If you’re drawn to Strong Towns, that doesn't tell me a lot about you. I wouldn't dare try to guess your occupation, your age, your partisan leaning, whether your home is 1 or 100 years old, whether it's a house or apartment.

But I'm pretty sure you are someone who cares deeply about a specific place. Probably at times irrationally deeply. You look at the world we've built as human habitat, as something that isn't just the backdrop for our lives but profoundly shapes them for better or worse. And you want the tools and understanding to make sure it's for better.

If you’re drawn to Strong Towns, if what we have to say here is meaningful to you, it's very likely you relate to this pair of statements:

I love the place I live. I fear for the place I live.

I bet you feel an urgency to what we’re doing here. You understand that we need a cultural paradigm shift, and you want to be part of a movement that brings that about. The specifics of your reasons may be as varied as the landscapes of the North American continent, but I’m willing to bet there are more of you than not who relate to that pair of statements above.

We’re growing rapidly—nearly 3,000 members, and millions of annual readers—because the common language we offer is meaningful to people and helpful to them in understanding their place and its issues. But no matter how big we grow, Strong Towns isn't going to offer uniform prescriptions like a model zoning code or development template. Strong Towns is always going to be something that emerges from our members' unique, often-conflicted, and irreplaceable relationships with particular places.

Have a place you love? Have a place you fear for? Have we helped you envision and communicate a better future for that place? Join the movement and help us expose more people to the Strong Towns message.