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CSY Replay #26: The Life Cycle Of Black Urban Neighborhoods
Bill Fulton's "garlic knot" cities exist because segregation -- or more pointedly, Black avoidance -- remains a prominent feature across the country.
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Cities And Distress: In Plain View, Or Hidden?
How cities shield (or don't shield) their distressed communities from view can alter perceptions of their economic progress.
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Cities And Economic Pivots
Let me tell you about perhaps the greatest missed opportunity in urban economic history.
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The Real Reason For America’s Housing Crisis
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Detroit: Analysis of a Comeback
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How Do YIMBYs Respond To Housing Markets With *No* Demand?
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Countering Chicago’s “Citadel of Affluence”
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What's Great About Midwestern Cities
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Detroit's Introspection Paid Off
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CSY Replay #25: Black Power and the Pyrrhic Victory
Many Midwestern cities were stigmatized due to their "revolutionary" act of electing Black mayors in the 1970s. I look at the history of big city Black…
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A Look At Satellite Cities
Quality affordable urbanism might be closer than you think.
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A Case For The Great Lakes Region As America’s 12th Regional Culture
There's more to the region than "Midwest Nice", passive aggressiveness and flat accents.
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Thoughts On Being "Displaced By Design"
Another piece on the inner conflict of Black urban residents.
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How Rust Belt Cities Became Affordable
An infusion of housing units can reduce housing costs. But what if there's a there's a drop in housing demand, yet builders keep building like it…
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CSY Replay #24: The Real Reason For America’s Housing Crisis
What happens when, over the course of sixty years, the same number of people require 32 percent more housing units?
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The YIMBY Movement’s Twists And Turns
The subtle pivot of YIMBYism from infill development to sprawl is unsettling.
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In Search Of Equitable Cities
When it comes to cities, our nation keeps looking outward, or upward. If we truly want better cities, we need to look inward.
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Midwest Musings, #6
State legislatures allowing property owners to discriminate against federal housing voucher holders, and the opening of the National Public Housing…
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The Corner Side Yard
I write about cities, with an emphasis on the Rust Belt
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