# Hi from Steve \[St Charles, IL\]

**URL:** <https://community.wikihouse.cc/t/hi-from-steve-st-charles-il/133>\
**Category:** Introduce yourself\
**Created:** [26 October 2022 16:25 UTC](https://community.wikihouse.cc/t/hi-from-steve-st-charles-il/133 "2022-10-26T16:25:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Steve](https://community.wikihouse.cc/user_avatar/community.wikihouse.cc/steve/32/106_2.png) [@Steve](https://community.wikihouse.cc/u/Steve)\
**Post date:** [26 October 2022 16:25 UTC](https://community.wikihouse.cc/t/hi-from-steve-st-charles-il/133/1 "2022-10-26T16:25:46Z")

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Hi, Wikihouse community! I was semi-active on the Slack group but welcome the exodus from that platform.

I’m Steve, an engineer, scientist, and entrepreneur from Ireland living in the US. I immigrated to Chicago in 2020 after grad school in Edinburgh, Scotland. I’m in St Charles, about 40 miles west of Chicago. I am the local leader of the [Strong Towns](https://www.strongtowns.org) chapter here. This group promotes financially strong and resilient development patterns and advocates against the post-war [Suburban Experiment](https://www.strongtowns.org/the-growth-ponzi-scheme). If you are a fan of Not Just Bikes, you’ve undoubtedly heard of Strong Towns.

I’m interested in the densification of suburbia from single-family homes to duplexes, four-plex, and other low-rise styles of housing development. I know that Wikihouse does not do this now, but there may be some solutions we can work together to achieve. I would love to bring the first wikiduplex to my housing market.