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Shutterstock In infrastructure, service delivery and tax receipts.
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Postcard
Berlin's Subway: 'An Underground Art Gallery'
Each of the U-Bahn's 173 stations comes with its own design.
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Can a Booming Bay Area Avoid Running Out of Water?
San Francisco's sources of drinking water are threatened on multiple fronts.
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Energy-Efficient Homes Are Much Less Likely to Go Into Default
Should federal mortgage guidelines take this into account?
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Charts
Metros Clobbered by the Housing Crisis Are Growing Again
Populations in markets hit hard by the 2008 crisis – like Phoenix, Orlando, and Las Vegas – grew faster than others.
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Jane Jacobs Was Right: Gradual Redevelopment Does Promote Community
A study in Chicago shows a link between housing age diversity and social relations.
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1 Out of Every 100 New York City Children Slept in a Shelter This January
Mayor Bloomberg's other legacy: a homelessness crisis.
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Urban Wonk
The Great Senior Sell-Off Could Cause the Next Housing Crisis
What will happen to empty-nesters when no one wants their nests?
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Charts
How D.C.'s Public Schools Are Wooing New Families
Enrollment is way up, thanks in a large part to charters. But can the city build on the success?
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Videos
Gigantic Sinkhole Swallows an Entire Bedroom
The hole underneath the house is estimated to be more than 100 feet wide, but it is not visible from outside the house.
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Bloomberg Businessweek's Racist Cover Also Gets the Housing Crisis Backwards
This is shameful on multiple fronts.
