Develop The Brand, Develop The City An invitation to think bigger so cities can grow stronger.

My latest at CSY. An invitation to think bigger so cities can grow stronger.

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Gary, Indiana And Urban Existentialism How do cities that lost their reason for existing find a new reason to exist?

My latest at CSY. How do cities that lost their reason for existing find a new reason to exist?

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One Thing Chicago *Is* Getting Right Chicago could benefit from more development. But it does seem to be getting equitable development right.

My latest at CSY. Chicago could benefit from more development. But it does seem to be getting equitable development right.

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CSY Replay #35: Chicago As America's "Whipping Boy" The Trump Administration is casting Chicago as everything that's wrong with America - crime-ridden, home to violent immigrants and virtue-signaling progressives. They want to make it an example.

My latest at CSY. The Trump Administration is casting Chicago as everything that's wrong with America - crime-ridden, home to violent immigrants and virtue-signaling progressives. They want to make it an example.

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Chicago’s Unbalanced Growth -- And What It Teaches Us When you have one hand in the oven and the other in the freezer, that's not average. That's just two different ways of getting burned.

My latest at CSY. When you have one hand in the oven and the other in the freezer, that's not average. That's just two different ways of getting burned.

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The "Don't Go" Narrative And Its Enduring Impact On Communities When we take our eyes off of some neighborhoods and communities, they become abstract, one-dimensional. However, each one has the assets for revitalization.

My latest at CSY. When we take our eyes off of some neighborhoods and communities, they become abstract, one-dimensional. However, each one has the assets for revitalization.

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CSY Replay #34: Detroit: Rebranding, Resilience And Redemption Standing up after you've been knocked down can be a growth strategy for the Rust Belt.

My latest at CSY. Demonstrating your resilience can be a growth strategy.

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The Siege Of Chicago Enters Its Third Month The federal government continues to play its game of Pokemon with immigrants' lives -- "gotta catch 'em all."

My latest at CSY. The federal government continues to play its game of Pokemon with immigrants' lives -- "gotta catch 'em all."

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Historical Home Price Data In U.S. Cities A little digging shows that a Wile E. Coyote over-the-cliff moment that lasted 40 years has a lot to do with Midwestern housing affordability.

My latest at CSY. A little digging shows that a Wile E. Coyote over-the-cliff moment that lasted 40 years has a lot to do with Midwestern housing affordability.

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Reimaging The American Middle Class This is where urban isolation, rural resentment, and upper-middle class frustration converge.

My latest at CSY. This is where urban isolation, rural resentment, and upper-middle class frustration converge.

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CSY Replay #32: Moving The Essential Class Into The Middle Class One day we'll realize, once again, that having a middle class is a policy choice, and not just happenstance.

My latest at CSY. A remembrance of the gratitude we once had for the essential class. We still need to make them members of the middle class.

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Thoughts on “The Slumless City” The allure of the new, the reality of disparate impact, and the urge to “set it – and forget it.”

My latest at CSY. The allure of the new, the reality of disparate impact, and the urge to “set it – and forget it.”

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Red States And Blue Cities – The Little-Discussed Relationship: Part 2 Sadly, neglect, overreach and co-option have been utilized by Republicans to mold our perceptions of cities.

My latest at CSY. Sadly, neglect, overreach and co-option have been utilized by Republicans to mold our perceptions of cities.

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Commentary: Making “Abundance” Inclusive; Seattle’s South Lake Union Three "I" words take center stage: inclusion, insulation and isolation.

My latest at CSY. Three "I" words take center stage: inclusion, insulation and isolation.

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Red States And Blue Cities – The Little-Discussed Relationship: Part 1 Republicans haven't exactly seen stellar success in large cities. There are reasons.

My latest at CSY. Republicans haven't exactly seen stellar success in large cities. There are reasons.

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Thoughts About Reimaging Suburbs Maybe our nation's housing crisis is because of a lack of imagination, not a lack of supply.

My latest at CSY. Maybe our nation's housing crisis is because of a lack of imagination, not a lack of supply.

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I'm A Metropolitanist Maybe the best opportunity for meaningful and comprehensive urban revitalization has come and gone.

My latest at CSY. I'm A Metropolitanist.

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CSY Replay #31: Streetcar Suburb Design, Illustrated Design guidelines for the suburban retrofitting America needs.

My latest at CSY. Land use guidelines for the suburban retrofitting America needs.

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Bring It, Trump Chicago readies for a battle.

My latest at CSY. Trump’s rumored next move isn’t about subduing Chicago crime. It’s about intimidation and submission. Not me.

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Donald Trump: Crime Fighter, Or Crowd Pleaser? How Americans live contributes mightily to our inability to come to terms with pressing social issues.

My latest at CSY. How Americans live contributes mightily to our inability to come to terms with pressing social issues.

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Cities And Suburbs: Get It Together Fighting to see which development type is best is a no-win game.

My latest at CSY. Fighting over which development type is best is a no-win game.

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Housing Affordability vs. Economic Mobility – What’s More Important For Cities? Trick question -- they're equally important.

My latest at CSY.

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CSY Replay #30: Inequality Is Inefficiency The fundamental reason why American cities -- all of them -- underperform.

My latest at CSY. The fundamental reason why American cities -- all of them -- underperform.

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Atlanta’s Sluggish Growth Is Geographically Influenced The region has literally painted itself into a corner.

My latest at CSY. Atlanta has literally painted itself into a corner.

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Remember Urban Authenticity? When cities embrace the things that make them different, they embrace their unique strengths.

My latest at CSY. When cities embrace the things that make them different, they embrace their unique strengths.

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I'm Sticking With "Eds And Meds" It's a workable community revitalization and economic development strategy -- for some cities, but perhaps not all.

Check out my latest at CSY! If an eds and meds strategy is who you've got, go with it.

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CSY Replay #29: Toward a Clearer Definition of City and Suburb For many, "urban" means old and "suburban" means new, or at least newer. That contributes to our definition confusion.

My latest at CSY. Andrew Burleson brought up the definitional problems people have with “urban” and “suburban”. Time plays a role in our confusion on this.

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Middle Class Reimagination Today's service class deserves the same kind of economic infrastructure that made middle class households out of manufacturing workers.

My latest at CSY. Today's service class deserves the same kind of economic infrastructure that made middle class households out of manufacturing workers.

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Great Lakes Cities As Climate Refuges? A Possibility But Not The Only One Dismissing the fact that it could happen comes at other city's own peril.

My latest at CSY. Dismissing the fact that it could happen comes at other city's own peril.

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Chicago Heat, Twenty Years Later Chicago had so many dead bodies piling up during its 1995 heat wave that the city recruited refrigerated trucks to handle the overflow.

My latest at CSY. Thoughts on the hottest five-day stretch I’ve ever experienced.

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