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Why Most People Drive when They Could Take Transit

One of the most popular terms in planning is “automobile dependence”. The premise asserts that most people in most places in the United...

Finding the Unicorn: The Quest for America's Most Balanced City

What's would make the perfect city? It would be: Culturally rich, with top education institutions, medical centers, Fortune 500...

Which US Cities Have the Biggest Downtowns?

Among its many inventions, one of America's most interesting gifts to the rest of the world was its invention of the modern maga-city...

The South's Big Cities Moment

Originally published on New Geography 2017's tragic events in Charlottesville kickstarted a somber debate about the appropriate way to...

Rob Manfred's Bullying Response to Congress Was an Indefensible Offense to American Small Towns

MLB's bullying response to a Congressional statement defending small communities may be the worst, most callous, and most anti-baseball...

America Has the Most Affordable Housing in the World

Housing affordability continues to be one of the chief drivers of economic growth in America, with a lower cost of housing freeing up...

The Death of the Manhattan Airport Foundation Should Inspire New York City's Leaders to Be More

2020 brought with it a devastating setback for one of the most ambitious public works campaigns in the history of the country. As of...

Reflections on the Rahm Emmanuel Era in Chicago as the Lori Lightfoot Era Begins

Originally published in New Geography The City of Broad Shoulders may have two faces, but how will it age? This was the essence of the...

Ranking the Cities With the Greatest National Appeal to College Graduates

In 2018 the Wall Street Journal published this piece that examined where graduates from top colleges move after they finish college. It...

What the Midwest Can Learn From the Middle East

Originally published in 2016 on RealClearPolicy Why is Saudi Arabia suddenly the pit stop of choice for an impressive laundry list of...

Should Charlotte and Portland Bet Big On Major League Baseball?

While it's unclear exactly when baseball will expand next, robust conversations in Charlotte and Portland have crowned those cities the...

Cincinnati at 500,000: Growing the Queen City Larger and Stronger

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Poll: America's Urban Identities

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Capital Frontiers' 2019 "Best Of" American Urbanism

Downtown Asheville, North Carolina: One of the best vacation destinations in the United States, Asheville features a hilly downtown with...

America Sings the Small Town Blues

While New York City may symbolize the American Dream, Norman Rockwell and the American small town still epitomizes the country’s spirit....

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