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Affordable Housing in Suburbia
Like many older suburbs in high priced regions, Long Island faces two great crises: a loss of younger residents and a lack of affordable housing for the local workforce, including those employed as...
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Manufacturing, Exports, and the R&D X-Factor
A recent visit by President Obama to an Ohio steel mill underscored his promise to create 1 million manufacturing jobs. On the same day, Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker announced her department’s...
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China Failing its Families
China's recent decision to reverse – at least in part – its policy limiting most couples to one child marks a watershed in thinking about demographics. Yet, this reversal of the 30-year policy may...
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The Geography Of Aging: Why Millennials Are Headed To The Suburbs
One supposed trend, much celebrated in the media, is that younger people are moving back to the city, and plan to stay there for the rest of their lives. Retirees are reportedly following suit.Urban...
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The Private Business of Public Art
Like many cities coming out of the downturn, Orlando is jonesing for a recovery. To promote a sense of new prosperity, City Hall leaders recently added eight works of art to its downtown core, amidst...
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Rural Character in America’s Metropolitan Areas
Looking at a map of the metropolitan areas of the United States, it would be easy to get the impression that “urban sprawl” had consumed most of the nation. Indeed, as Figure 1 indicates, one could...
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Suburban End Games
Are America’s suburbs facing end times? That’s what a host of recent authors would have you believe. The declaration comes in variety of guises, from Alan Ehrenhalt’s The Great Inversion (2012), to...
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Derailing Europe's Bike Trains
In a fit of what now appears to have been madness, over the last ten days I attempted to live the life of a small plastic figure in an architect’s model community. I wheeled my bike through railroad...
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Downsizing the American Dream
At this time of year, with Thanksgiving, Hanukkah and Christmas, there's a tendency to look back at our lives and those of our families. We should be thankful for the blessings of living in an America...
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Suburban Corporate Wasteland
I was a guest on the show “Where We Live” on WNPR radio in Connecticut this week. The theme was “Suburban Corporate Wasteland” – the increasing numbers of white elephant office campuses in suburbs....
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The Evolving Urban Form: Greater New York Expands
The term “Greater New York” was applied, unofficially, to the 1898 consolidation that produced the present city of New York, which brought together the present five boroughs (counties). The term...
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Where Working-Age Americans Are Moving
Barrels of ink and money have been devoted to predictions of where Americans will migrate, particularly younger ones. If you listen to big developer front groups such as the Urban Land Institute or...
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What is a City For?
The attached report is derived from a speech given last spring in Singapore at the Singapore University of Science and Technology. The notion here is to lay out a new, more humanistic urban future, not...
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The Blue-Collar Heroes of the Inland Empire
The late comedian Rodney Dangerfield (nee Jacob Cohen), whose signature complaint was that he “can't get no respect,” would have fit right in, in the Inland Empire. The vast expanse east of greater Los...
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The Law's No Ass: Rejecting Hollywood Densification
The city of Los Angeles received a stunning rebuke, when California Superior Court Judge Alan J. Goodman invalidated the Hollywood Community Plan. The Hollywood district, well known for its...
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Public Engagement Miracle on 24th Street
Confrontation and conflict are the favorite dispute resolution tools of Baby Boomers, who were born in the aftermath of WWII and grew up in the rebellious ‘60s. In stark contrast, members of the...
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The Metro Areas With The Most Economic Momentum Going Into 2014
America’s economy may be picking up steam, but it remains a story of parts, with the various regions of the country performing in often radically divergent ways.To identify the regions with the most...
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Street Furniture for 'Sitable' Cities
How can street furniture improve not only the walkability, but the sustainability of a city?The completely self-sustaining city may seem like a pipe-dream to some, but as with all outwardly impossible...
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Neither Party Dealing with More-Rigid Class Structure
President Obama’s most-recent pivot toward the issue of “inequality” and saving the middle class might be seen as something of an attempt to change the subject after the health care reform disaster. As...
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NewGeography's Top Stories of 2013
A new year is upon us, here’s a look back at a handful of the most popular pieces on NewGeography from 2013. Thanks for reading, and happy New Year.12. Gentrification as an End Game, and the Rise of...
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