I’ve been a big fan of Alan Mallach of the Center for Community Progress for years. I first met him at a Cleveland Fed conference in Cincinnati in 2017, and later interviewed him at the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy read more »
Urban Issues
We Don't Need Policy When Practice Will Do
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Housing Affordability Is Killing the Aussie Dream – And Our Birth Rate
The steady decline of fertility rates in Australia presents a multifaceted challenge with wide-reaching implications for the nation’s social, cultural, and economic future. read more »
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In Southern L.A., These Cities Are Making a Comeback
Like many older industrial towns, Paramount, a mostly Latino city of 50,000 located 18 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles, has been through hard times. read more »
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Get Your Rust Belt Education, Right Here
During its run, I absolutely loved the HBO series The Wire. It was a fascinating show that provided deep insight into the institutional corrosion that felled post-industrial cities like Baltimore. read more »
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Britian is Committing "National Economic Suicide"
If you want to know what’s happening in a place, ask a cab driver.
On a Sunday afternoon, during a short ride to the British Museum, I asked our cabbie about his energy bills read more »
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The Revival of Black Town Centers
In honor of Black History Month, I annually write some piece that honors the significance and impact of the contributions of Black people on the American urban environment. read more »
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Tech Bros Have Stolen Austin's Soul
It looms, all glamour and glass, like a strange Wellsian monster. Floor by floor it comes, casting the Colorado River in shadow as it goes. By the time it’s finished, sometime next year, it’ll be the tallest building in Texas read more »
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How Do YIMBYs Respond To Housing Markets With *No* Demand?
I’ve had my differences with the YIMBY (Yes In My Back Yard) movement. Over the years I’ve written multiple pieces raising a position on zoning reform that rarely gets discussed read more »
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Families and Transportation
On his second day in office, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy directed federal transportation agencies to “give preference to communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average,” read more »
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More on Rust Belt to Sun Belt Migration
Three weeks ago I wrote a piece about the role that a “Rust Belt Diaspora,” or the people who relocated from Rust Belt to Sun Belt states over the last 50 years read more »