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Who are the 'urbanists,' anyway?

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Aaron Renn has a provacative post, asking if “urbanism is the new trickle-down economics.” He writes:

Have urbanists used this as a call to arms to put all of their energy into helping those left behind in the knowledge/creative class economy? No. Instead, urban advocates have gone the other direction, locking

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Exporting useful terminology to the suburbs

In this weekend’s Washington Post, Jonathan O’Connell writes about the increasing urbanism of the suburbs. The Post‘s editors title the piece: “Can city life be exported to the suburbs?” serving as yet another example of how the term ‘suburb’ is increasingly worthless. The article generally discusses the trend of shopping malls and other greenfield development

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'Suburb:' an increasingly worthless term

1954 GMC Suburban Ad – CC image from Alden Jewell

Hot of the presses last week at The Atlantic Cities was a piece from Feargus O’Sullivan entitled “Why I Moved Back to the Suburbs.” Without touching on the reasons for O’Sullivan to make that move, the very premise depends on what you call a suburb.

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Who are the 'urbanists,' anyway?

Exporting useful terminology to the suburbs

'Suburb:' an increasingly worthless term

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