The Naked City Blog
Cities are amazing, and amazingly complicated. I explore what it all means.
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Tax code uber alles
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A recent piece in Smithsonian magazine, The Death and Rebirth of the Mall , points to a 1996 article by Tom Hanchett, staff historian at...
Thursday, November 20, 2014
Exurban living can exacerbate joblessness, study finds
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The general belief that people living in American suburbs are better off economically than those in cities has been shaken in recent years,...
Yet another way the feds promote sprawl
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Another new subdivision for Union County, N.C., just south of Charlotte. Photo: Nancy Pierce Feds promoting sprawl? That might surpris...
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Transit chief: P3s help but won't solve transit funding woes
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Sharon Road West station on Charlotte's light rail line. Photo: Nancy Pierce The idea of using public-private partnerships to help...
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Clearing the air on the Liz Hair Greenway
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Liz Hair Greenway, near Carolinas Medical Center. Photo courtesy Mecklenburg Park and Recreation Department The cloud of cigarette smo...
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Detroit: 'Failed city' or urban upswing?
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A lush urban garden in downtown Detroit. DETROIT—Since I've been thinking of things in dualities (see " Two North Carolinas ...
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Two North Carolinas
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You hear not so infrequently that there are two North Carolinas. What those two North Carolinas are, though, is not necessarily precise. Is...
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