YIMBY Worldwide starter pack
Creating a multinational YIMBY starter pack to help people connect with new follows and friends
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@philmarfisi.bsky.social
@trufahey.bsky.social
Messaging + strategy for sightline.org. Housing/affordable cities + democracy/elections + climate/energy. Opinions (mostly backed up by research). *Shares/likes =/= endorsements. See my parking = pavement feed.
@yesinwpg.bsky.social
For an affordable and sustainable Winnipeg that grows up, not out.
@rikadamski.bsky.social
Dallas-based Downtown and Neighborhood Planner. I help communities push past planning paralysis and make real progress towards their goals. President of ASH+LIME, www.ashlime.com. Cofounder, Storefront Renaissance League.
@homesforliving.ca
We are a group of community volunteers taking action to make Greater Victoria more affordable for renters & home owners. Join us online & on Discord today! #yyj
@johnrmyers.bsky.social
Director @yimbyalliance.org • Housing and other infrastructure • yimbyalliance.org
@ethangilbert.bsky.social
YIMBY Melbourne Deputy Lead He/him ✉️colead@yimby.melbourne
@rebeccamatthews.bsky.social
Councillor for Wharangi Ward, Te Kaunihera o Pōneke. She/her. Shorter in person, Scottish by marriage. YIMBY.
@wryimby.bsky.social
Waterloo Region Yes in my Backyard, also known as WR YIMBY, is a grassroots community group that urges the cities of Waterloo Region to adjust their zoning to allow for more housing, especially affordable housing. https://www.wryimby.com/
@greater-otautahi.bsky.social
We advocate for more neighbours, better active transport, and better public transport in Ōtautahi Christchurch.
@greaterbrisbane.org
A grassroots urbanist collective building a bigger, fairer and more sustainable Meanjin | Brisbane 🏙️🚌🚲 Let's build more homes where people want to live!
@sydney.yimby.au
Membership-based organisation for housing abundance. http://sydney.yimby.au
@greatercanberra.org.au
A more liveable, sustainable, and affordable Canberra for everyone. Join us ➡️ https://greatercanberra.org/join Authorised by Howard Maclean for Greater Canberra Inc.
@andrew.donnellan.id.au
Fan of Jesus, Linux, PowerPC, Canberra, social democracy, efficient land use, trains. Enemy of RZ1 zoning. Fighting for a better city @greatercanberra.org.au. https://andrew.donnellan.id.au / @ajdlinux / @ajd@ozlabs.house
@ericlombardi.bsky.social
A thoughtful guy in fintech. Champion of progress. YIMBY @moreneighbours Toronto. Writes in @TheHubCanada @TorontoStar 🏳️🌈🇨🇦🌐🏗🏙
@blairscorgie.bsky.social
Husband, father, planner, urban designer, consultant, sessional lecturer, volunteer, author, advocate, and Torontonian. Views are my own. www.scorgieplanning.com.
@saraklind.bsky.social
Co-Executive Director @openplans.org | Transportation, Housing, Walkable Cities.
@scottwiener.bsky.social
CA State Senator, representing San Francisco & northern San Mateo County. Chair, Senate Budget Committee. Passionate about health care, climate, making it easier/faster to build good things like housing, transit, clean energy. Democrat 🏳️🌈✡️🎗️scottwiener.com
@abundanthousingil.bsky.social
We advocate for housing abundance and sustainable, inclusive cities in Illinois. (Formerly Urban Environmentalists Illinois) 🏙️ http://abundanthousingillinois.org
@ravikahlon.bsky.social
BC Minister for Housing and Municipal affairs MLA North Delta Chair, Cabinet Committee on Tariff Response Two-time 🇨🇦 Olympian Coach, Mentor and Proud Dad.
