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Big, Corporate 'Back to the City' Movement Continues

"Chemours will keep its global headquarters in downtown Wilmington, preventing nearly 1,000 jobs from leaving Delaware,"Publication Date: Mon, 08/01/2016

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Does Sprawl Make People Libertarian?

Criticizes the idea that suburbanization has made Americans more libertarian.

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Suburban Woes Follow After Companies Depart for Cities

"Cities are in vogue again, and that’s starting to be a problem for places that are made up mostly of suburbs," writes Alana Semuels for The Atlantic about demographic changes in New England's suburbs,...

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If Housing Affordability Is Top Concern, Let Metro Regions Sprawl

Sprawl may be bad for the environment and livability, increasing dependence on the automobile and making transit less practical, but in terms of housing affordability, it's a winner, according to...

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In Chicago, Suburbs Becoming More Liberal

Chicago's suburbs are becoming increasingly Democratic, writes Daniel Kay Hertz in a post to his blog. Using information from Illinois Election Data, Hertz has put together a measure of relative...

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Denser, More Urban Suburbs

Suburbs in America have become more diverse and urban and, according to an upcoming study from Demographic Strategies for Real Estate, that change is just getting started.Publication Date: Wed, 10/12/2016

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Tuesday's Election May Hinge on the Changing Demographics of Suburbs

"Suburban areas that used to be reliably Republican are now steering Democratic," notes a recent PBS newscast.Publication Date: Thu, 11/03/2016

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Election Outcomes Put Atlanta Metro Region on Two Different Transportation Paths

Among the Tax Foundation's "top state tax ballot initiatives to watch in 2016" were "two transportation special purpose local option sales and use tax (TSPLOSTs) referendaPublication Date: Sat, 11/12/2016

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New ULI Report Classifies Differences Among Suburbs

"The report, Housing in the Evolving American Suburb [PDF], provides a new analytic framework developed by RPublication Date: Wed, 12/07/2016

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How About Walkable 'Small Town-ism?'

Forgive me if, after living in a small town for seven years, I have forgotten exactly what “walkable urbanism” means.Publication Date: Mon, 04/03/2017

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Ten Most Popular Millennial Moving Destinations

The below cities may be the most popular, but the destinations tend to be short-lived.Publication Date: Tue, 04/11/2017

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The Roots of Racial Transition

In some American cities, the white population is growing while the black population is declining. Is this a result of gentrification or of black upward mobility?

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Two Simple Sentences Could Reshape Suburban America

The Standard City Planning Enabling Act, an obscure ordinance published by the Department of Commerce in 1928, has had arguably the largest affect on how U.S. cities are developed. But a new, simple,...

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The View from Hudson Street—With Thoughts on Science and Orthodoxy

Two audacious quotes from planning literature underpin this article and substitute for an introduction:Tags: CrimeDensityCities and suburbs

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Election 2019: Changing Demographics Explain Democrats' Victory in Virginia

As a result of the Nov.Publication Date: Sat, 11/09/2019

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