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ReportSprawl in D.C. is Sputtering to a Stop
Larry Martin | Mon, Apr 21, 2008 | Tags: news, transportation, suburbs, economy, growth, transit, mortgage, metro, 2008, jobs, washington dc, bus, larry martin, consumers, inflation, sprawl, gas prices, traffic, virginia | 0
Sprawl in the Metro-DC area has all but stopped. The deflating housing bubble, price inflation and the economic downturn accomplished (at least temporarily) what slow-growth advocates were achieving at best, very slowly. However, with a growing economy the DC suburbs are reeling not only from the sub-prime mortgage bust; there are strong indications that the region’s residents are beginning to calculate the cost of transportation to and from work into their housing selection.
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HeadlinesMoms Fight High Food Costs, Wind Power and Turnaround Schools for Boston, Trees for New York, More
Mon, Apr 21, 2008 | Tags: jeffrey hill, new york city, news, growth, cnn, headlines, education, boston, arizona, wind power, schools, inflation, gas prices, arthur simpson, maui | 0
America’s moms are cutting back the grocery bill with homemade products, Maui preserves lifestyle in new urban growth plan, Boston’s new wind power facility, Arthur Simpson talks trees in New York and more in today’s headlines.
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Headlines High-rises cause crime? Turning to Texas, lack of focus on urban issues, treehugging, fo
Wed, Feb 20, 2008 | Tags: david anderson, crime, election 2008, primaries, ohio, inflation, texas, urban issues, consumer prices, miami, micro-uav, lunar eclipse, high rises, tree planting, law enforcement | 0
Knocking Down High Rises Stops Crime! Or not.
“OK, so, you take away two-thirds of the people of Richard Allen (and in fact, probably take away more than 2/3rds of the original residents, given many projects become mixed income), and you lose.... 2/3rds of the crime. Not to be a jerk, but doesn’t that sort of imply that, at the end of the day, as absolutely crappy and terrible as these huge projects were, crime might not have been caused by architecture, but instead by the fact that…
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