@leospalteholz.bsky.social
Victoria YYJ. I post mostly about 1. Housing advocacy with @homesforliving.ca 2. Housing market https://househuntvictoria.ca 3. Renewables, climate, EVs. Real job in engineering education
@mocomikee.bsky.social
Downtown Silver Spring resident and housing advocate. Trans Rights. Liberal. YIMBY. Supply, Stability, Subsidy. http://www.montgomery4all.org Steering Committee, autistic and it’s fine, views my own. he/him
@joesarling.bsky.social
Strategic Director at @gmmoving.co.uk 🐝 Economist working on #systemchange & prevention in physical activity, health & placemaking ▪ Geeky about devolution, housing, social impact ▪ FRSA ❤️ cycling & running in the Peak District & on Zwift 🚵🏻♂️🏃
@lucagattonicelli.bsky.social
People need purpose Catholic, econ Founder Emeritus YIMBYsOfNoVA.org Helped end SF-only zoning in ARL & ALX, VA lucagattonicelli.substack.com Love thy neighbor
@steffenrusten.bsky.social
The arc of history bends toward upzoning. Let's talk about music and urban development. Politics. Music. Coffee. Erratic hot takes. Occasional sportsball (Arsenal, Phoenix, Stabæk). Currently: working on Te Whare Hangahanga. 🚲🚄🚌🌇🏗️ 🇳🇴 + 🇳
@mottsmith.bsky.social
Co-Founder of Amped Kitchens (http://ampedkitchens.com). Board Chair, Council of Infill Builders. Vice Chair, LA City Small Business Comm. Adjunct prof of Real Estate Dev, USC's Price School. Personal account. Posts are solely mine. Follow ≠ endorsement.
@adamtheo.com
Adam Theo in Arlington, Virginia 👉 adamtheo.com 📃 I run the 'Arlington VA' feed here 🏘️ YIMBYs of NoVA yimbysofnova.org 🚴 County Transportation Commissioner 💼 Corporate Communications & Non-profit Management 🕺 I want to dance like Sam Rockwell
@mikepmoffatt.bsky.social
Co-Host, "Missing Middle". Husband. Father. Brother. Son. Economist. Housing guy. I used to do other stuff.
@jensvb.bsky.social
Data, analysis, visualization, #CensusMapper, transportation cyclist. 📍Vancouver, BC
@metroscapes.ca
Not all those who wander are lost. I explore Metroscapes, where natural and built environments collide. 🌐 https://metroscapes.ca ▶️ https://youtube.com/@metroscapes
@aceckhouse.bsky.social
Sixplex enthusiast. Redwood irredentist. Lake Merritt booster. Erstwhile Prince of Prosciutto. Cities are for people not cars. California is not full. he etc
@aarmlovi.bsky.social
Sr. Housing Analyst @niskanencenter🏗️ | Urban Econ 🌐🔰🚋 | @worksinprogress contributor | @opennyforall member | @yimbytown alum | former @cbcny | Legalize housing. Tax land. End poverty with cash
@stephenjacobsmith.com
Executive director of the Center for Building in North America, stephen@centerforbuilding.org. Personal account. Brooklyn, NY.
@alexbeheshti.bsky.social
Urban Planner and Land Economist. Senior Research Associate at Missing Middle Initiative
@ignorantsapient.bsky.social
🏡 Advocate for housing reform | 👨🏾💻 Tech Bro 🤷🏾♂️ | 💸 Personal Finance Dude 🤑 |🚶♂️ I walk a lot 🏃🏾♂️ | ♥️ busses 🚃, trains 🚂🚃 & Bikes 🚴🏾♂️ | Oui, Je parle français aussi 🥐 🥖🧀 Waterloo, ON, 🇨🇦
@projectend.bsky.social
@carastern.bsky.social
Journalist Obsessed with housing and the ongoing disappearance of the middle class. Co-host for the Missing Middle podcast with Mike Moffatt Former producer for The Agenda with Steve Paikin on TVO
@wrayaj.bsky.social
Research Scientist, The University of Western Ontario. RPP Candidate. Healthy Communities. GIScience. Urban Development. President of Town and Gown Association of Ontario, Board on International TGA.
