by Wendell Cox
Many of the world’s biggest cities are getting bigger still. In 2017, the number of megacities — urban areas with better than ten million people — increased to 37 in 2017…
by Wendell Cox
In a just released poll by the Bay Area Council a majority of respondents indicated an expectation that traffic congestion in the Bay Area (the San Jose-San Francisco combined statistical area) is likely to get worse.
by Wendell Cox
The flight from the nation’s major metropolitan area core counties increased 60 percent between 2015 and 2016, according to just-released estimates from the US Census Bureau.
by Wendell Cox
The proposed privately financed high-speed rail line from Houston to Dallas is projected to have a revenue shortfall of $21.5 billion in its first 40 years…
by Wendell Cox
Canada is a nation of wide open spaces, yet it has high urban area densities recently driven higher by a redefinition of urban area criteria.
by Wendell Cox
The intensity of traffic on Los Angeles freeways is astounding; noticeably worse than most other places in the country. With increasing urban density it is likely to worsen.
by Wendell Cox
The 13th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey measures middle-income housing affordability in 92 major housing markets…Read more
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The latest Census Bureau data indicates that suburban and exurban areas represent the overwhelming share of growth in metropolitan areas…
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Houston is among the newer of the world’s great cities. It has experienced sustained growth in every decade since the turn of the 20th century.
By Wendell Cox — Rents have risen faster than incomes, but nothing compared to the increase in house prices. Clearly, house prices are too damn high. The huge increase in house prices between 1969 and 2015 is an anomaly that has become extreme.