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Dan Kassik

@dankassik.bsky.social
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City Planner | Form Based Advocate | Downtown Revitalization | Affordable Housing | Opinions are my own

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Dan Kassik @dankassik.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
ACU's are a great option for neighborhoods. Like an ADU just in a commercial context. Our zoning code has provisions for ACU's, the only city in Oklahoma that has such allowances. www.facebook.com/share/p/1Fcx...
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Dan Kassik @dankassik.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Both have the same density but Development B maintains the character of the neighborhood and provides greater livabilty. We need to look past density and concentrate on design and character.
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Dan Kassik @dankassik.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Density isn't the enemy. Its all about design. Take a traditional neighborhood and building 6 units on the same size lot. Development A is a 3 story (2 units per floor) building. Development B is a cottage court with 6 individual units.
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Dan Kassik @dankassik.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
The largest and most dangerous addiction in the U.S.? Car dependency. The only disease that affects all citizens. Its the one disease that has a cure yet no one wants to acknowledge it.
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Dan Kassik @dankassik.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Making housing more affordable is simple, build more homes and ensure there is a diversity of options amongst the new homes. A 50 year mortgage is one of the worst ideas as it will actually increase the cost of a home. Like 6 year car loans. We need to focus on actual solutions.
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Dan Kassik @dankassik.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
It really is this simple
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
You can be a “car guy” and not like car dependency. You can be a “car guy” and get that too many cars in cities is bad for everyone, including drivers. You can be a “car guy” and be tired of lies & manipulations like “the war on cars.” You can be a “car guy” and know more choice means more freedom.
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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 01/09/2025
The guy who tariffed lumber, who is trying to deport the construction workforce, and who campaigned on his opposition to Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing does not actually care about bringing down housing prices.
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Dan Kassik @dankassik.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
How to say your government hates you without saying your government hates you. abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
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Trump wants to ax an affordable housing grant that's a lifeline for many rural communities
President Donald Trump and House Republicans want to cut new funding for a housing grant that many rural areas rely on to help fund affordable housing
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Dan Kassik @dankassik.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Too many cities are focused on how to increase revenues to cover costs. A better option is to look at ways to reduce or prevent higher costs. Less road widening, less expansion of infrastructure, vertical development vs. horizontal, etc.
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Dan Kassik @dankassik.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
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Dan Kassik @dankassik.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Historic Preservation causes economic stagnation.
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Dan Kassik @dankassik.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
AMEN!!!!
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Dan Kassik @dankassik.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
In my area people are excited for this development. All I see is acres of parking and the inefficient use of land. Sprawl kills.
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Dan Kassik @dankassik.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
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Dan Kassik @dankassik.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Land use decisions are the same as Newton's 3rd Law. "For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction." This is why decisions need to be made to ensure the "opposite reaction" is not more impactful that the main decision. Urban sprawl is an opposite reaction.
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Dan Kassik @dankassik.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Alot of truth in this statement.
Everyone gets a house
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Dan Kassik @dankassik.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Yes indeed, took me 4 years to get our zoning code updated but 2 years was the code sitting on the city managers desk because he did not want to deal with it. Cities are their own worst enemies.
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Dan Kassik @dankassik.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
This all resulted because of land use segregation. Definately need more of this type of use www.cnu.org/publicsquare...
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Reviving neighborhood stores
Neighborhoods used to be full of local businesses, but they have dwindled over the past century. Maybe it’s time to figure out how to make neighborhoods business-friendly again.
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Dan Kassik @dankassik.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Housing availability and affordability in and around a downtown are a huge indirect economic benefit. This also assumes the built environment is enhanced to allow for safe and convenient travel of all forms of mobility. mainstreet.org/the-latest/n...
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Insights, Reflections, and What's Next with the BOOMS Tracker
Data from the past year and updates on our building inventory tool, the Building Opportunities on Main Street Tracker
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Dan Kassik @dankassik.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
If there was ever something that sums up my ideals as a planner, this is it!!!
5 Ways Urban Planners Can Reflect A Higher Calling In Their Work
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Dan Kassik @dankassik.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
In most cities economic development has been a failure due to a lack of housing. Cities are still recruiting industry that will create jobs that pay $17 to $20 an hour and expect those employees to afford $400,000+ homes.
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Dan Kassik @dankassik.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Kuddos to Montana!!
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Dan Kassik @dankassik.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
And yet we keep spending money on building more roads. Insanity.