@sightline.org
Think tank cooking up nonpartisan policy research on housing, democracy, energy, climate, and forests in Cascadia. 🧠🍳 Likes/follows ≠ endorsements. Newsletters: sightline.org/signup
@yimbydenver.bsky.social
Advocating for more people and fewer cars in Denver. Likes and reposts of candidates or elected officials are not endorsements. Become a member of YIMBY Denver at Yimbydenver.org
@derricksimpson.bsky.social
Transportation and Board Chair, Centretown Community Association | Carleton Journalism Grad | Ottawa Urbanism Book Club | Substack: Improving Ottawa
@cwhitzman.bsky.social
Senior housing researcher, University of Toronto School of Cities. Author, “Clara at the Door with a Revolver”(2023), “Home Truths: Fixing Canada’s Housing Crisis” ( 2024).
@chellers.bsky.social
discord mod 💖 megatower megafan 🌆 brick wielding pedestrian 🧱 obnoxious cyclist 🚵♀️ transit lover 🚎 sometimes I drive 🚗 living with my parents 🏡
@sushil.bsky.social
↙️↙️↙️ | techno-optimist | pro-markets & universal programs | liberal | critic of central planning (public or private) | software engineer | 🏗️🌐🧦🇨🇦 🕉️ | FFXIV: Nava Savitra @ Behemoth interests: tech, urbanism, economics, YIMBY, meditation, philosophy, occult
@davethompsonvic.bsky.social
Housing, climate, urbanism, transportation, communities consulting. Also Victoria BC City Councillor, CRD Director. Civil discourse and good governance. Pragmatic progressive. Punkthäuser fan. My own views only. ☄️⏳yyj 🇨🇦
@helenl.bsky.social
development professional working on vibrant, sustainable & inclusive communities pro abundant & affordable housing, bike & bus lanes, & not getting hit by cars 🏡🏢🚎🚲 ❤️| posts & sarcasm my own | Host of podcast urbanismvancouver.com
@itsbilal.bsky.social
Building a great database. Advocating for a better Toronto and more housing. And a lot of things in between.
@ramseyk.bsky.social
Chapter Lead @TONewLibs.bsky.social | Organizer @MoreNeighboursTO.bsky.social | Steering Committee Member @cnliberalism.org | Board Progress and Poverty Institute
@moreneighboursto.bsky.social
Toronto's pro-housing movement. More Neighbours in more neighbourhoods, with access to more jobs, more infrastructure, and more culture than ever before.
@seanfraser.bsky.social
MP / Deputé, Central Nova 🇨🇦 Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship / Ministre de l'Immigration, des Réfugiés et de la Citoyenneté
@dtkmelissa.bsky.social
Passionate about...just about everything! Especially Waterloo Region. 🇨🇦 Author of CitifiedWR blog https://citified.substack.com/ Co-founder of Waterloo Region Yes In My Backyard "Kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight" https://linktr.ee/dtkmelissa
@erikwdv.bsky.social
Bikes, dad jokes, urbanism, and cats. Occasionally beer and baseball. Victoria and Ottawa are home.
@alexbozikovic.bsky.social
Architecture critic @theglobeandmail.com. Also author, University of Toronto Daniels Faculty instructor, husband, father of two city kids. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/authors/alex-bozikovic/
@alerigolon.bsky.social
Associate prof of urban planning. Research on green space equity, green gentrification, climate adaptation, and health equity. Love SLC, my family, and the great outdoors. Opinions (good or bad) are my own 🇮🇹🇺🇸 🌩️👀 rJgnW3igNgz7
@anotherglassbox.bsky.social
Building hater/appreciator out of Toronto. He/they. Hates your neighbourhood’s character, yes, specifically yours.
