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Is L.A. Back? Don’t Buy the Hype
in Urban Issues/by Joel Kotkinby Joel Kotkin
With two football teams moving to Los Angeles, a host of towers rising in a resurgent downtown and an upcoming IPO for L.A.’s signature start-up, Snapchat parent Snap Inc., one can make a credible case that L.A. is back.
Transportation Game Changers
in Planning, Urban Issues/by Peter Gordonby Peter Gordon
The L.A. Times notes that LA Metro ridership is still falling — even though billions have been (mis)spent on extra capacity over the last 30+ years. By my count that’s the second time this year that the Times has broached this tender topic.
The Screwed Generation Turns Socialist
in Demographics, Economics/by Joel Kotkinby Joel Kotkin
The Depression and WWII shaped the greatest generation, and postwar prosperity shaped the Baby Boomers. Millennials, battered by capitalism, move ever leftward.
Visualizing Houston’s Population Density
in Demographics, Urban Issues/by Brian Shreckengastby Brian Shreckengast
Population density may sound like the most mundane of metrics, a column heading in a city planner’s spreadsheet, but in cities across the U.S. it’s been a source of cultural controversy, guiding where people move and why.
Decentralize Government to Resolve Country’s Divisions
in Demographics, Economics, Planning, Small Cities, Suburbs, Urban Issues/by Joel Kotkinby Joel Kotkin
America is increasingly a nation haunted by fears of looming dictatorship. Whether under President Barack Obama’s “pen and phone” rule, or…Read more
The High Cost of a Home Is Turning American Millennials Into the New Serfs
in Housing/by Joel Kotkinby Joel Kotkin
American greatness was long premised on the common assumption was that each generation would do better than previous one. That is being undermined for the emerging millennial generation.
All Houston Does (Economically) Is Win
in Economics/by Joel Kotkinby Joel Kotkin
Casting shade on Houston is nothing new; sprucing up for the Super Bowl is unlikely to change its reputation. In 1946, journalist John Gunther claimed the only reasons to live in Houston were economic ones…
Death Spiral Demographics: The Countries Shrinking The Fastest
in Demographics/by Joel Kotkinby Joel Kotkin
For most of recent history, the world has worried about the curse of overpopulation. But in many countries, the problem may soon be too few people, and of those, too many old ones.
The Real State of America’s Inner Cities
in Urban Issues/by Aaron M. RennThe New York Times ran a piece in today’s paper about the state of America’s inner cities – and of course Donald Trump. Their conclusion is that the landscape of America’s cities, and of American blacks – the “inner city” is clearly a racially loaded term – is complex. I agree with that. I’ve classified […]
Nixon’s Revolutionary Vision for American Governance
in Economics/by Luke PhillipsLuke Phillips examines how President Nixon, though speaking the conservative language of the Republican Party, governed within the boundaries set by the New Deal.