Urban Issues

Feudal Future Podcast — How Cities Really Work

Tired of big talk that falls apart when the trash doesn’t get picked up? We bring together two insiders who’ve lived the fight  read more »

New York’s Surging new Leftist Tide is a Chilling Warning to the West

A red anti-Israel activist as next mayor of New York? In the cradle of capitalism and the largest diaspora city in the world?  read more »

Feudal Future Podcast — Breaking Down the NYC Mayor's Race

The battle for New York City’s future is heating up as former Governor Andrew Cuomo faces off against progressive challenger Zoran Mamdani  read more »

Hand in Hand: Urban Planners and Some Libertarians

On October 10, The Wall Street Journal published a review of “Key to the City: How Zoning Shapes Our World” by Sara Bronin of Cornell University.  read more »

Work Access: Major Metropolitan Areas: 2023

The latest work access data (journey to work and work at home) has been released.  read more »

Hudson’s Bay, Vancouver: Mostly Empty, with Elevator and Escalator Problems.

The Vancouver Sun reports that downtown Vancouver’s Hudson’s Bay Department Store  read more »

Across America's Cities, Voters Are Driving Out Progressives

Is sanity finally returning to America’s blue cities? The places that incubated inept policies such as “defund the police” and “sanctuary cities”, but welcomed open-air drug use, are beginning to have second thoughts.  read more »

No Parking Downtown Austin Apartment Building Foreclosure due to Insufficient Demand

According to Urbanize Austin:

“An apartment complex marketed to middle-income downtown workers, especially those interested in reducing or eliminating their personal vehicle use  read more »

Are Big Cities Past Their Prime?

New York. Los Angeles. Boston. San Francisco. Call them America's "superstars." With mega populations, these urban hubs have long reigned as the nation's economic, social, and cultural capitals.  read more »

Together NYC

populyst is launching a new initiative, together NYC, to crowd-source and to map sentiment across New York City. It is an invitation to users to mark on a map their sentiment at a given location and point in time.  read more »