Demographic Tale of the Tape: Vox vs. FiveThirtyEight
Matt Yglesias, despite Vox's commitment to deliver "crucial context alongside new information," passes along tired geographic stereotypes.
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Illusion of Local: Why Zoning for Greater Density Will Fail to Make Housing More Affordable
We keep fudging the facts in order to maintain the preferred narrative.
The Pseudoscience of Jane Jacobs and Innovation Districts
Where we find innovation, we find industry clusters. That doesn't mean the two are causally linked.
The Death of Urbanization in the United States
We continue to confuse population change with net domestic migration. Over the last 20 years, the U.S. has become increasingly rural even as many of its cities have grown.
Density Boondoggles: Innovation Districts
Migration, not greater density, drives technological change.
Demographics: 1; Gentrification Hysteria: 0
Brooklyn is the land where myths become geographic fact, at least when it comes to the New York Post.
Quality of Place and Migration
People vote with their feet. The regions with the best retention should be the regions with the best quality of place.
Housing Affordability and the New Geography of Jobs
High land prices are a feature of the new economy.
Not So Much ‘New York Poor’ as ‘Pittsburgh Rich’
What will happen when young talent starts refusing to subsidize the creative industries that aren't really profitable in America's most expensive cities?