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12,753 stories · 107 in 30 days · Updated Sep 28, 2026

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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

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20261,084 stories
Most people prefer traditional architecture↗ worksinprogress.news · HN · 385 comments · 372 points · Sep 14, 2026
The Tower Keeps Rising↗ lucumr.pocoo.org · HN · 269 comments · 558 points · Jul 14, 2026
The real cost of owning a home↗ ericturner.dev · HN · 866 comments · 441 points · May 26, 2026
Austin’s surge of new housing construction drove down rents↗ pew.org · HN · 999 comments · 815 points · Mar 19, 2026
US will ban Wall Street investors from buying single-family homes↗ reuters.com · HN · 1140 comments · 1052 points · Jan 07, 2026
20251,473 stories
Bring bathroom doors back to hotels↗ bringbackdoors.com · HN · 673 comments · 804 points · Nov 26, 2025
The anti-abundance critique on housing is wrong↗ derekthompson.org · HN · 791 comments · 518 points · Jul 31, 2025
How to live on $432 a month in America↗ shagbark.substack.com · HN · 731 comments · 526 points · May 23, 2025
The Barbican↗ arslan.io · HN · 256 comments · 728 points · May 12, 2025
Stoop Coffee: A simple idea transformed my neighborhood↗ supernuclear.substack.com · HN · 498 comments · 1652 points · Mar 25, 2025
20241,950 stories
We built the city of Colombo in Cities:Skylines↗ github.com · HN · 183 comments · 511 points · Sep 01, 2024
A Swiss town banned billboards. Zurich, Bern may soon follow↗ bloomberg.com · HN · 590 comments · 671 points · Jul 26, 2024
Local First, Forever↗ tonsky.me · HN · 280 comments · 689 points · Jun 25, 2024
Priced out of home ownership↗ bbc.co.uk · HN · 1245 comments · 530 points · May 27, 2024
Why are most sofas so bad?↗ dwell.com · HN · 739 comments · 783 points · Mar 14, 2024
20232,141 stories
2nd City Zoning↗ secondcityzoning.org · HN · 107 comments · 228 points · Dec 27, 2023
Find out who owns a nursing home with our Nursing Home Inspect tool↗ propublica.org · HN · 85 comments · 308 points · Dec 21, 2023
US homelessness up 12% from 2022, hits highest level since 2007↗ blobstreaming.org · HN · 279 comments · 156 points · Dec 21, 2023
How to lose $950 quickly on Airbnb↗ chriskiehl.com · HN · 129 comments · 190 points · Mar 05, 2023
CA Cities to Lose All Zoning Powers in 2 Days↗ darrellowens.substack.com · HN · 165 comments · 193 points · Jan 31, 2023
20222,090 stories
Understanding Jane Street↗ thediff.co · HN · 374 comments · 671 points · Aug 02, 2022
Kitsault, Canada’s $50M 1980s ghost town↗ justinmcelroy.com · HN · 186 comments · 540 points · Jul 29, 2022
Cities should not pay for new stadiums↗ sites.lsa.umich.edu · HN · 565 comments · 596 points · Mar 15, 2022
City Generator↗ watabou.github.io · HN · 52 comments · 1211 points · Feb 14, 2022
How to design a house to last 1000 years↗ constructionphysics.substack.com · HN · 391 comments · 594 points · Jan 05, 2022
20212,007 stories
Dutch cities want to ban property investors in all neighborhoods↗ nltimes.nl · HN · 579 comments · 606 points · Sep 05, 2021
My House↗ carltheperson.com · HN · 230 comments · 633 points · Aug 31, 2021
Culdesac Tempe: The first car-free neighborhood built from scratch in the US↗ culdesac.com · HN · 365 comments · 597 points · Aug 10, 2021
We replaced rental brokers with software and filled 200 vacant apartments↗ caretaker.com · HN · 577 comments · 818 points · Jul 08, 2021
If you sell a house these days, the buyer might be a pension fund↗ wsj.com · HN · 1082 comments · 671 points · Jun 09, 2021
20202,008 stories
The Airbnbs↗ blog.ycombinator.com · HN · 494 comments · 623 points · Dec 10, 2020
Helsinki Relocation Package: City as a Service↗ helsinkibusinesshub.fi · HN · 599 comments · 701 points · Nov 06, 2020
When you type realty.com into Safari it takes you to realtor.com↗ facebook.com · HN · 425 comments · 1039 points · Jun 25, 2020
It’s Time to Build↗ a16z.com · HN · 1008 comments · 1820 points · Apr 18, 2020
What are those grids of glass in the sidewalk and why are they purple?↗ kqed.org · HN · 116 comments · 803 points · Jan 03, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

Most people prefer traditional architecture↗ worksinprogress.news · HN · 385 comments · 372 points · Sep 14, 2026
The American Religion of Self-Storage Facilities↗ newyorker.com · HN · 455 comments · 282 points · Sep 17, 2026
Watch Los Angeles get built, one building at a time (1880–2026)↗ lax-skyline.parcelscope.net · HN · 183 comments · 342 points · Sep 07, 2026
One Minute Park↗ oneminutepark.tv · HN · 7 comments · 76 points · Sep 20, 2026
Seattle Bans Rental Junk Fees↗ multifamilydive.com · HN · 173 comments · 70 points · Sep 21, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

Most people prefer traditional architecture↗ worksinprogress.news · HN · 385 comments · 372 points · Sep 14, 2026
Watch Los Angeles get built, one building at a time (1880–2026)↗ lax-skyline.parcelscope.net · HN · 183 comments · 342 points · Sep 07, 2026
The American Religion of Self-Storage Facilities↗ newyorker.com · HN · 455 comments · 282 points · Sep 17, 2026
Elevator of the Year: Modernization of the Metropolis Trust Building↗ starelevator.com · HN · 56 comments · 159 points · Sep 01, 2026
One Minute Park↗ oneminutepark.tv · HN · 7 comments · 76 points · Sep 20, 2026
Seattle Bans Rental Junk Fees↗ multifamilydive.com · HN · 173 comments · 70 points · Sep 21, 2026
What Capital Never Told You About Rent↗ humansontheloop.com · HN · 46 comments · 58 points · Sep 22, 2026
What's within a 10-minute walk in 50 European cities↗ strado.info · HN · 18 comments · 50 points · Sep 01, 2026
Show HN: HomeCat – Design your backyard office↗ myhomecat.com · HN · 24 comments · 42 points · Sep 07, 2026
Airbnb Preventing the Use of BnB↗ theguardian.com · HN · 9 comments · 40 points · Sep 14, 2026

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