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Reuters The country's almost laboratory-like conditions are a perfect place to measure the effect of human urban development on temperature.
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Rankings
The World's Best Cities for Students
If you're in college, these are the cities where you want to be.
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Maps
Where To Find a Blue-Collar Job in 2020
What might the geography of blue-collar work look like in the next decade?
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Maps
The United States of Craigslist
What if we drew our regions based on Craigslist's influence?
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Maps
The American Worker's Housing Affordability Crisis
Nearly a quarter of working households spend more than 50 percent of their income on housing.
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The Real Reason Cities Can Be So Much Greener Than Other Places
How the urban 'network' allows residents to live more efficiently at a number of levels.
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The High Cost of a Homelessness Surge
With shelter space scarce, this winter has seen U.S. cities shelling out big bucks to house families in motels.
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Near Our National Parks, to Build or Not to Build?
Voters in tiny Tusayan, Arizona, will soon have their say on a proposed megaproject near the Grand Canyon.
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Town-Gown Tiff of the Day: Brown Versus Providence
The city says the university should shoulder more of its huge budget shortfall.
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Videos
Video of the Day: Thinking Cities
A new documentary about an increasingly urbanized world.
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Urban Wonk
A Blueprint for a 21st Century Workforce
The question we need to ask ourselves is, what skills will help workers earn the most?

