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The Secret to Tokyo's Rail Success
Fares are nice, but real estate and retail holdings are the main reasons why its private rail companies profit.
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U.S. Metros Are Ground Zero for Majority-Minority Populations
More than half of all babies now born in America are minorities. Here's how that's already playing out at the metropolitan level.
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The Big Fix
When a Music Scene Leads to a Boom
As Denton, Texas's music festival grows in popularity, so does interest in the town itself.
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Photos
Finding Relief in the World's Most Congested City: A Sunday Afternoon on São Paulo's Minhocão
Scenes from a highway reclaimed by the city's pedestrians and cyclists.
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Problem Of the Day: Rio's Hotel Shortage
As the city prepares to host a number of global events, it still lacks the hotel space to meet the demand.
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Democracy in America
This Week in Bans: Massachusetts City Plagued by Horrible Saxophonist
Salem has had it up to here with inept jazz musicians. Also outlawed recently: noisy electronica in Santa Cruz, payday lenders in Iowa and the entire vice squad of Salt Lake City.
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Urban Wonk
Why Aren't Cities Littered With Dead Pigeons?
A wildlife expert and Smithsonian scientist help solve one of life's enduring urban mysteries.
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An Object That Domesticates Ivy
The 'Parramyd' provides a framework for your vine-like plants to grow.
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Videos
Navigating Europe's Most Congested City by Bike
If you think all European cities embrace cycling as much as Copenhagen, you must not be familiar with Brussels.
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Postcard
Charlie Chaplin Goes to the Beach
The 65th annual Cannes Film Festival is now underway.
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