar

Nice to encounter you here! I'll add you on the update.

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Jeff Fong's avatar

@ other folks I don't already know

We have a private list going of urbanist writers who'll be at Strong Towns, CNU, YimbyTown, Abundance Con, Progress Con, whatever. Intention is to help folks connect IRL.

DM me if you want to be included

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Lloyd Alter's avatar

What a wonderful list! Thank you for this (and for including me!)

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Mary Rowe's avatar

You guys are fantastic

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Ryan Puzycki's avatar

Thanks, Mary!

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Ray Berger's avatar

Wonderful work putting this list together! Before we started Urbanism Now I spent a good number of hours digging around to find great urbanist writers and didn't find anything nearly as comprehensive as this. Subscribed to a few of them today!

It would be appreciated if you could add Urbanism Now (https://urbanismnow.substack.com) to the list. Maria Paula Moreno Vivas and I focus on bringing together the best ideas from around the world to inspire action where you (c)are. It's a bit different than the folks doing deep dives on topics but a niche we were missing and decided to create.

PS: We'll be adding your reading list to your next issue!

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Ryan Puzycki's avatar

Oh, great! Now that I'm back from traveling, I plan to update the list by the weekend with everyone we've found out about since publishing.

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City Observatory's avatar

Terrific list--many old favorites, and some I didn't know. Any chance you can add CityObservatory to this list? Our substack (https://cityobservatory.substack.com/) and website (cityobseratory.org) both provide free commentary on a range of urban issues, including housing, transportation, climate, economic development and equity.

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Ryan Puzycki's avatar

Yes, of course! I plan to update the list by the weekend, now that I'm back from nearly two weeks of travel abroad. Thanks!

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Greg Jordan-Detamore's avatar

Thanks for including me, and found rounding up all of these other folks too!

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Andy DelGiudice's avatar

Thanks for this. A lot of my favorites are on it and I look forward to checking out

some new ones too. Build to Thrive is a great Stack, too 👍🏼👍🏼

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Neighborhood Mom's avatar

Hey there!! I’m new to Substack but have been around the urbanism world for a while. I’m writing a Substack about parenting in cities (with a focus on the Rust Belt) called Neighborhood Mom

https://substack.com/@neighborhoodmom?r=5kajt&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=profile

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Matt Choi's avatar

Thanks for including me (and for vastly expanding my own reading list!).

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H. Pike Oliver's avatar

Thanks for the mention!

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Daniel Heller's avatar

Thanks for mentioning us :)

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Laura Fenton's avatar

SO many great newsletters to check out--thanks for the great list!

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ProFound Insights's avatar

Bummed that I didn't make it to the list yet:

ProFound City Insights: https://profoundinsights.substack.com/

Might be worth looking into. I focus on how urban form changes driver behavior. Turns out, it is, and always has been, about the people, which means there are wide ranging implications in every type of urbanity.

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Ryan Puzycki's avatar

Happy to encounter you now! And I've updated the list with your info. The plan is to keep this "live" going forward.

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ProFound Insights's avatar

You're the best!!!

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Ryan M Allen's avatar

Honored to be on the list with so many great writers! Thank you. 🙏

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Brian Wiesner's avatar

What a great list Ryan & Diana, thanks for putting it together!

I picked up a few new ones I haven't come across yet. My Stack might fall into the Broader Beats section in case you're looking for any additional features :)

https://serendipitylab.substack.com/p/how-important-is-place

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