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  Results of Seattle’s Test of Automatic Toilets Underwhelming

  Evan Miller | Tue, May 20th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Seattle | Tags: environment, seattle, evan miller, homeless, the new argument, money, alley, taxpayers, paris, luxury, crack, toilet, restaurants, parks | 0

  A test gone awry brings the end to a trial contract between the city of Seattle and a German manufacturer of high-tech automatic toilets. But is such an abrupt end to a pilot program designed to quell public urination and defecation necessary? Surely these silver self-cleaning cylindrical facilities were not the boon the city was expecting, but were they really the bane? The New Argument’s Evan Miller reports.

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  Cities trade with suburbs - slums for luxury housing

  Jeffrey Hill | Wed, Mar 19th, 2008 | Category: Report | Tags: jeffrey hill, suburbs, building, downtown, crime, growth, foreclosure, mortgage, metro, foreclosures, atlantic, luxury, populuxe, christopher leinberger, migration, the new slum | 1

  Christopher Leinberger explores “The Next Slum” in this thought-provoking article on Atlantic.com

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  Convenience culture: A roadblock to ‘sustainability’?

  Jeffrey Hill | Wed, Feb 6th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | Tags: commentary, jeffrey hill, environment, sustainability, luxury, wawa, resources, social responsibility, 7-eleven, convenience stores | 2

  I remember a friend of mine who was visiting from Germany once expressed his disbelief that 24-hour drive-thru pharmacies exist in this country. When I showed him this wonder, along with our supermarket aisle completely dedicated to cereal and of course, our Wawas, the look on his face made me realize just how much we have and how ridiculous it is that we can have it at anytime.

  
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  Don’t get me wrong, I love my cereal aisles, 24 hour pharmacies and…

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