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The Junk Food Attitude Toward Place
We consume these places without thinking, like potato chips in front of the television, and America is full of them.
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How Street Art Is Changing a Miami Neighborhood
Is Wynwood a place where Miami’s creative minds come to hang out and work or "where art goes to die"?
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Rankings
Large U.S. Cities and Tolerance
How America's biggest metro areas stack up.
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Charts
How Your City May Have Affected Your Raise
Wage growth varies considerably by metropolitan area, according to numbers from the most recent quarter.
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Urban Wonk
Cities That Wouldn't Exist Without Air Conditioning
The invention of the air conditioner is still shaping the future growth of global metros.
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The Big Fix
The Death and Life of Downtown Shopping Districts
Lessons from Miami’s bold Design District experiment.
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Urban Wonk
What Really Matters for Increasing Transit Ridership
Broward County, Florida, has one of the top transit systems for a metro of its size thanks to a multi-destination approach.
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Charts
Why Do We Tax Car-Sharing Like It's Liquor or Cigarettes?
Taxes on quick car-share trips run as high as 60 percent.
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Rankings
America's Most Powerful Global Cities
Sizing up the global clout of U.S. cities.
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The Uncertain Legacy of America's Pedestrian Malls
A look at some of America's most (and least) successful designs.
