I’m the founder and president of Strong Towns, a North American movement dedicated to helping our cities, towns, and neighborhoods become financially strong and resilient.
I’ve written three non-fiction books, all published by Wiley & Sons:
Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity
Confessions of a Recovering Engineer: Transportation for a Strong Town
Escaping the Housing Trap: The Strong Towns Response to the Housing Crisis (National Bestseller)
Book 4 in the series is in the works. Look for that in 2026.
This substack originally focused on my fictional writing, which Strong Towns publishes under the pseudonym Hamilton Ludwig (so it doesn’t get mixed up with my other work there). It’s primarily for fun, but I also do hope to help people appreciate the very human drama that shapes our cities.
I’ll also now be publishing my regular weekly column here, along with occasional bonus articles. You can also look for some of the foundational posts of the Strong Towns movement, stuff I’ve written since I started a blog in 2008, which I’m going to sprinkle in as we go.
You can follow me in all the normal places. More importantly, follow Strong Towns (www.strongtowns.org) where we share articles and podcasts from a variety of contributors about how to make your community stronger, more prosperous, and a better place to live. The conversation there inspires a movement that is reshaping how Americans think about the places they live and — most importantly — what they can do to make things better.
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