Archive - New Athens

New Athens: The backstory

Bureaucratic holy war, hysterical communist lunatics, what the Amish know, the youths and their pitchforks, and San Francsico falling into the ocean…

Jul 9 • Jackson Solway

February 2026

Jackson's Scratchpad #1

Small ideas and points of note from the road to founding New Athens

Feb 17 • Jackson Solway

"What a shithole." Comments, questions, and feedback (and my responses) from the 48 hours since we launched New Athens

It's been a wild couple days.

Feb 13 • Jackson Solway

Not a Manifesto

Today we're launching the effort to build New Athens, the first great American city for families

Feb 10 • Jackson Solway

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