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"We examined the country's 40 largest U.S. Census-defined metropolitan statistical areas and looked at quality of life indicators.Publication Date: Mon, 09/15/2008
View ArticleStudy Finds Quality of Life Undamaged by Wal-Mart
"'A theme of our research might be that the hype about Wal-Mart is a little bigger than the reality,' Courtemanche said.Publication Date: Tue, 02/03/2009
View ArticleStarting Up Small
"Bigger isn't always better when it comes to selecting a place to start a company. Where is the best location for your startup?Publication Date: Fri, 03/27/2009
View ArticleU.S. Cities Fare Poorly in World Livability Ranking
"The city with the highest quality of urban living in the world, according to the survey, is Vienna, followed by Zurich and Geneva. Auckland and Vancouver come joint fourth. All of these cities have a...
View ArticleThe State of Happiness
Joining Louisiana among the happiest states are Hawaii, Florida, Tennessee and Arizona. Researchers compared two data sets to find the happiest Americans: a survey of reported feelings of happiness and...
View ArticleThe Internet vs. the City
Fifteen years ago, it was commonly believed that the Internet would take the place of in-person meetings and face-to-face contact.Publication Date: Tue, 03/01/2011
View ArticleQuality of Life Down in Golden State
The UC Berkeley and Field Poll results show the state's lowest rating in almost 20 years. Publication Date: Fri, 03/18/2011
View ArticleFive Different Californias
The report, called A Portrait of California, comes from the American Human Development Project. From the AHDP site: Publication Date: Tue, 05/17/2011
View ArticleIs Driving Still an American 'Rite of Passage'?
Though Americans have been driving less since 2005, predating the Great Recession, "the question of whether the decline in driving marked a sea change in the way we get aroPublication Date: Mon,...
View ArticleMelbourne Retains World's Highest Quality of Life
For the third year in a row, Melbourne has topped the Economist Intelligence Unit's annual Liveability report, narrowly edging out Vienna, Vancouver, and TorontPublication Date: Wed, 08/28/2013
View ArticleThe Inputs Change, But Our Desire to Rank Places Never Wanes
With the help of Matt Carmichael, editor of the website Livability.com (the producer of the Best Places to Live list), Emily Badger goes back to a three-part series on "THE WORST AMERICANPublication...
View ArticleLiterature Review: On the Importance of Affordable Housing for Families and...
Terry Garrison shares news of the report by Enterprise Community Partners, called "Impact of Affordable Housing on Families and Communities." Garrison summarizes the argument of the report, "the...
View ArticleSurvey: Suburban Life is the Good Life
According to Sommer Mathis, the Atlantic Media/Siemens State of the City Poll "surveyed a representative sample of over 1,600 U.S.Publication Date: Mon, 08/25/2014
View ArticleA New System for Combating 'Quality-of-Life Crimes'
Soumya Karlamangla reports on a pilot program in Los Angeles called Administrative Citation Enforcement, which "gives the LAPD and the Department of Animal Services a new enforcement tool that would...
View ArticleBringing the Rural Housing Crisis to Light
According to Gillian B. White, "cities aren't the only places that are lacking when it comes to adequate housing at affordable prices. In rural America, it's both prices and the terrible condition of...
View ArticleTrees are Good for People—and Vice Versa
Sarah Laskow begins an article for Next City by describing the work of Mark Taylor, a public health researcher at the University of Trnava in Slovakia.Publication Date: Tue, 02/03/2015
View ArticleDetroit Considers Community Benefit Agreements for Megaprojects
Detroit has recently become the focus of a number of high-dollar redevelopment projects, and hype abounds about the city's open future. For residents still living in what remains of "old Detroit,"...
View ArticleWhy Is Minneapolis Growing Faster Than Chicago?
In a piece for the Chicago-based Metropolitan Planning Council, Chrissy Mancini Nichols examines the question: why has Minneapolis recovered from the recession quicker than Chicago? Despite their...
View ArticleWhere People Choose to Live—Simple and Also Not-So-Simple
Richard Florida shares insight into a new report by the Centre for Cities [pdf], which takes a detailed look at the question of why people choose to live where they do.Publication Date: Mon, 11/09/2015
View ArticleChina Announces New Planning Policies to Improve Urban Life
"China has detailed its urban planning vision, which has been designed to make its sprawling cities more inclusive, safer and better places to live," according to an article in China Daily.Publication...
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