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Maps
The Top U.S. Cities for New Home Construction
Where construction markets are picking up again.
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Turning Old Beer Bottles Into Garden Mulch
Is there anything high-speed flexible impactors can't flail into gold?
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2012's Hottest Music Cities, According to SXSW
A statistical look at the leading indie rock scenes represented at this year's festival in Austin.
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The City, Covered With Logos
Are corporate logos diminishing the sense of place in cities?
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Urban Wonk
Why Apple's New Campus Is Bad for Urban America
The company's sprawling, car-dependent new headquarters violates even the most basic tenets of smart growth and walkability.
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Cool Combination of the Day: Austin + Apple
The company will build a swank new tech campus in the city, bringing in 3,600 new jobs.
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Zipcar's Cities of the Future
Zipcar ranks U.S. cities on innovation, sustainability, and creativity.
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You Are Where You Wear
The often subtle (and occasionally lucrative) art of expressing city pride, via t-shirt.
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The Big Fix
Should Building Taller Be Much, Much Easier?
Effective height restrictions may be hurting more of our cities than we realize.
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Maps
Where the Jobs Will Be in 2020
A critical look at the Bureau of Labor Statistics' employment projections for the rest of the decade.
