Urban Wonk
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Urban Wonk
Soliciting the Solicitors
Cities are inundated by charity canvassers right about now. So we thought we'd stop and ask them a few questions.
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Urban Wonk
North Carolina Pretends Current Sea Level Rise Isn't Happening
The state legislature will not let officials use current estimates in their decision-making.
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Cities That Wouldn't Exist Without Air Conditioning
The invention of the air conditioner is still shaping the future growth of global metros.
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Urban Wonk
The Secret Conservative War on Zoning
The controversial American Legislative Exchange Council appears to be behind a new effort to unravel local zoning and regulatory authority across the country.
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Building a Better Bus Stop
In Paris, a glimpse at what could be.
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The Birth of Zoning Codes, a History
Or, how Americans learned to legislate our NIMBY impulses.
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Do Americans Really Want More Planning?
An APA poll says yes. But what do those numbers really mean?
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How the Recession Made Me a Gentrifier in My Home Town
Downwardly mobile Millennials—especially the ones who are natives of increasingly expensive cities—are rewriting the rules of gentrification.
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Are These the Fastest-Gentrifying Neighborhoods in the U.S.?
What changes in the white population share can and can't tell us.
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The Cost of Sprawl on Clean Water
The way we grow could have a major impact on water quality in the future.
