Denton Transit Posts

06/20/2025

Although I've moved, I'll be back at some point with an "I told you so." I hope it's a good "I told you so."

For those who haven’t heard, I’ve moved to Chicago in order to be somewhere safer than Texas for transgender people (yay getting internally…

06/19/2025

On why big developers are not usually YIMBYs

06/03/2025

This is what a population density 20x that of Denton sounds like at night. Every morning I wake up to bird song.

Ignore that air compressor that kicked on for the first few seconds

06/01/2025

> I move out
> The mayor, who I don't think had once correctly pronounced my name the entire 3 years I was active in Denton doesn't declare pride month

Hey Mr mayor, tacking hard MAGA isn't gonna win you your primary and *will* hurt your neighbors. This is beta male behavior, to borrow a regrettable vernacular you recently tapped into.

05/31/2025

I'm in Chicago now. Fun game: how many different ways is this apartment building illegal in Denton?

05/27/2025

I don’t recognize anyone in my neighborhood anymore! Why do the kids I used to know seem to grow taller, look older, and move away? I need every political candidate to clarify their position on the passage of linear time.

It wasn’t always like this. I moved to this city as a wide-eyed twenty-year-old, ready to take on the world with energetic abandon. Now, I’m no longer twenty years old. Something really has changed with this city.

Growth is inevitable, and growth can be good! Let’s focus on consistent growth all the way up to two stories. We can even expand the idea of a city, and by expand, I mean twist and choke the idea of a city until it’s a suburb.

We can’t do it alone. We need bold leadership that courageously pushes our city to remain trapped in historical amber.

I’ve lived in this city for decades, but I’m noticing more and more problems. There’s crowding, congestion, changing people, tall buildings, and th...

05/25/2025

Thank God.

05/25/2025

Hey y'all. I'm moving this week.

When the national elections came down last year it started a timer for me. I love Denton, I love the folks here. I've massively enjoyed being involved here in the ways I have, and I can brag quite a bit about all the things I've participated in. I participated in efforts to get $5M extra on that affordable housing bond and $5M budgeted for sidewalk on that incredibly dangerous section of McKinney. I'd love nothing more than to keep doing that.

Unfortunately, the national elections happened. And I'm a transgender woman. At this point I'm scared to legally change my name in this state because they might confiscate my ID, there's a whole slew of anti-trans legislation headed through the state house/senate this cycle, and I'm sure it will only continue to get worse. Unfortunately, I'm out.

For everyone staying who's appreciated the time and effort I've put into fighting for affordable housing, safer streets, and progressive causes, id encourage you to do what you can moving forwards

- D3 runoff starts this week. Go vote for Suzi Rumohr if you live in D3, and get your friends to do the same

- get involved with Bike Denton or Stronger Denton, they're some of the smartest folks in the city on city issues

- keep an eye on city council, school board, or DCTA

- Tell your friends and neighbors what's going on

In a week or so, I'll be handing off my various social media accounts to a friend who's reasonably aligned with me on the issues. Live tweeting government, summarizing stuff, figuring out how to explain things is all actually more difficult than it seems, so be nice to them as they get up to speed.

Don't worry, I'll delete all your DMs. I have a few articles still to post over on my medium, and I'll handoff my rent archive stuff to a UNT prof.

If you'd like to help support my move, I have a GoFundMe up: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-kristine-move-to-a-town-with-trains-and-human-rights

Thanks everyone for being interested in all the nerdy little bits of city government that I like talking about, and I wish y'all luck. I hope in 10 years I come back to a Denton with lots of cheap rent, safe streets, tons of buses, and a very cool and q***r arts scene.

Help me move to Chicago!! I gave Denton my all, but th… Kristine Bray needs your support for Help Kristine Move to a City With Trains and Human Rights

05/19/2025

Is it a bubble, or is it a market that is fundamentally increasing in cost but also has cycles?

Cause for the last 5 decades, every high has been higher and every low has also been higher.

So probably not *just* a bubble.

05/17/2025

If you look at communities in Denton that historically had some characteristic - Black, Hispanic, or working class - and then look at census data, you'll see Denton communities are being destroyed.

Not by development, which adds more housing, but by a lack of development. With little or no new housing, homes get bid up out of reach of the community that calls the place home.

I wrote a little about home flipping in South East Denton on my medium, and the video below is a good watch too.

This is how zoning laws can drastically affect home pricing. If we want housing prices to drop, we need to take steps that allow for more home types to be bu...

05/16/2025

Los Angeles could largely solve its $1B budget crisis by allowing more housing near mass transit. Denton is raising services and utility costs while also cutting back on services...

So first we just have to get actually useable mass transit.

Our high-level analysis shows how restrictive, exclusionary zoning has accentuated the City’s financial crisis, and how targeting upzoning could help balance budgets. Senate Bill 79 would create capacity to grow the City of LA’s annual property tax income by nearly $1 billion.

05/09/2025

It's so funny that you can just trace the housing shortage to English law