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The Onion Or San Francisco Chronicle? Hard To Tell The Difference
Submitted by MLewyn on Wed, 11/28/2012 - 3:10pmToday's headline: "S.F. Called Model For Affordable Housing."
Really? The same San Francisco where the average house is worth over $800,000 (about eleven times the median household income)? At first glance, the story seems at least as insane as any of the comedy stories on the Onion.
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Amish Country: Just How Fast are Amish Communities Growing?
Submitted by globalsiteplans on Fri, 11/23/2012 - 7:55amThe following post comes courtesy of Global Site Plans' The Grid. CNU and Global Site Plans recently teamed up to syndicate Grid content, as its contingent of writers present a view on the opportunities and issues of urbanization all across the world. CNU will carry selec... read more »
A City Center for the People: Athens, Greece
Submitted by globalsiteplans on Fri, 11/23/2012 - 4:27amThe following post comes courtesy of Global Site Plans' The Grid. CNU and Global Site Plans recently teamed up to syndicate Grid content, as its contingent of writers present a view on the opportunities and issues of urbanization all across the world. CNU will carry select posts ... read more »
Playing for Greener Streets in Vancouver, Canada
Submitted by globalsiteplans on Fri, 11/23/2012 - 4:13amThe following post comes courtesy of Global Site Plans' The Grid. CNU and Global Site Plans recently teamed up to syndicate Grid content, as its contingent of writers present a view on the opportunities and issues of urbanization all across the world. CNU will carry select posts ... read more »
Just One Way for a Bus Rapid Transit System in Buenos Aires?
Submitted by globalsiteplans on Fri, 11/23/2012 - 3:57amThe following post comes courtesy of Global Site Plans' The Grid. CNU and Global Site Plans recently teamed up to syndicate Grid content, as its contingent of writers present a view on the opportunities and issues of urbanization all across the world. CNU will carry select posts ... read more »
Taking Ownership In Unincorporated Communities: South Hill, Washington’s Community Plan
Submitted by globalsiteplans on Fri, 11/23/2012 - 3:42amThe following post comes courtesy of Global Site Plans' The Grid. CNU and Global Site Plans recently teamed up to syndicate Grid content, as its contingent of writers present a view on the opportunities and issues of urbanization all across the world. CNU will carry select posts ... read more »
What I Am Thankful For
Submitted by MLewyn on Thu, 11/22/2012 - 11:07amSince today is Thanksgiving, I thought I would post about what I am thankful for (instead of complaining as usual about what I am not thankful for):
I am thankful that in the year 2012, urbanism is, in some ways, winning over sprawl: (some) cities are being repopulated, transit ridership is rising, ... read more »
Capital MetroRail Prioritizes People to Create an Accessible, Connected, and Sustainable City
Submitted by globalsiteplans on Thu, 11/08/2012 - 9:25amThe following post comes courtesy of Global Site Plans' The Grid. CNU and Global Site Plans recently teamed up to syndicate Grid content, as its contingent of writers present a view on the opportunities and issues of urbanization all across the world. CNU will carry select posts fro... read more »
Sprawl and Obesity, Part 2
Submitted by MLewyn on Mon, 10/29/2012 - 6:38pmAfter yesterday's post on obesity in New York, I thought I would do some more research comparing obesity in cities and suburbs, focusing on central cities that (a) were coterminous with their counties (so I could find obesity statistics for cities alone) and (b) were sufficiently transit-oriented an... read more »
Sprawl and Obesity: NYC as a case study
Submitted by MLewyn on Sun, 10/28/2012 - 9:22pmThe City Data web page contains, among other things, county-by-county statistics on obesity. Because each New York borough is a county, I thought that looking at New York might be more informative than looking at other metro areas where a county can include a wide range of cities and suburbs.... read more »