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The Handbuilt City

@handbuiltcityTracked since May 2026

creating research, analysis, and design in urban planning.

Observed Aug 29, 2026Public earnings
Paid members
14
0% · 30-day rate from 23 observed days
Total audience
20
incl. free followers
Observed monthly earnings
$89
Starting price
$1/mo
6 membership tiers

Where the 20 observed tier members sit

Membership tiers
$030%$130%$225%

Largest observed tier is $0 Free. Tier totals include free-tier members and come from the Aug 29, 2026 public snapshot, so they do not reconcile to the paid-member total.

$0/moFree630% of observed tier members
$1/moSharrow630% of observed tier members
$2/moWalkable Neighborhood525% of observed tier members
$10/moHigh-Speed Rail210% of observed tier members
$50/moShoupista15% of observed tier members
$100/moJane Jacobian00% of observed tier members
Growth signals: The Handbuilt City
0%

14 paid members · 30-day rate from 23 observed days

Membership
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May 202617 weeks trackedNow
The Handbuilt City14 members · $89/mo

The chart only uses The Handbuilt City's observed public history. Comparison peers are listed below, but comparable trend series are not available yet.

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Paid members in Recommended cohort

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The Handbuilt City's paid members rank in Recommended cohort
RankCreator and why includedPaid membersGap vs The Handbuilt CityFreshness
#1
🍓Hanaberin🍓PodcastsCategory, audience, pricing & cadence
14Same valueAug 29, 2026
#1
E. Rowan MenaArtCategory, audience, pricing & cadence
14Same valueAug 29, 2026
#1
The Handbuilt CityProfileWritingPaid members position in Recommended cohort
14ReferenceAug 29, 2026

The rank uses the full fixed cohort. This table shows up to five creators around The Handbuilt City; the coverage summary above still counts everyone.

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Article Latest post$1 tier & upBuild The (Fire) Wall?

It says a lot about the state of the world that we're no longer shocked by the news that an entire city-- or a large portion thereof- has been destroyed by a recent wildfire. But we shouldn't simply wring our hands and say, "wElL, tHaT's tHe nEw nOrMaL!" Because there's nothing a...

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Elevate Your Policy ThinkingI read a hundred pages of technical analysis of elevators and their place in the building code debate so you don't have to. Also, stories from the olden days in Detroit (a.k.a. 2015)...ArticleJul 24, 2024$1 tier & up 0 0RMI Webinar: Industrialized Construction for Affordable HousingMost of you don't actually know what I do for a living! Well, now you can see one of the products of my world-- putting together a webinar o...ArticleJun 11, 2024$1 tier & up 0 0Matterport Tour of Michigan Central!To quote a bit character in the intro of a Joss Whedon episode: "Today is an aspicious [sic] day!" I'm referring, of course, to the first da...ArticleJun 3, 2024$1 tier & up 0 0Let's Fix The Discourse!How can we have productive dialogue about what's going on in Gaza without dehumanizing people, volleying accusations based on terminologies ...ArticleMay 29, 2024$1 tier & up 0 0Dept. of Transportation, Meet The Department of W'sMDOT wanted to widen US-23. Ann Arbor said "no." You'll never guess what happened next! (I'm serious-- once in awhile, advocacy actually wor...ImageMay 24, 2024$1 tier & up 0 0Modular Construction, The Housing Market, And YouHere's a summary of what we've been cooking up over the past few months. Next step? Trying to get a meeting with a single person in the stat...ArticleMay 23, 2024$1 tier & up 0 0Grand Rapids, Rapidly Reforming Zoning?In "articles I never thought I'd write," conservative Michigan is outpacing the more urbanized southeastern portion of the state to push zon...ImageMay 15, 2024$1 tier & up 0 0Detroit's Toy Train Turns 7. What Have We Learned?The QLINE is old enough that it deserves a proper birthday present, writes Patrick Maynard, in the form of an expansion. Don't think we can ...ArticleMay 13, 2024$1 tier & up 0 0Win $5 million! No, seriously.NREL and the DOE are soliciting proposals for a prize competition that will award a portion of millions of dollars for winning ideas in work...ArticleApr 19, 2024$1 tier & up 0 0Minnesota-Bound!I don't know what they want me to put here. Patreon, you ask so much of me...ArticleApr 11, 2024$1 tier & up 0 0Frickin' Scooters!It's nice to be vindicated by academic research, but I'm still bummed at how much hate there is toward micromobility. I guess there's hate f...ArticleFeb 2, 2024$1 tier & up 0 0
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