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  Picking the Perfect City in The Relocating Game

  Jeffrey Hill | Tue, Jun 24th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Bakersfield | Tags: jeffrey hill, philadelphia, detroit, economy, california, crime, energy, education, transit, city-data.com, nac, alaska, research, forbes, lists, parks, salary, juneau, relocating, moving, city data, new city, bakersfield | 9

  Next American City’s Jeffrey Hill is leaving Philadelphia, but not before a tiring search for a new city that, in a matter of a few weeks, turned him into a stockpile of statistics on the nuances of America. Hill reveals some hints and secrets on playing the relocation game.

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  Greening a White City

  Kathryn Kondracki | Thu, Jun 12th, 2008 | Category: Report | City: Juneau | Tags: energy, alaska, juneau, hydropower, maria gladziszewski, kathryn kondracki, electricity, diesel, avalanche, ael&p;scott willis | 0

  While urbanites are still dabbling with the idea of reusable grocery totes and recyclable water bottles, Alaska’s capital city brought a whole new meaning to going green this past April when lines connecting Juneau to the Snettisham hydroelectric power plant were destroyed by an avalanche.

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  Weekend Headlines: The World Goes Dark, Mixed-Use D.C. Alley, Religious Favoritism in Topeka, MORE

  Jeffrey Hill | Sun, Mar 30th, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: jeffrey hill, headlines, california, alley, alaska, washington d.c., las vegas, green building, leed construction, linda roth, anchorage, san diego, sydney, earth hour, ventura county, chula vista, dark, cap and trade, topeka, st. mary's | 0

  Sydney and major cities went dark for Earth Hour, mixed-use alley development plans are in the works for D.C., Chula Vista is looking to become first city in San Diego county to adopt green building mandate and more related issues and headlines as we present our weekend recap.

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• Headlines

  Flock to Barack, $2,000 to stay off drugs and a housing shortage

  David Anderson | Wed, Feb 13th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Headlines | Tags: commentary, barack obama, david anderson, foreclosure, john mccain, alaska, mcdonalds, day-care cuts, boise, trader joes, greenhouse effect, stay off drugs | 0

  Obama, McCain sweep Potomac primaries

  Senator McCain chalked up another, and Senator Obama won his eighth consecutive state moving him ahead of Senator Clinton.  CNN reports “Obama’s wins in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia primaries propelled him past Sen. Hillary Clinton in the race for delegates.” Obama’s increased success was aided by the female vote and overwhelming “close to 90 percent” black majority.  “According to exit polls out of Virginia and Maryland, Obama…

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  Alaska: Your Uncle’s Tales from the Last Frontier

  Jeffrey Hill | Mon, Jan 7th, 2008 | Category: Report | Tags: jeffrey hill, alaska, smoking laws, crazy bearded uncle, ship creek, tales from the frontier, juneau bars, taxicab capital of the world | 0

  Before the Internet, our imagination took us to Alaska: land of snow, oil, mid-life crisis luxury cruises, three Republican electoral votes and caribou. Studious third grade boys held on to the belief that it is the largest U.S. state by area, over cries of “stupid” and the pressure to give in to Texas. It was a place that your crazy, bearded uncle moved to because he had to “sort things out.” Nature channels featured jobs in Alaska as “opportunities for death at sea.”

  One day, your…

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