01 / We're all urbanists / with Nathan Allebach

Nathan Allebach - TikTok urbanist, Strong Towns storyteller, walkable cities enthusiast, Creative Director at Allebach Communications, The Steak-umm Guy, and Scott Galloway's favorite Instagram follow (potentially) - joins the first episode of the show to ignite the good traffic conversation. We discuss: The rise of urbanism in popular culture thanks to a pandemic-provoked introduction, suburban kids landlocked at home, and TikTok. Hyper-localizing a walkable lifestyle in car-dominated cities. The economics of car ownership, and the math that could support escaping it. Financial freedom by going car-free or car-lite. Americans' obsession with Disneyland and other walkable vacation destinations, but fear of building walkable neighborhoods near them. Philadelphia's streetcar suburbs, from the view of a lifelong resident. Political hobbyism, and why urban planning is such a popular space to become obsessed with. NIMBYs are doing their thing... again... and again... and again... The Scott Galloway fan club. Explore further: Strong Towns - https://www.strongtowns.org/ Nathan's walkable cities shop - https://the-allebach-market.creator-spring.com/ Connecting with Nathan: On Twitter (X) - https://twitter.com/nathanallebach?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor On TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@nathanallebach On Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nathanallebach/?hl=en Connecting with me: On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbiehl/ On TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@citiesforpeople On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradbiehl/