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Renting the American Dream
A new study finds a major shift in attitudes about renting and home ownership.
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Maps
The Case for (Selective) Squatting
Sometimes, it can be in a city's best interest to encourage the people who do it.
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Beijing's Bomb Shelter-Dwellers May Be Making a Rational Choice About Their Commute
The Chinese capital estimates 10 percent of its population lives in tiny, below-ground apartments. Are they crazy or clever?
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Charts
The More Diverse a Metro Is, the More Segregated It's Likely to Be
The gains towards greater integration over the last four decades aren’t going to the metro areas that need it the most.
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Photos
Here's What It Would Look Like If Paris's Houses Could Fly
An artist reimagines the city's homes against the sky.
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Maps
Look How Many States Still Allow Housing Discrimination Against Gays
Also: unmarried couples and poor families.
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Some People Will Do Crazy Things for a Rent-Controlled Apartment in NYC
One example: pretend their dead aunt is alive. For four years.
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Videos
Why It's Problematic That Rural Kenyans Bring Their Cows With Them to Cities
One of the stranger aspects of Africa's rapid urbanization is the influx of livestock in new, unplanned towns -- and the diseases they bring with them.
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Charts
Irish Homeowners: World Champs at Not Repaying Mortgages
The fascinating historical reason why a quarter of the country's home loans are in some kind of trouble.
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Phoenix's Walkability Gamble Might Actually Pay Off
The Reinvent PHX initiative will try to guide transit-oriented development in five districts along the new light rail corridor.
