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They are stardust. They are golden. But are they right about “shrinking cities”?

July 2, 2009

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Environmental Justice , Living Sustainably

Tags:
community, detroit, historicpreservation, landbanks, neighborhood, recession, revitalization, rustbelt, shrinkingcities, smartercities, smartgrowth, sprawl, vacantproperties

Warning: this is a long one. Readers of a certain age will remember Joni's Mitchell's iconic anthem "Woodstock," celebrating the famous 1969 music festival (which, incidentally, she did not attend, but I digress).  The song became a monster hit for...continued

America’s poorest and wealthiest big cities

September 16, 2008

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Environmental Justice , Living Sustainably

Tags:
andrewmacurak, census, cities, disinvestment, poverty, rustbelt, sprawl, sunbelt, wealth

Andrew Macurak has a good post on the National Housing Institute's Rooflines blog about the latest census rankings of poor and wealthy cities: "The U.S. Census Bureau recently released Income, Earnings, and Poverty Data from the 2007 American Community Survey,...continued

Kaid Benfield
Kaid Benfield
Director, Smart Growth Program
Washington, DC
Co-founder, LEED for Neighborhood Development rating system; co-founder, Smart Growth America coalition; author, Once There...
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