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Micro-Apartments So Nice You'll Wish Your Place Was This Small
Developer Patrick Kennedy believes tiny dwellings will "get huge" in cities across the country.
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Maps
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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This Net-Zero Cottage Takes Tiny Houses to a Whole New Level
With its shiny recycled-metal rain screen and jauntily angled rooftop solar array, the 712-square-foot cottage is charming and sustainable.
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Urban Wonk
The Next Workplace Revolution
More people are working from temporary work spaces, changing how we use offices.
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Maps
Do We Pay More To Live in Diverse Neighborhoods?
Diverse neighborhoods had higher population growth and stronger property value growth last year – and they’re a bit pricier to begin with.
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L.A. Moves Forward With Its Own Immigration Reform
The nation's second-largest city has approved ID cards aimed at helping the otherwise undocumented.
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The Evolution of Urban Planning in 10 Diagrams
A new exhibit from the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association showcases the simple visualizations of complex ideas that have changed how we live.
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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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Meet the Independent Video Stores Making It in the Age of Netflix
There aren't many left, but the ones that have hung on are winning by specializing and moving into the events business.
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Urban Wonk
Lessons From a Reinvented Military Base
The story of how this urban asset was re-purposed holds truths for cities engaged in similar transformations.
