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The Rust Belt Didn't Have to Happen
I knew a number of things about J. Irwin Miller, the former Cummins Engine CEO who financed Columbus, Indiana’s world-renowned collection of modernist architectural masterpieces. But when I read...
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Urban Transit Is an Energy Hog
Transit is often touted as a way to save energy. But since 2009 transit has used more energy, per passenger mile, than the average car. Since 2016, transit has used more than the average of cars and...
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US Population Growth Down 1/3 in 5 Years, California Down 85%?
The United States population grew just 0.48% in the year ended July 1, 2019, according to population estimates released on the last day of the year. This is a full one-third decline from the 0.72%...
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More on Columbus, Indiana
I want to share a few additional thoughts on Columbus, looking at the question of whether things really could have been different in the Rust Belt with different policies. I believe the answer is Yes,...
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Against Tribal America
Perhaps nothing so animates the progressive Left today as the notion of an increasingly race-conscious society, segregated by ethnic identity and dismissive of the traditional ideal of assimilation. If...
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The Golden Horseshoe
I’ve been having an ongoing series of conversations with my young friend Gracen up in Toronto about how to make sense of the Canadian real estate market. We see each other a few times a year as we both...
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The Growth Dilemma
More is more and more is also different ~Benjamin Friedman, The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth, 2005 For much of the last seventy years, economic growth has lifted the quality of life in Europe,...
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California's Inept Central Planners
Gov. Gavin Newsom, the Legislature and the state’s bureaucracy claim to be addressing the state’s much discussed “housing crisis.” But rather than improve the state’s awful affordability crisis, the...
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Population Growth Concentrated in Auto Oriented Suburbs and Metropolitan Areas
The suburbs and exurbs continue to dominate population growth in the nation’s 53 major metropolitan areas, according to a City Sector Model (Note 1 and Figure 9) analysis. We traced growth between the...
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Report: State of Contradiction
California has been at the vanguard of family change in America. Culturally and legally—from the Human Potential Movement to the passage of no-fault divorce under then-Gov. Ronald Reagan, from...
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Beyond Policy: Why Democrats Need to Show White Working-Class Voters Some...
When I heard Hillary Clinton refer to half of Trump supporters as "deplorables" during her 2016 presidential campaign, I knew she would lose. Her comment exemplified the arrogant, elitist, dismissive...
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Heartland Intelligence
There have been some big changes for me. We relocated from New York to Indianapolis, where I’m doing consulting work for the Indy Chamber. I’m no longer full time with the Manhattan Institute but am...
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Standard of Living Crisis Evident in New Demographia International Housing...
One of the principal advances of the past two centuries has been the drastic reduction in poverty and the rise of a large middle-class, a process expertly detailed by economists Diedre McClosky and...
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You Think Trump's a Danger to Democracy? Get a Load of Bloomberg.
Many in the media and political class see Donald Trump as the face of America’s autocratic future. They’ve had less to say about Michael Bloomberg, a far more successful billionaire with the smarts,...
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Big Tech's Hypocritical Wokeness May Soon Backfire
Not long ago, in our very same galaxy, the high-tech elite seemed somewhat like the Jedis of the modern era. Sure, they were making gobs of money, but they were also “changing the world” for the...
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Houston Is Now Less Affordable Than New York City?!
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." -Mark TwainThis week the big Houston ruse was uncovered - the illusion unveiled. I know you're thinking I'm talking about a certain...
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Parking Booking Intermediaries: The Industrious Underdog of Smart City Apps
Parking, it is hardly worth mentioning, fails to capture the imagination of most people who study the dynamism of American cities. Typically, the news media and blogosphere cover parking only when then...
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Manila's Decade Volcano
The 25 million residents of the world’s fourth largest city (urban area) can rest a bit easier, as the Taal volcano has become less threatening in the last few days. But there is still severe...
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Demographic Undestiny
Demography becomes destiny, the old adage goes. But many of the most confidently promoted demographic predictions have turned out grossly exaggerated or even dead wrong. In many cases they tend to...
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Sydney High-Density Planning
High-density planning policies have become fashionable and Sydney planners are among the most enthusiastic adopters. New South Wales Government authorities claim that high density policies result in a...
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