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Rethinking Brand Chicago
So many Midwest places flail around looking for a brand image or identity. Not Chicago. In fact, the identity and stories of Chicago overflow the page. They are too numerous to be written in a mere...
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What to Look For in the Nordic Model
The Nordic nations, and Sweden in particular, are seen by many as the proof that it is possible to combine innovative and entrepreneurial economies with high tax rates. It is often argued that nations...
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America’s Last Politically Contested Territory: The Suburbs
Within the handful of swing states, the presidential election will come down to a handful of swing counties: namely the suburban voters who reside in about the last contested places in American...
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The Road Less Understood
The Economist confuses ends (objectives) and means in its current number examining the peaking of per capita automobile use in the West in two articles ("The http://www.economist.com/node/21563327" and...
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A Look at Commuting Using the Latest Census Data
Continuing my exploration of the 2011 data from the American Community Survey, I want to look now at some aspects of commuting. Public Transit Public transit commuting remains overwhelmingly dominated...
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The Hollow Boom Of Brooklyn: Behind Veneer Of Gentrification, Life Gets Worse...
After a decade of increasingly celebrated gentrification, many believe Brooklyn — the native borough of both my parents — finally has risen from the shadows that were cast when it became part of New...
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Here's Why People Don't Think We're in a Recovery
The most recent jobs report was again below consensus. With fewer than 100,000 new jobs, unemployment fell only because people continue to leave the labor force in huge numbers. People are...
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Housing: How Capitalism and Planning Can Co-Habit
Did Britain’s New Labour party conspire against land development? Is it responsible for outdated, “socialist” land planning policies? The British Conservative Party’s favourite think tank, Policy...
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Baseball Vs Basemall: Goodbye to the Games of Summer
Even if the best-seller Fifty Shades of Grey did draw more fans than the Olympics (both sports involve “play parties” and metallic neckwear), the nominal American summer game is baseball. But that...
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Flocking Elsewhere: The Downtown Growth Story
The United States Census Bureau has released a report (Patterns of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Population Change: 2000 to 2010.) on metropolitan area growth between 2000 and 2010. The Census Bureau's...
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Cooling Off: Why Creative California Could Look to Western New York
Sometimes the stakes are bogus, sometimes the fast lane hits a fork. Sometimes southern California wants to be western New York –Lyrics from Dar Williams’ song “Sometimes California Wants to Be Western...
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Where Do You Live?
I recently moved to Providence, Rhode Island, where I live in the town of West Warwick. I’ve been learning the place more and soaking in New England culture (and seafood). This area has a Rust Belt...
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Top Cities for Engineers Based on Actual vs. Expected Wages
EMSI recently developed a methodology for calculating expected wages for occupations by region. The analysis is aimed at helping us better understand what regional earnings should be given the...
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As Partisan Rancor Rises, States That Back a Loser Will Be Punished
Never mind the big-tent debate talk from both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney about how their respective politics will benefit all Americans. There’s a broader, ugly truth that as the last traces of...
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The Braking Of The BRICs
For over a decade, conventional wisdom has held that the future of the world economy rests on the rise of the so-called BRIC countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China (and, in some cases, with the...
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The Evolving Urban Form: Barcelona
Among those for whom Paris is not their favorite European city, Barcelona often fills the void. Barcelona is the capital of Spain's Catalonia region. Catalonia has been in the news in recent weeks...
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How California Lost its Mojo
The preferred story for California's economy runs like this: In the beginning there was prosperity. It started with gold. Then, agriculture thrived in California's climate. Movies and entertainment...
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The Rise of Post-Familialism: Humanity's Future?
This piece is the introduction to a new report on post-familialism from Civil Service College in Singapore, Chapman University, and Fieldstead and Company and authored by Joel Kotkin. For most of human...
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Even After the Housing Bust, Americans Still Love the Suburbs
For decades, Americans have chosen to live in suburbs rather than in cities. Suburban growth has outpaced urban growth, and many big cities have even lost population. But in recent years, some experts...
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Florida: When Your Best (Place) Just Ain't Good Enough
Real estate broker Coldwell Banker handles corporate relocations for a large portion of our middle class. It recently released a survey of Suburbanite Best Places to Live. While it's easy to dismiss as...
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