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Saturday, August 27, 2016

The Curated Landscape

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It's an observation frequently made in urbanist circles that European towns and cities have starker divides between urbanized and undeve...
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Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Lot Dimensions: Past, Present and Future

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A while back I devoted an entire post to lot sizes , one that despite its subject matter was fairly well-read.  Another related topic, which...
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Saturday, February 27, 2016

American Zoning as an Expression of Nativism

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It's possible to advance many explanations for the rise of zoning in the United States in the 1920s: classism , resurgent racism , react...
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Saturday, February 20, 2016

Rehabilitating Walmart

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Walmart has been in the news more than usual of late, with the announcement that it was closing 269 of its stores  as well as backing out of...
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Thursday, February 11, 2016

NIMBYism Under the Microscope

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Chris Bradford has a post at his new blog , also picked up at Citylab , urging a better understanding of the so-called NIMBY phenomenon. C...
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Thursday, January 14, 2016

Homeownership Postscript: An Even Grimmer Appraisal

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In a recent post , I pointed out how, when adjusted for age and life expectancy, homeownership in the United States is lower than is has bee...
Sunday, January 3, 2016

Are Millennial Families Really Seeking a Car-Based Suburban Lifestyle?

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A recent article by Lyman Stone makes the argument that the return to cities observed during the late 2000s, rather than being primarily a ...
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