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The Leading U.S. Cities for LGBT Equality
They are mostly found on the coasts, according to a new study.
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To Get America Growing Again, We Have to Look to Our Most Productive Metro Areas
The United States is not just as a single national economy but a collection of city and metro economies, and they're growing at starkly different rates.
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America's Most Diverse Neighborhoods
More and more suburbs are cropping up as hubs.
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The Needlessly Inscrutable Geography of Scientific Funding
Data are scarce, but a look at grants from the National Institutes of Health gives us at least a partial picture.
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How California Legislated Its Way to Smarter Growth
A landmark 2008 land use law has led to more sustainable communities.
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The Tragic Geography of Disconnected Youth
One in seven young Americans are neither working nor going to school.
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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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Can Light Rail Carry a City's Transit System?
It can if it's built right, as in Portland or San Diego, and new research explains why.
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The U.S. Airports Most Likely To Influence the Spread of Global Disease
The worst culprits aren't necessarily the ones you'd expect.
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Large U.S. Cities and Tolerance
How America's biggest metro areas stack up.
