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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.
![Divided Nation](https://be6064.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/divided-nation-495x400.jpg)
To Reunite America, Liberate Cities to Govern Themselves
by Joel Kotkin and Richard Florida
Even setting the dysfunction of our national government, the fact is that no top-down, one-size-fits-all set of policies can address the very different conditions that prevail among communities.
![Damaged Road, Inland California](https://be6064.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/inland_road_in_California-495x400.jpg)
The Other California: a Flyover State Within a State
by Joel Kotkin
California may never secede, or divide into different states, but it has effectively split into entities that could not be more different.
![Aerial view of Portland, Oregon](https://be6064.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/PortlandOR-aerial-495x400.jpg)
Portland Housing Stupidity Grows
by Randal O'Toole
Here’s an incredibly stupid idea to deal with Portland’s housing affordability problems: Multnomah County proposes to build tiny houses in people’s backyard.
![Biting the Hand that Feeds Us](https://be6064.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/biting-hand-that-feeds-us-495x400.jpg)
The Quest for Food Freedom
by Aaron M. Renn
Mariza Ruelas currently faces up to two years in jail in California for the crime of selling ceviche through a Facebook food group. Welcome to the mad world of American food regulation.
![Street view in Coral Gables](https://be6064.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Coral_Gables_street-495x400.jpg)
Flight From Urban Cores Accelerates: 2016 Metropolitan Area Estimates
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.
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Taxpayers Need Protection from Dallas-Houston High Speed Rail Bailout? New Report
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...
![Suburban Planning](https://be6064.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Markham-suburbs_id-e1489357520163-495x400.jpg)
Canada’s Urban Areas: Descent from Affordability
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.
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Los Angeles Traffic: Likely To Worsen with Higher Densities
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.
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Is L.A. Back? Don’t Buy the Hype
by 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.
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Transportation Game Changers
by 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.