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Urban Wonk
What's Missing From Universities' Sustainability Push
Lessons on environmentalism should be worked into course offerings, not just infrastructure.
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Why People in Cities Walk Fast
Researchers have proposed a number of theories over the years — from sensory overload to the economic value of time.
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Maps
Where to Buy and Where to Rent Now
In most of America's top metros, buying may well be the better financial decision. But is the next bubble inevitable?
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Olympics 2012
The Local History Behind London's Olympic Unease
Two East London neighborhoods will be irrevocably changed by the Games. Is this a bad thing?
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America's Uninsured Belt
The geography of where in the U.S. people lack health insurance is striking.
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Dramatic Skyline Change of the Day: Cape Town May Grow Up
The city's building height restrictions are under review.
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Google: Please Use These Supercute People Movers on Your Campus
Pretty please with sugar on top?
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What U.S. Population Trends From the 2000s Tell Us About the Future
The metro areas that saw the greatest slowdown in the previous decades were the ones that saw the biggest booms in the 1990s.
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Videos
Filming Life in Miniature Cities (But Not Really)
A roundup of some of our favorite city-based tilt-shift videos.
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Photos
The Cathedral as a Minimalist Bookstore
The new store will preserve many of the 13th century church's most striking features.
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