There is a concept, an idea, a new way of understanding the impediments to reinvigorated and revitalized cities which I think could be revolutionary. In shorthand it’s that the problem isn’t having too much of the bad, it’s having too little of the good. This became obvious to me as I analyzed data about violent
There is a concept, an idea, a new way of understanding the impediments to reinvigorated and revitalized cities which I think could be revolutionary. In shorthand it’s that the problem isn’t having too much of the bad, it’s having too little of the good. This became obvious to me as I analyzed data about violent
If I come across as bitter in this blog entry then it might very well be that you’ve accurately interpreted my attitude toward formerly urbanite suburban dwellers, and all suburbanites. In the end, there isn’t one problem facing most small cities in this country which couldn’t be solved by a substantial number of middle and
When you provide parking, you make providing parking necessary. When you don’t, you make it unnecessary. This is on a large scale of course. If you’re putting a fast food place on a commercial strip with Wal-Marts and K-Marts and Advance Auto Parts, you need to provide parking because your choice to not provide parking
I really shouldn’t talk to people. About city stuff I mean. I get a little too strident, I take it a bit too seriously. Seriously. A conversation started with some fellow faculty members over lunch at school: I teach in a suburb, I should say up front. Along with that I don’t think there is
The Bridge of Death. I wasn’t feeling too well, so I went to see the doctor yesterday. Turns out miasmas from the Connecticut river are causing my illness, and the physician recommended a remedy of blistering with hot glass and mercury treatments. Yeah, I’m pulling your leg, the preceding would be almost as stupid as
The Bridge of Death. I wasn’t feeling too well, so I went to see the doctor yesterday. Turns out miasmas from the Connecticut river are causing my illness, and the physician recommended a remedy of blistering with hot glass and mercury treatments. Yeah, I’m pulling your leg, the preceding would be almost as stupid as
My hometown has been on the losing side of every major demographic trend over the last 70 years: north to south; east to west; city to suburb. Even trends like the general shift of the economy from manufacturing to service based employment, and greater corporate centralization have been more damaging to Springfield than to other