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Report: Building the New America
How do we build a new urban model for America — one that is better aligned with the aspirations of most Americans? This newly released report examines the housing trends that are driving today's migration of people and jobs.
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How to Make Cities Livable Again
By Joel Kotkin — In his new book, The Human City, Daily Beast columnist Joel Kotkin looks at the ways cities succeed or fail...
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Politics Move Left, Americans Move Right
By Joel Kotkin — In an election year in which the top likely candidates come from New York, big cities arguably dominate American politics more than at any time since New Deal.
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Our anemic suburbs: Every urban area needs its outskirts — and New York City’s are in trouble
By Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox — Little acknowledged in the discussion of New York’s “tale of two cities” is...
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The Remarkable Story of the County That Has Done the Most to Reduce Income Inequality in America
By Chris Peak — Indiana Officials didn't set out to close the wealth gap. But that's exactly what...
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So Much For The Death Of Sprawl: America’s Exurbs Are Booming
By Joel Kotkin — It’s time to put an end to the urban legend of the impending death of America’s suburbs. With the aging of millennials...
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Black Exodus: African-America Children to the Suburbs
By Wendell Cox — One of the most significant results of the 2010 census was the continuing shift of the African-American population...
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Mall’s Washed Up? Not Quite Yet
By Joel Kotkin — The conventional wisdom wrote off the shopping mall long ago, but while no one was looking, the reinvented mall...
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Better Suburbs = Better Cities: Employment and the Importance of the Suburban Economy
By Ross Elliot — Australia’s inner city areas and CBDs are a focus of media and public policy attention, with good reason...
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Dispersion and Concentration in Metropolitan Employment
By Wendall Cox
The just released County Business Patterns indicates…
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Is Suburbia Crashing? Suburban Traffic Myths Refuted
By Fanis Grammenos and Tom Kerwin
Traffic crashes are a cause…