@betterstreetschicago.org
Chicagoans working together to make our streets better for walking, rolling, bicycling and public transit. 🧑🦼🚶🚲🚌 linktr.ee/betterstreetschicago
@stevelafleur.bsky.social
Research Director, Building New Foundations for Economic Growth program @IRPP. 🇨🇦
@citybeautiful.nebula.tv
Assistant professor, City and Regional Planning, Cal Poly SLO Producer of YT channel City Beautiful
@welcomingneighbors.us
A network of local organizations working to fix the US housing shortage. Our members win pro-housing policy change. We can help you do the same. Also, memes. welcomingneighbors.us
@paulbarter.bsky.social
Training, consulting, writing, podcasting on parking and urban transport. An 🇦🇺ian in 🇸🇬 (since 2000) but a 🌏 focus. Join Parking Reform Network! https://www.reinventingparking.org/
@cafedujord.bsky.social
Housing 🏠 + transit 🚎 + climate 🌎 President: Peninsula Young Democrats Lead Member: Peninsula for Everyone Work: Greenbelt Alliance Good opinions mine, bad opinions someone else's. YIMBY.
@ohtheurbanity.bsky.social
More housing, bikes, and transit. https://youtube.com/@ohtheurbanity 📍 Montreal, Quebec
@fema.monster
i read books, play games, and ride bikes my projects: fema.monster 🏙️Urbanism+ Feed: tinyurl.com/bdzdhc3f 👮Abolition Feed: tinyurl.com/mrn64usc ☕Urbanism+ Donation: tinyurl.com/m5jrmc25 Discord .fema
@shanedphillips.bsky.social
Housing guy. Researcher at UCLA Lewis Center, host of UCLA Housing Voice Podcast, author of The Affordable City, resident of Los Angeles.
@rmtransit.bsky.social
World Traveller - Programmer - Retired YouTuber. Passionate about making the world better. https://cinqpersonnes.substack.com/
@yonahfreemark.com
Transport / Housing / Land Use / Politics / @urbaninstitute.bsky.social / Le progrès ne vaut que s’il est partagé par tous / yonahfreemark.com / thetransportpolitic.com
@cayimby.bsky.social
California YIMBY is a statewide advocacy organization working to pass legislation to end California's housing shortage by empowering and growing the YIMBY movement. Learn more at https://cayimby.org.
@yhdistyminen.bsky.social
🎲 land tax 🔰 weightlifting 🏋️ dadposting 👶 black metal ⚔️
@cnliberalism.org
Liberal, open, and radically pragmatic. Official Bluesky account for the Center for New Liberalism. Become a member at cnliberalism.org/join
@alanthefisher.bsky.social
(he/him/dude) Living in Philly, go birds I also make the Armchair Urbanist series https://linktr.ee/alanthefisher
@maxdubler.com
Posting for California YIMBY about housing, and for myself about skateboarding and cameras. Tradeoffs are real. he/him
@mnolangray.bsky.social
the once and future city planner // legislative director for california yimby // AICP // proud kentuckian // #BBN // buy my book ❤
@nerd4cities.bsky.social
Plangineer (AICP) when I’m at work, alter ego CityNerd when I’m not. New videos on cities and transportation every Wednesday. http://linktr.ee/CityNerd 🐘 @nerd4cities
@samd.bsky.social
https://bettercities.substack.com/ Better cities and transit are possible 🚇 #1 Congestion pricing stan #1 RFK Jr. hater
@jerusalem.bsky.social
yes, like the city | staff writer at The Atlantic | Host of the Good on Paper podcast | she/her
@dieworkwear.bsky.social
Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter. If you have a style question, search: https://dieworkwear.com/ | https://putthison.com/start-here/
@philmarfisi.bsky.social
Sidewalk enthusiast. Other interests: public policy, housing, urbanism, Waterloo Region, Ontario politics, #cdnpoli, Star Trek, music, news media, international relations, and the Oxford comma. Democracy is good, actually.