Howdy, it's donoteat, here for the official AMA because they put me on the Youtube

[u/donoteat1]

Hi everyone, Paradox/Colossal Order put me on the youtube so you can now all see what I look like. I'm not actually 60 years old or a SEPTA token as it turns out...

ask me about

• my series, Franklin

• my other series, Power Politics and Planning

• my assets, about half of which are broken

• urban planning/architecture/policy

• how Matias from Paradox wound up on BBC International when he came around to film the episode

• philadelphia

• unions

• trains

• socialism/anarchism/leftism

• my allergies, which are currently semi-debilitating

• or whatever!

do not ask me about

• workers & resources: soviet republic

[u/donoteat1]

i did a really base-level introduction a while back

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdeirDrinWk

i feel like I need to do a few more detailed deep-dives -- like it seems every platitude on gentrification is just that, a platitude. like "new construction drives up rents" and "new construction drives down rents" are both partially true in different circumstances

i dunno the issue is really complex, and real solutions like citizen-driven planning are generally deemed "impractical" by the powers that be or the plans are simply ignored

[u/MrMaison → u/donoteat1]

Thanks, I missed that one. Watching now.