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Beyond Sprawl 23 Jun 2012 | 01:47 am
In a spectacular Web post, Patterson, the county executive of Oakland County, Mich., continued to wax poetic on the topic: “I love sprawl. I need it. I promote it. Oakland County can’t get enough of i...
Ode to a Place Whose Best Stories Haven't Yet Been Written 11 Jun 2012 | 05:34 am
When someone says they love a city — or hate it — they are often telling you what they think of the version of themselves they see reflected in it. They love — or hate — who they are in that city. I l...
How to Get to Sesame Street 11 Jun 2012 | 05:32 am
What ultimately separates my living situation from those of the characters on Sesame Street is its impermanence. Television shows are often accused of simplifying life, creating problems that will all...
Becoming a Grown-Up City 11 Jun 2012 | 05:16 am
What D.C. hasn’t yet figured out, or even really planned for, is what happens when this raft of newcomers grows out of one-bedroom condo living. What happens when their lives evolve past the urban-pla...
Where No One Has Any Fun 11 Jun 2012 | 05:13 am
If you took all the clichés about horrible urban design and shoved them into 75 acres, you’d probably end up with something pretty close to Dallas’ Victory Park. A pre-planned billion-dollar collectio...
Quality of Life = Opportunity 11 Jun 2012 | 05:08 am
Susan Messier’s career in television journalism took her to such places as Bluefield, West Virginia, and Erie, Pennsylvania. There were also stops in western Texas and, most recently, Fort Wayne, Indi...
You Can't Send Places As Attachments 22 Feb 2012 | 12:34 am
For a city to be worth seeing, there must be something unique about it, said Douglas Coupland. A Vancouver native, Coupland is an artist and novelist famous for his book Generation X. He’s also the a...
To Survive in Rochester 22 Feb 2012 | 12:33 am
Creative destruction will continue to wreak havoc across the global economy. The experience of Rochester, San Diego, Pittsburgh and other cities in surviving offers several lessons. The first is to m...
"Coffeeshopification" 22 Feb 2012 | 12:31 am
Coffee is the fuel of the modern world. When Europeans began drinking less ale and more caffeinated beverages in the 17th century, and talking about ideas rather than just seeking a break from manual ...
The South Beckons 11 Jan 2012 | 04:18 am
Last year, Sha Stimuli, a 33-year-old Brooklyn rapper, packed up and moved to Atlanta. He wanted to widen his audience, he says, and the South beckoned. He’s not the only one moving on. In recent ye...