Unsafe roads
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Dan Kassik @dankassik.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Fact!!!
Everything looks like a conspiracy when you din't know how anything  works.
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Dan Kassik @dankassik.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
The building is currently being renovated. We have an entire downtown of these type of buildings. Thank you for sharing!
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Dan Kassik @dankassik.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
New duplexes just about finished. 12 units.
New duplexesNew duplexes
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Dan Kassik @dankassik.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
And this is why cities have design standards. We need to stop building strictly for cars.
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Dan Kassik @dankassik.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
At what point do people realize that the amount of homes on the market that are not selling are a result of high cost and homes people do not want. Homes that meet the needs of most people are selling well. Large single family homes on large lots are not desirable.
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Dan Kassik @dankassik.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
I am amazed at how many people fall into category 1.
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Dan Kassik @dankassik.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Nice article about Tulsa. What America Can Learn From Tulsa washingtonmonthly.com/2025/03/23/w...
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What America Can Learn From Tulsa | Washington Monthly
Tulsa is a boomtown, again. In Oklahoma’s second-largest city, a new vision of economic development is being born.
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Dan Kassik @dankassik.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Just got done reading this book. Highly recommend. Very intuitive and a great understanding of our issues as a country.
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Dan Kassik @dankassik.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Creating more of the same sprawling single family housing on public land is not going to do anything to help housing affordability. Land is not the issue, lack of density is! www.themeateater.com/conservation...
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The Government Wants to Turn Public Land into ‘Affordable Housing’
“Federal Land Can Be Home Sweet Home,” at least according to some of the country’s top brass. Earlier this week, Secretary of Interior Doug Burgum and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Scott ...
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Dan Kassik @dankassik.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
A short history of traffic engineering
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Dan Kassik @dankassik.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Good read. www.cnu.org/publicsquare...
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For housing, the medium is the street
We need street network reform, not just housing, to create abundant, thriving, healthy communities.
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Dan Kassik @dankassik.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
The U.S. not in the Top 10, shocking. We need to do better
Top 10 Countries with social purpose
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Dan Kassik @dankassik.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Agreed. I have said zoning is 40% of the issue. Lending institutions are 20%, building codes 20% and home builders 20%. Until we get that 60% in line, zoning will only show moderate improvements
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Dan Kassik @dankassik.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Three of the most important fundamental aspects of a society to ensure to a good quality of life. Education Housing Health Care Land use is an intregal part of this equation. These are also the areas we fail at most in our country
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Dan Kassik @dankassik.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Walkability isn’t just a nice-to-have—it’s essential for livability, sustainability, and stronger social ties.
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Dan Kassik @dankassik.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Step in the right direction www.cnu.org/publicsquare...
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Single stairs do not put residents at risk
A new study of multifamily buildings shows that those with a single stairwell are just as safe as those with two sets of stairs. This could be a key to more infill, missing middle housing.
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Dan Kassik @dankassik.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Why did the chicken cross the road?
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Dan Kassik @dankassik.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
I commend the intent, but I do not think adding more housing restrictions will provide the intended results. Simply amending regulations that are a impediment to housing diversity is a much better strategy boulderreportinglab.org/2025/02/27/b...
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Boulder County may set permanent limits on big home builds
The proposal aims to curb the size of homes in unincorporated Boulder County. It is likely to face opposition from businesses and homeowners.
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Dan Kassik @dankassik.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
What the hell is going on!!!! Our country already has housing issues, now this!!!
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Dan Kassik @dankassik.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Still holding true as reports continue to state more homes on the market. Plus, more homes are on the market but the prices have not dropped.
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Dan Kassik @dankassik.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Imagine if this was proposed anywhere in the U.S.
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Dan Kassik @dankassik.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Its sad that the context in this album are as relevent today as they were 20 years.
Green Day american idiot album cover
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Dan Kassik @dankassik.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Only caring about your own property rights is exactly how you lose progress.
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Dan Kassik @dankassik.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
This is a point I talk about often but is overlooked in the housing affordability discussion.
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Dan Kassik @dankassik.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Most of society does not understand this point!
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Dan Kassik @dankassik.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Citizens at zoning hearing: "We have concerns about high-density housing, increased traffic, strain on infrastructure, and impacts on property values" Same citizens talking to their elected officials: "housing costs so much, my kids can't afford a place to live, the city needs to do something"
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