Archive - The Post-Suburban Future

How to do “Next Increment by Right”

Jun 5 •

Andrew Burleson

May 2025

Streets and Roads

Not interchangeable

May 31 •

Andrew Burleson

The elements of a city

Structures, Conduits, and Interfaces

May 27 •

Andrew Burleson

Rethinking Setbacks

...and other building placement rules.

May 17 •

Andrew Burleson

We don’t need zoning

Cities shouldn’t micromanage their economies

May 13 •

Andrew Burleson

Why do we regulate our cities?

Grounding the discourse in first principles

May 11 •

Andrew Burleson

Why do commercial spaces sit vacant?

Understanding “extend and pretend”

May 3 •

Andrew Burleson

April 2025

Abundant incrementalism

The fastest path to transformative supply

Apr 24 •

Andrew Burleson

On speculation, land value tax, and mantras

An addendum to yesterday's post

Apr 14 •

Andrew Burleson

Big leaps in development tend to stall out

It's hard to keep delivering units after early large-scale projects reset the market

Apr 13 •

Andrew Burleson

What is incremental development?

The past few weeks I’ve been working on a piece about incremental development.

Apr 1 •

Andrew Burleson

March 2025

Reforms for a Housing-Ready city

Sharing the new Strong Towns toolkit

Mar 3 •

Andrew Burleson

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