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Urban Wonk
How Amazon Got the Urban Campus Right
The company's new Seattle facility is a paragon of walkable, high-density development.
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Maps
America's Real Homeless Hotspots
An estimated 600,000 Americans are homeless, but the spread isn't uniform. Some cities have been hit harder than others.
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Urban Wonk
How To Catch a Criminal With Data
In an era of fewer resources, police could solve more crimes faster if they could leverage the Big Data long buried within their own departments.
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Census Figures Reveal a Vastly Rural India
Despite much urbanization, the majority of the country's growing population is living in rural areas and with few resources.
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Behold, the Ultimate Municipal Truck... Of the Future!
What would happen if you took every neat idea in the realm of public works and piled them all onto one city vehicle?
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Charts
Chart of the Day: The Most Livable Cities
New York tops the Economist's new list of competitive cities.
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Charts
Why Rents Are Rising as Home Values Fall
With so many people priced out of home ownership, the demand for rental housing is booming.
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The Regionalization of SimCity
The interconnectedness of cities will be a major component of the forthcoming new version of the classic video game.
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Postcard
Postcard From Tokyo
How the city has changed since the earthquake.
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America's Most Optimistic Communities
Despite lower economic confidence nationwide, a majority of Americans say they are satisfied with the places they call home.
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