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  • August 2008

    • Middle Class America Moves Downtown

      New Republic  |  Aug 3, 08 3:56 PM CDT

      Middle Class America Moves Downtown

      (Newser) - Middle class Americans are moving back downtown, pushing out minority groups and reversing the 20th century trend of "white flight," Alan Ehrenhalt writes in the New Republic . Why the shift? Downtown areas are safer, industries have moved out, and rising fuel prices make suburban commutes less attractive. "Our own cities have been changing right in front of us," Ehrenhalt writes. More »

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      Chicago  • demographics  • cities  • urban revitalization  • urbanization

  • July 2008

    • White Flight Slows, Stops, Reverses

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 19, 08 7:08 AM CDT

      White Flight Slows, Stops, Reverses

      (Newser) - White Americans are reversing a decades-old trend by moving back to big cities, the Wall Street Journal reports. In cities like Boston, Washington DC, Seattle and Atlanta, the white population is rising again as suburbanites flock to live in newly trendy city centers—and affluent African-Americans move to the suburbs. Eight of the 50 largest cities saw the proportion of whites increase between 2000 and 2006. More »

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      demographics  • African-Americans  • cities  • suburbs  • Gentrification  • white people

    • At $68 Per Day, London Parking Obscures Gas Prices

      Economist  |  Jul 16, 08 5:00 PM CDT

      At $68 Per Day, London Parking Obscures Gas Prices

      (Newser) - Besides skyrocketing gas prices, there's another reason to ditch your car: the steep cost of parking. The Economist breaks down the cities with the most expensive spots: London—$1,167 a month, $68 a day Sydney—$774.76 a month, $54.50 a day Hong Kong—$742.40 a month, $28.20 a day New York—$585 a month, $40 a day Tokyo—$552 a month, $46 a day More »

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      London  • New York  • Hong Kong  • cars  • Sydney  • cities  • parking space

    • New Orleans Is Fastest Growing City

      Times-Picayune (New Orleans)  |  Jul 10, 08 12:42 PM CDT

      New Orleans Is Fastest Growing City

      (Newser) - New Orleans is the fastest-growing city in the US, the Census Bureau reports, but not fast enough to regain more than half of its size before Hurricane Katrina. Between July 2006 and July 2007, the Big Easy’s population jumped 13.8%, more than any other major city, the Times Picayune explains. But that still left it down 50% from its April 2000 levels. More »

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      Hurricane Katrina  • New Orleans  • population  • cities  • Census Bureau  • Census data

  • June 2008
  • May 2008

    • Pistil-Packin' Guerrilla Gardeners Strike LA

      Los Angeles Times  |  May 30, 08 10:51 AM CDT

      Pistil-Packin' Guerrilla Gardeners Strike LA

      (Newser) - "Guerrilla gardeners" armed with plants are stealthily greening neglected and forgotten patches of land in Los Angeles and other cities across the nation. The furtive horticulturalists have nighttime planting parties or "seed bombings" and turn corners of the city into flower or food gardens, reports the Los Angeles Times . In Long Beach, a traffic island has blossomed into a dazzling display of flowers. More »

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      Los Angeles  • cities  • activists  • gardening  • public land

  • March 2008
  • February 2008

    • Best Places for Home Bargains

      Forbes  |  Feb 13, 08 2:13 PM CST

      Best Places for Home Bargains

      (Newser) - Certain housing markets are better than others for bargain-hunters, Forbes reports, and they're generally the ones with a glut of homes, strong job growth, and a low rate of foreclosures. Forbes rattles off its top 10: Salt Lake City: highest job growth in the country, and low foreclosure Raleigh, NC: expanding economy keeps homeowners in the dough Orlando: sleepier than South Florida hotspots, so not as hard hit by the crunch Charlotte, NC: excess inventory and an influx of transplants from the North More »

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      list  • credit crisis  • foreclosure  • housing  • home prices  • homeowners  • homeownership  • cities

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