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America’s Newest Hipster Hot Spot: the Suburbs?
/in Urban AffairsAppearing in: Washington Post It’s an idea echoed everywhere from “Friends” to “Girls”: Young people want to live in cities. And, we’re told, a lot of them (at least the cool […]
The Cities That Are Benefiting The Most From The Economic Recovery
/in The Economy, Urban AffairsAppearing in: Forbes It is painfully clear that the current U.S. economic recovery has been a meager one, with the benefits highly concentrated among the wealthiest. The notion that “a rising […]
Battle of the Upstarts: Houston vs. San Francisco Bay
/in Demographics, The EconomyAppearing in: The Daily Beast “Human happiness,” the Greek historian Herodotus once observed, “does not abide long in one place.” In its 240 years or so of existence, the United […]
The Sick Man Of Europe Is Europe
/in Politics, Urban AffairsAppearing in: Forbes The recent near breakup of the United Kingdom — something inconceivable just a decade ago — reflects a deep, pervasive problem of identity throughout the EU. The […]
Why Suburbia Irks Some Conservatives
/in Urban AffairsAppearing in: Orange County Register For generations, politicians of both parties – dating back at least to Republican Herbert Hoover and Democrat Franklin Roosevelt – generally supported the notion of […]
Southern California Becoming Less Family-Friendly
/in California, DemographicsAppearing in: Orange County Register The British Talmudic scholar Abraham Cohen noted that, throughout history, children were thought of as “a precious loan from God to be guarded with loving […]
Baby Boomtowns: The U.S. Cities Attracting The Most Families
/in Demographics, Urban AffairsAppearing in: Forbes With the U.S. economy reviving, birth rates may be as well: the number of children born rose in 2013 by 4,700, the first annual increase since 2007. At […]
Class Issues, Not Race, Will Likely Seal the Next Election
/in Demographics, Politics, The EconomyAppearing in: The Daily Beast Recent events in Ferguson, Missouri and along the U.S.-Mexico border may seem to suggest that race has returned as the signature issue in American politics. […]
America’s Fastest-Growing Small Cities
/in Demographics, The Economy, Urban AffairsAppearing in: Forbes Coverage of America’s changing urban scene tends to focus heavily on large metropolitan areas and the “megaregions” now often said to dominate the economic future. Often missed […]
L.A. Hanging on as a Top Global City
/in California, The Economy, Urban AffairsAppearing in: The Orange County Register For more than a century, Southern Californians have dreamed of their region becoming host to a great global city. At the turn of the […]