Nothing has revealed the class divide in the U.S. quite like runaway inflation and skyrocketing gas prices. But in addition to the economic impact the staggering incompetence of the Biden administration is having on the working class, there is a political one; it's undeniably driving working class voters even further from the Democrats and toward the GOP. read more »
Urban Issues
Huge Spike in Domestic Migration from Urban Cores
Net domestic migration losses spiked perhaps as never before in the pandemic year of 2021 among urban core counties --- the counties that contain the urban cores read more »
When the Arc of History Bends Back Toward the Dark Ages
The notion that “the arc of history” favors humanity extends across the political spectrum from George W. Bush to Barack Obama. read more »
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Americans Do Not Want to Return to Urban Living
The Census Bureau recently released data on domestic migration that took place during the COVID-19 pandemic, and their findings were heavily covered in the press with headlines such as “Cities Lost Population in 2021” and “The pandemic city exodus revealed: New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago lost the most residents.” read more »
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Urbanists: "Fundamentally Misaligned"
The story I’m writing today is very different from the one I started out to write.
The single issue that seems to drive debate in urbanist circles is our nation’s housing crisis. Urbanists of all types agree that home prices and rents are hurting communities and entire metropolitan markets. read more »
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The Biggest Cities Are Past Their Prime
As the centers of media and political discourse, large cities, notably New York, have a unique ability to promote themselves, asserting that dense, core urban areas own the future. Yet in reality, even during good times, and well before the pandemic, Americans have been headed, in increasing numbers, to suburbs, exurbs and to smaller cities. read more »
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Census 2021 Estimates: Increased Dispersion
According to the US Census Bureau, the year ended July 1, 2021, grew the slowest of any year on record. The driving factor was the Covid-19 pandemic, which increased morbidity and substantially reduced the natural increase of population (births minus deaths). read more »
Gas Prices and Transit
While no Americans are happy about the “special military operation” in Ukraine, transit agencies and advocates are positively giddy about the effect of that operation on gas prices. read more »
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California's SB9 Housing Bill Starting To Sound Like Prop 13
That rumbling you hear in the residential real estate market is SB9—either a silver bullet or a boogeyman, depending on where you stand.
Senate Bill 9 is the latest law with the potential to reshape California. read more »
60 Desks for Every 100 Workers
Mutual of Omaha is building a new headquarters in downtown Omaha, which at first appears to be a revival of downtown fortunes. But the company has 4,000 employees in the Omaha area, and the new headquarters will have room for no more than 2,500 of them, as the rest are expected to work from home on any given day. read more »
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