Tag: Housing
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What does it mean when a city has good bones?
You may have heard people talking about New York City, DC, Boston or Chicago as cities that have good bones. But what does that actually mean? And does it even matter? You might think a city with good bones must have a relatively old history. After all, many of these cities are centuries old (ancient…
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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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Could Autonomous Vehicles Ruin Everything?
Self-Driving cars, (AKA Autonomous vehicles) have enormous and potentially revolutionizing implications on our work, leisure and economic sectors of our lives. But their effects on urban development and planning are quite disquieting. These types of vehicles can obviate the need for well planned urbanism and actually make poor planning and sprawl more common than ever…
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