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.
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Migration
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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.
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.
How Does Immigration Affect the Teams at the World Cup?
The number of immigrants in a country doesn't seem to have an effect on how diverse its national team is. If anything, it appears that ethnic and racial minorities get pushed toward soccer.
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?
Superstar Neighborhoods and the Concentration of Wealth
The geography of income inequality is all about demand.
Migration and Development in an Age of Growing Economic Inequality
A dispatch from the "Reinventing Older Communities: Bridging Growth & Opportunity" conference in Philadelphia.
How Recent Immigration Complicates Our Racial Justice Policies
As greater numbers of non-white immigrants enter the country, our racial justice policies are leaving behind longstanding racial minority populations.