Hi I'm Drew! I use he/him pronouns and I am a first year at Haverford. I'm interested in either Cities, Political Science or some combination of the two. I am a rower and I plan to continue on Haverford's club team. In my free time I do graphic design work. I am very interested in urban policy, especially around housing, but I also find the sociological and design implications of cities fascinating.
I've lived my whole life in a small town called Haddonfield, New Jersey. It's like 20 minutes from Center City Philadelphia. I think Haddonfield is very good for a suburb, because it is relatively dense and compact and built on a grid. I think this is due to its age and that it predated the cul-de-sac centered planning philosophy that accompanied later periods of suburbanization. It makes it very walkable. However, it still has many of the problems suburbs do, especially in regard to segregation. Haddonfield, despite its Quaker roots and involvement in the underground railroad, is almost entirely white. It's an expensive place to live, and residents, despite claiming to support affordability, have killed off many of the recent affordable housing proposals.