Category: density
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Detroit: At Street Level
At Street Level is a series of posts talking about individual cities unique and often bizarre built environment and what that actually means for the people who live there. Detroit has undergone a huge amount of change in the last few decades, (and even in the last few years), and that has left it with…
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What Is Suburban Sprawl?
This is a reposting of an article I’ve made years ago. Enjoy! What’s the most annoying thing about living in the suburbs? If you took a survey, I would bet that most people would point to traffic as the worst result of suburban life. It’s not hard to see why. Americans spend on average 38 hours a…
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Berlin is better than your city at transit (probably.)
When looking at public transportation in the United States, a few choice words come to mind: “inadequate”, “useless”, perhaps “underfunded” too. It is true, that save for a few cities in the US (I’m looking at you New York, Chicago, Washington D.C., San Francisco etc.), America’s public transit options are extremely limited and unfortunately not…
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Does Japan have the answer to solve the housing crisis?
Has Japan unlocked the secret to dense urbanism? How is it that major cities in japan, such as Tokyo, can be so very dense, even while retaining a landscape that isn’t full of 50 story skyscrapers as far as the eye can see. Take for instance the suburb of Kodaira, 12 or so miles from downtown…
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Density doesn’t have to be scary
Imagine a city of millions, with 40,000 people packed into every single square mile. You’d be forgiven if you’d imagine something like this: Places like these seem large, imposing, and easy to lose yourself in the teeming masses of people. With such an enormous populous, these preconceptions aren’t wrong. If you aren’t particularly attached to…
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Which American cities are best prepared for the future?
Many cities claim that they are prepared for the future, but often, each city has different ideas about what the future holds. Further complicating the situation is that each city has a unique strategy to prepare for their vision of the future, which is based upon their unique circumstances such as, population growth, economic growth,…
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The Housing Crisis in San Francisco
You may know that currently, San Francisco is the American city with some of the most expensive housing costs and the highest rents in the country. It’s not all too uncommon the rents within the city are approaching over 3,000 for a one bedroom apartment. Even that seems cheap when you understand that just recently…
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