Realtopia - Real Estate for Teens

Real estate. Real conversations. Hosted by a teenager trying to understand the world shes about to inherit. Im Naomi Cohen, and I created Realtopia a real estate podcast for teenagers, by a teenager. What began as a podcast about real estate...

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Episode 15: Nolan Gray (Research Director, California YIMBY) — How Zoning Shapes Cities, Housing, and Belonging
Episode 15
Sunday, 21 June, 2026

What if the reason your neighborhood looks the way it does — who lives there, what gets built, and how expensive it feels — isn't random? In this episode of Realtopia, Naomi sits down with Nolan Gray — city planner, Research Director at California YIMBY, and author of Arbitrary Lines — to unpack the invisible rules shaping our cities. Together, they explore one of the biggest questions facing this generation: if we build more housing, do people actually feel more connected to where they live? In this episode:What zoning really controlsThe ideas behind the YIMBY movementHousing, affordability, and displacementWhether abundance creates belongingRethinking suburbs and neighborhood identityWhat makes a place feel like home