There's an easy way cities can lure in more holiday shoppers: Get rid of street parking

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Shoppers at Bryant Park's Winter Village shopping area in Manhattan, New York.
Shoppers at Bryant Park's Winter Village shopping area in Manhattan, New York.

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The warped financial logic fueling America’s ‘doom loop’

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Landlords could help reverse the Retail Apocalypse by lowering rents and extending leases — but their lenders won’t let them.

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They got out of prison. Then the city gave them $7,200 — no strings attached.

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A woman and her family in front of a globe collage of money, childcare and work.
All across America, the evidence is overwhelming: Universal basic income is working.

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In the spring of 2022, Tydricka Lewis finally bought a car that started every time she asked it to and no longer left her stranded.

Poverty is rising faster in American suburbs as lower-income people are pushed out of big cities

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An aerial view of new home construction at a housing development in the Phoenix suburbs on June 9, 2023 in Queen Creek, Arizona.
An aerial view of new home construction at a housing development in the Phoenix suburbs on June 9, 2023 in Queen Creek, Arizona.

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I looked at the plans for the new city proposed by Silicon Valley elites. They're really terrible.

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California Forever
California Forever presents an idyllic vision of city life — but it's completely clueless about how cities actually work.

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Why so many buildings in Singapore are covered in plants

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A view of a residential apartment (L) and Oasia hotel with its facade covered in plants in Singapore on June 19, 2018.
A residential apartment building, left, and the Oasia Hotel with its facade covered in plants in Singapore on June 19, 2018.

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Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia wants to make the rest of the country more like Long Beach, California

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Rep.-Elect Robert Garcia (D-CA) and Will Rollins (R), a Democratic candidate for U.S. Representative from California, arrive at an orientation meeting in the U.S. Capitol Building on November 14, 2022 in Washington, DC.
Rep.-Elect Robert Garcia (D-CA) and Will Rollins (R), a Democratic candidate for U.S. Representative from California, arrive at an orientation meeting in the U.S.

Every city in America looks exactly the same now

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A couple from the big city looks at a selection of small cities with notifications on them, vying for attention while all looking the same.
Remote work caused a flood of new arrivals to small and midsize cities. And now those cities all look the same.

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How every American city became exactly the same

Remote-working parents with young kids are fleeing cities to get more bang for their buck

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Our bodies, buildings, and computers give off a lot of waste heat. Cities and scientists are learning to harness it for energy.

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One Planet Banner Test

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