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Suburbs

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Election 2020

Trump Ran as the Nation's NIMBY in Chief. It Didn't Work.

The president promised to save suburbanites' neighborhoods from a wave of new housing development. They voted against him anyway.

Christian Britschgi | 11.6.2020 4:30 PM

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Suburbs

The Weird Beauty of Suburbia

How can a place that we're intimately familiar with—more than half of America lives in the suburbs—be so unknowable?

Amanda Kolson Hurley | 10.31.2020 6:00 AM

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Debates 2020

Trump and Biden Spar Over Which One Is the True Threat to America's Suburbs

The president renewed his attack that a Biden presidency would wipe out the suburbs. Biden accused Trump of racist dog whistles.

Christian Britschgi | 9.30.2020 12:11 AM

Coronavirus and Cities | Lex Villena

Urban

Will New York Ever Recover From COVID-19?

Urbanist Joel Kotkin says the pandemic will accelerate America's urban decline. Richard Florida is "100 percent convinced" NYC will be just fine.

Zach Weissmueller | 4.21.2020 2:00 PM

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Coronavirus

Stop Ignoring the Different Needs of Rural Areas and Cities Responding to COVID-19

A uniform national response risks doing more harm than good in a nation that’s not uniform.

J.D. Tuccille | 3.25.2020 10:45 AM

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Affordable Housing

Density or Sprawl? How To Solve the Urban Housing Crisis

Land use regulation is making cities unaffordable. In an unfettered market, how would Americans choose to live?

Zach Weissmueller | 2.28.2020 11:00 AM

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Cities

'Jane Jacobs Goals Through Robert Moses Tactics'

Community planners don't have all the answers.

Patrick Tuohey | 1.19.2020 6:00 AM

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Housing Policy

Virginia Bill Would End Single-Family-Only Zoning in the Old Dominion

The legislation would allow duplexes on any residential plot in the state.

Christian Britschgi | 12.31.2019 2:25 PM

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Reason Roundup

Will Twitter Derangement Syndrome Kill the Democrats in 2020?: Reason Roundup

Plus: a radical remembering of the suburbs; support for sex-work decrim in NY; Bret Easton Ellis on Mueller and media

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.10.2019 9:38 AM

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Cities

Want to End Urban-Rural Conflict? Stop Looking for a Victor.

Whether red vs. blue or city vs. country, political tensions are best addressed by letting people run their own lives.

J.D. Tuccille | 3.13.2019 2:00 PM

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Reasontv

Kill the Mortgage Interest Deduction Now!

It's the worst sort of social engineering and special-interest payoff via the tax code.

Nick Gillespie and Todd Krainin | 12.11.2017 11:30 AM

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Arden

Delaware's Odd, Beautiful, Contentious, Private Utopia

Arden is a suburb, an artist's colony, and a radical political experiment.

Jesse Walker | 10.14.2017 6:00 AM

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Culture

Robert E. Simon, Jr., RIP

Reston's founder dies at age 101.

Jesse Walker | 9.22.2015 4:22 PM

Politics

Centralized Policing Is the Wrong Solution

Elinor Ostrom and the case against centralization

Jesse Walker | 12.17.2014 4:30 PM

Politics

Consolidating Governments Would Leave Black Ferguson With Even Less Power

The wrong road to empowerment.

Jesse Walker | 8.21.2014 10:57 AM

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Policy

Why New Urbanism Doesn't Work

The latest trend in urban planning builds bureaucracy, not affordable living.

Steven Greenhut | 6.7.2013 12:00 PM

Economics

Trading Places

William T. Bogart on dynamic cities and unaccountable planners

Jesse Walker | 12.12.2006 12:39 PM

Policy

Designing Rules

Making room for different tastes

Virginia Postrel | 10.1.2003 12:00 AM

Policy

The Radical 'Burbs

Tracing the surprising roots of social experimentation

Jesse Walker | 1.1.2003 12:00 AM

Policy

Undiscovered Country

Jesse Walker | 8.1.1999 12:00 AM

Policy

Rebel Yell

Tennesseeans fight back against the conquering cities.

Jesse Walker | 6.1.1998 12:00 AM

Proprietary Communities

Associated Individualism

A Victorian dream of freedom

Spencer MacCallum | 4.1.1972 12:00 PM

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