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One Small Solution for Food Deserts: The Bus-Mounted Grocery Bin
Connecting underserved people to grocery stores may be easier than building new ones. But what's a shopper to do with groceries on a crowded bus?
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Maps
America's Most Post-Industrial Metros
The cities that lead America's transition from a goods-producing to service economy.
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An Explanation for the Gender Gap in Biking
A new study highlights the concern women riders have for car traffic.
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7 Uses for Failing Shopping Malls
Ideas (some good, some not) for what to do with these hulking, empty retail spaces.
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The Rise of 'Urban Ecology'
Scientists have taken a new interest in how plant and animal life respond to the city.
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Rankings
How Places Like Columbus, Indiana, Outrank Silicon Valley
These smaller cities shine when it comes to attracting and keeping jobs.
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This Could Boil Down to Turnout in Cleveland, Milwaukee, and Miami
America's major cities lean Democratic, but these swing state metropolises could end up playing a deciding role.
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Rankings
The U.S. Cities Where Young Adults Are Most (and Least) Likely To Live at Home
Metro areas with low rates of marriage, high unemployment, and low educational attainment have the largest share of 'boomerang' kids.
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The Habitable Bridge, Resurrected
Meet the new bridge, same as the old bridge.
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Urban Wonk
The Shopping Mall Turns 60 (and Prepares to Retire)
The inventor of the suburban indoor mall came to rue his creations. But now they are dying off anyway.
