A video article covering some of the complications that come from converting empty offices into usable apartments.

Fairly interesting overview of what's become the "trendy" home decor style from things like HGTV and design magazines, as well a quick look at some other style trends we've gone through.

The article is about a kind of niche problem that I hadn't ever considered before, appraisals for buildings in rural areas are either low because there are less people who might want them (especially for specialized new commerical construction) while building costs keep rising OR the price of land in touristy areas is so high no one can afford to buy for local businesses. Either way, it complicates actually growing or starting businesses in those places.

WSJ tends to have a paywall, so feel free to use https://archive.ph/ if you don't already have a preferred way of bypassing that.

Not at all to say the net balance on the pros/cons for decriminalization has tipped, especially since one of the main points the article mentions is that the funding that was supposed to social services and rehabilitation programs that went hand in hand with decriminalization has absolutely cratered over the last decade, but flubbing the execution on programs like this is why they don't catch on more and one of the main (and to be fair valid) points of contention about spreading ideas like this further.