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My latest at CSY. How do cities that lost their reason for existing find a new reason to exist?

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Gary, Indiana And Urban Existentialism
How do cities that lost their reason for existing find a new reason to exist?
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November 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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My latest at CSY. Chicago could benefit from more development. But it does seem to be getting equitable development right.

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One Thing Chicago *Is* Getting Right
Chicago could benefit from more development. But it does seem to be getting equitable development right.
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November 4, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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My latest at CSY. The Trump Administration is casting Chicago as everything that's wrong with America - crime-ridden, home to violent immigrants and virtue-signaling progressives. They want to make it an example.

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CSY Replay #35: Chicago As America's "Whipping Boy"
The Trump Administration is casting Chicago as everything that's wrong with America - crime-ridden, home to violent immigrants and virtue-signaling progressives. They want to make it an example.
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November 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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My latest at CSY. When you have one hand in the oven and the other in the freezer, that's not average. That's just two different ways of getting burned.

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Chicago’s Unbalanced Growth -- And What It Teaches Us
When you have one hand in the oven and the other in the freezer, that's not average. That's just two different ways of getting burned.
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October 31, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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My latest at CSY. When we take our eyes off of some neighborhoods and communities, they become abstract, one-dimensional. However, each one has the assets for revitalization.

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The "Don't Go" Narrative And Its Enduring Impact On Communities
When we take our eyes off of some neighborhoods and communities, they become abstract, one-dimensional. However, each one has the assets for revitalization.
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October 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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My latest at CSY. Demonstrating your resilience can be a growth strategy.

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CSY Replay #34: Detroit: Rebranding, Resilience And Redemption
Standing up after you've been knocked down can be a growth strategy for the Rust Belt.
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October 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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My latest at CSY. The federal government continues to play its game of Pokemon with immigrants' lives -- "gotta catch 'em all."

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The Siege Of Chicago Enters Its Third Month
The federal government continues to play its game of Pokemon with immigrants' lives -- "gotta catch 'em all."
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October 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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My latest at CSY. A little digging shows that a Wile E. Coyote over-the-cliff moment that lasted 40 years has a lot to do with Midwestern housing affordability.

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Historical Home Price Data In U.S. Cities
A little digging shows that a Wile E. Coyote over-the-cliff moment that lasted 40 years has a lot to do with Midwestern housing affordability.
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October 22, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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My latest at CSY. This is where urban isolation, rural resentment, and upper-middle class frustration converge.

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Reimaging The American Middle Class
This is where urban isolation, rural resentment, and upper-middle class frustration converge.
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October 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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My latest at CSY. A remembrance of the gratitude we once had for the essential class. We still need to make them members of the middle class.

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CSY Replay #32: Moving The Essential Class Into The Middle Class
One day we'll realize, once again, that having a middle class is a policy choice, and not just happenstance.
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September 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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My latest at CSY. The allure of the new, the reality of disparate impact, and the urge to “set it – and forget it.”

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Thoughts on “The Slumless City”
The allure of the new, the reality of disparate impact, and the urge to “set it – and forget it.”
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September 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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My latest at CSY. Sadly, neglect, overreach and co-option have been utilized by Republicans to mold our perceptions of cities.

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Red States And Blue Cities – The Little-Discussed Relationship: Part 2
Sadly, neglect, overreach and co-option have been utilized by Republicans to mold our perceptions of cities.
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September 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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My latest at CSY. Three "I" words take center stage: inclusion, insulation and isolation.

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Commentary: Making “Abundance” Inclusive; Seattle’s South Lake Union
Three "I" words take center stage: inclusion, insulation and isolation.
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September 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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My latest at CSY. Republicans haven't exactly seen stellar success in large cities. There are reasons.

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Red States And Blue Cities – The Little-Discussed Relationship: Part 1
Republicans haven't exactly seen stellar success in large cities. There are reasons.
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September 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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My latest at CSY. Maybe our nation's housing crisis is because of a lack of imagination, not a lack of supply.

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Thoughts About Reimaging Suburbs
Maybe our nation's housing crisis is because of a lack of imagination, not a lack of supply.
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September 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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My latest at CSY. I'm A Metropolitanist.

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I'm A Metropolitanist
Maybe the best opportunity for meaningful and comprehensive urban revitalization has come and gone.
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August 29, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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My latest at CSY. Land use guidelines for the suburban retrofitting America needs.

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CSY Replay #31: Streetcar Suburb Design, Illustrated
Design guidelines for the suburban retrofitting America needs.
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August 28, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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My latest at CSY. Trump’s rumored next move isn’t about subduing Chicago crime. It’s about intimidation and submission. Not me.

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Bring It, Trump
Chicago readies for a battle.
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August 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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My latest at CSY. How Americans live contributes mightily to our inability to come to terms with pressing social issues.

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Donald Trump: Crime Fighter, Or Crowd Pleaser?
How Americans live contributes mightily to our inability to come to terms with pressing social issues.
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August 22, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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My latest at CSY. Fighting over which development type is best is a no-win game.

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Cities And Suburbs: Get It Together
Fighting to see which development type is best is a no-win game.
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August 13, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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My latest at CSY.

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Housing Affordability vs. Economic Mobility – What’s More Important For Cities?
Trick question -- they're equally important.
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August 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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My latest at CSY. The fundamental reason why American cities -- all of them -- underperform.

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CSY Replay #30: Inequality Is Inefficiency
The fundamental reason why American cities -- all of them -- underperform.
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August 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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My latest at CSY. Atlanta has literally painted itself into a corner.

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Atlanta’s Sluggish Growth Is Geographically Influenced
The region has literally painted itself into a corner.
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July 31, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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My latest at CSY. When cities embrace the things that make them different, they embrace their unique strengths.

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Remember Urban Authenticity?
When cities embrace the things that make them different, they embrace their unique strengths.
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July 29, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Check out my latest at CSY! If an eds and meds strategy is who you've got, go with it.

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I'm Sticking With "Eds And Meds"
It's a workable community revitalization and economic development strategy -- for some cities, but perhaps not all.
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July 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM