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Maps
Are Our Transit Maps Tricking Us?
Subway maps distort the reality on the ground for all kinds of reasons. What happens when we make decisions based on them?
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Maps
America's Leading High-Tech, Venture Capital Centers
New data tracks the geography of technology investment.
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Charts
Where Your Sofa Is High-Demand Real Estate
New York City and San Francisco are the most "requested" destinations on CouchSurfing.org.
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Urban Wonk
What Not to Bring to the 2012 Conventions
Your lasers, your bike locks, your pieces of wood, and any hopes you had of actually getting near the action.
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Big Cities, Bad Cities, Beer Cities: The Best #CityReads of the Week
Our weekly look back at the stories you may have missed.
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Urban Wonk
Why Restaurant Week Won't Die, Despite the Haters
Every year, critics complain about amateur eaters and disappointing food. So why do so many cities keep the tradition going?
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Charts
Using Uber Ridership Data to Compare Cities and Neighborhoods
San Francisco's Financial District is more Manhattan-like than it is San Francisco-like, and other observations.
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Does This Boston Mural Contain a Hidden Terrorist Message?
Almost certainly not, but that isn't stopping Fox News commentators from seeing a "female Muslim suicide bomber."
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Do Basketball Arenas Spur Economic Development?
The latest research finds arenas are "not the cause of development so much as they are the effect."
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Photos
Data-Mining a City's Visual Identity
Researchers train an algorithm to tell us why Paris looks like Paris.
