Tag: sprawl
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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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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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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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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,…