Economics Portland 2.0: Weaving Myths of Urban Nationalism "What’s Portland’s current business model? What’s the theory of the case going forward? What’s your version of Portland 2.0?" Jim Russell
Economics Rust Belt of Silicon Valley: San Jose Is Dying As Silicon Valley's focus shifts from hardware to software, its center is moving north, leaving behind a trail of decay. Jim Russell
Economics Dissimilar Climate, Similar Cuisine How culinary traditions are tied to people, not places. Jim Russell
Economics Facebook and Google Are Gentrifying San Francisco Neighborhoods It's the only place they can fit all of their employees. Jim Russell
Economics London Hosts the Olympics: How Success for People Is a Failure of Place A living, breathing example of how we misunderstand the inequity of poverty. Jim Russell
Economics New York City’s Next Williamsburg: Fishtown How development in the Big Apple is affecting places far outside of the city's metropolitan area. Welcome to the sixth borough? Jim Russell
Economics Vagabonds Will Revitalize Detroit Plus: A Korean parable and Saskia Sassen on the differences between Chicago and the Motor City. Jim Russell
Economics City as Suburb Who are the world's mega commuters and what effect are they having on the cities they live and work in? Jim Russell
Economics Ireland Is Dying Why so many people—an average of 10 every hour—are fleeing the Emerald Isle. Jim Russell
Economics Why the Impoverished Need to Move to the Cities With the Highest Housing Prices On poverty traps and the paradoxes of migration. Jim Russell