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Reuters Our weekly roundup of the most intriguing articles about cities and urbanism we've come across in the past seven days.
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Charts
A Peek at Rising Health Care Costs in 5 Major Cities
Premiums for the young and healthy are set to rise 169 percent, according to a new survey.
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Urban Wonk
Why Libraries Should Be the Next Great Start-Up Incubators
An old idea reinvented for the 21st century.
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'Freedom for the Rest of Your Life': Dispatches From the Youth Bike Summit
Young people gather in New York to discuss the future of kids and their bicycles.
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Having Your Own Corner Office Is Like Living in Suburbia
How companies are (or should be) structured like cities.
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Postcard
Love Celebrations Across the Globe
Balloons, teddy bears, and kissing contests.
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Charts
Sorry Mr. President, Manufacturing Will Not Save Us
4 reasons why Obama is wrong to think the sector can solve the unemployment crisis.
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Charts
Cars and Robust Cities Are Fundamentally Incompatible
50 years ago, experts predicted automobiles would drain the life from urban areas. Their predictions are coming true.
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The Lessons We Haven't Learned From London's Killer Fog of 1952
Because of global urbanization, the number of people exposed to catastrophic levels of pollution is growing exponentially.
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Rankings
Don’t Believe the Hype About the 'World's Most Expensive City'
There are big gaps in the Economist's Intelligence Unit rankings.
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Charts
Child Poverty Rates Are Especially High in Small Cities
The reasons have a lot to do with demographics.
