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Our Oil Supply is Virtually Infinite - and Oil is Our Greatest Renewable Resource
Thanks to emerging oil technologies, the era of energy as a tool for political manipulation is over – thus ending an era that commenced...
Saudi Arabia's NEOM is Breeding a New City Built Around Genetic Engineering
Cities for people or people for cities? An unlikely marriage between city planning and gene modification is reinventing the future city....
Drink Like a Major Leaguer: Which Washington Nationals Have the Best Taste in Alcohol?
During the height of the COVID-19 quarantine, the Washington Nationals, their coaches, and a few ex-members got together to celebrate...
How to Plan Cities in the Age of COVID-19: Part One
By Roger Weber This will be the first part of a series in as many parts as it takes me to sort out some thoughts on how city planning can...
How Do You Build a New City? Eight Steps to Realizing a Sustainable Metropolis
So you've got some land and want to build a new city? Or maybe you just know you want to build a city, but you don't have the land yet....
KAEC vs. NEOM: Inside the Development War Between Saudi Arabia's Sibling New Cities
As one of the most conservative countries on earth takes on the 21st century, a pair of government-initiated new cities are among its...
Meet the Major League Baseball Commissioner: Marie Antoinette
As baseball hemorrhages fans amid record profits for the sport, MLB’s senior level central management seem determined to quicken its...
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...
The 2019 Nationals Beat the Toughest Competition to Win the 2nd-Most Improbable World Series of the
Even before revelations around the Astros' cheating en route to the 2017 World Series, 2018 ALCS, and possibly the 2019 World Series,...
Can Misty Copeland Save American Ballet?
Ballet got more front page news coverage last year than it ever has in decades thanks to an embarrassing controversy involving one of the...
Would Abraham Lincoln Support America's Trade War Against China?
Before he led the country across a five-year struggle that freed the slaves and reunited the union, and before he was even elected...
An Invitation for Investment: Could a New Privately Developed City Save Zimbabwe?
As we've explored potential locations for the next great new global city, a million-to-one longshot is rising to the surface as a...
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...
The Astros Are Penn State
When Penn State fans chant “We Are…”, you might as well fill in the back end of the statement with “the Astros”. Based on this week’s...
Battle of the Titans of Urban Planning: Andres Duany vs. Rem Koolhaas
In 1999 at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, the two titans of contemporary urban planning had an epic debate: New Urbanism vs....
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...
Which Direction do Most Airport Luggage Carousels Spin?
If you've never stopped on your way out of the airport to notice the direction the luggage carousels are spinning, you're in luck. A...
Does Derek Jeter Deserve the Hall of Fame?
How good do you have to be to make the baseball Hall of Fame? The reality is that so many variables play into what makes one "worthy" of...
Can You Name Every City in America? Test yourself and be surprised.
With election season looming, the Presidential candidates are canvassing America, trying their best to win the hearts and minds of the...
A New Proposal for American Holidays
Holiday fatigue is real. Moving forward America could benefit from a more considered approach to which holidays we celebrate, and how...
What was the Loudest Ohio State Football Game of the Millennium?
With a capacity of up to 110,000, Ohio State boasts one of the most intimidating home-field environments in college football. But which...
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...
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