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AMERICA A HOUSE DIVIDED OVER RACE
in Demographics, Education, Urban Issues/by Mike Newby Joel Kotkin 02/04/2015 The election of Barack Obama six years ago was hailed as a breakthrough both for minorities, particularly African Americans, and for his being the first “city guy” elected president in recent history. Both blacks and urbanistas got one of their “own” in power, and there were hopes that race relations and […]
LARGEST 1,000 CITIES ON EARTH: WORLD URBAN AREAS: 2015 EDITION
in Demographics, Housing, Planning, Urban Issues/by Mike Newby Wendell Cox 02/02/2015 According to the just released 11th edition of Demographia World Urban Areas (Built-Up Urban Areas or World Agglomerations), there are now 34 urban areas in the world with more than 10 million residents, the minimum qualification for megacity status. Tokyo-Yokohama continues its 60 year leads the world’s largest urban area. Before […]
THE U.S. CITIES WHERE HISPANICS ARE DOING THE BEST ECONOMICALLY
in Demographics, Economics, Planning, Urban Issues/by Mike Newby Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox 01/30/2015 Since 1980, the percentage of Americans who claim Hispanic heritage has grown from 6% to 17%. By 2040, Latinos will constitute roughly 24% of the population. Many Democrats no doubt see President Obama’s executive actions on immigration as a step not only to address legitimate human needs, but […]
BUSES: RIDE THE FRIENDLY ROADS?
in Economics, Planning, Urban Issues/by Mike Newby Joseph Schwieterman 01/29/2015 Intercity bus companies have made some surprising moves to win a bigger slice of the business-travel market in the past year. City-to-city express operators like BoltBus, GO Buses, and Megabus are upping their game, and several new luxury services have entered the mix with amenities designed to attract disenchanted frequent flyers […]
OBAMA PUSHES THE PACE OF POLICY
in Demographics, Education, Planning/by Mike Newby Joel Kotkin 01/24/2015 With his recent series of executive actions on U.S. policies ranging from climate to energy, immigration and, most recently, Cuba, Barack Obama is working to fulfill his long-held dream of being a “transformative” president. By decisively circumventing Congress with bold decrees, the president has won the plaudits of his core media […]
WORLD MEGACITIES: DENSITIES FALL AS THEY BECOME LARGER
in Demographics, Education, Planning, Urban Issues/by Mike Newby Wendell Cox 01/27/2015 There is an impression, both in the press and among some urban analysts that as cities become larger they become more densely populated. In fact,
U.S. ECONOMY NEEDS HARDHATS NOT NERDS
in Demographics, Economics, Planning, Urban Issues/by Mike Newby Joel Kotkin 01/25/2015 The blue team may have lost the political battle last year, but with the rapid fall of oil and commodity prices, they have temporarily gained the upper hand economically. Simultaneously, conditions have become more problematical for those interior states, notably Texas and North Dakota, that have benefited from the fossil fuel […]
ROADMAP TO SURPRISES OF THE RUSTBELT
in Demographics, Economics, Housing, Planning, Small Cities, Urban Issues/by Mike Newby Matthew Stevenson 01/23/2015 Back in New York, no one quite believed my accounts of urban renewal across the Midwest, through a piece of the Rustbelt, and then back — that St. Louis is the Brooklyn of the heartland, or that even downtown Buffalo has charms. I tended to be on safer ground when I […]
What’s so smart about unaffordable housing?
in Economics, Education, Housing/by Mike Newby KONRAD YAKABUSKI Of all the lofty attributes Canada’s world-class cities have touted in recent years, making a home unaffordable for average folks is perhaps the least enviable. It was also avoidable. But self-proclaimed “smart growth” policies have proven the opposite of smart, contributing to an affordability crisis with little to show in the way […]
BICYCLES AND RACE IN PORTLAND
in Demographics, Economics, Housing, Planning, Urban Issues/by Mike Newby Sean Benesh 01/22/2015 The flashpoint for the gentrification conversation along Portland’s North Williams revolves around the bicycle. The cultural appetite for what the creative class likes and enjoys is in stark contrast to that of the African-American community. “North Williams Avenue wasn’t hip back in the late 1970s. There was no Tasty n Sons. […]