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  • July 2008

    • France's Latest Craze: A Dance or a Brand?

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jul 19, 08 7:36 PM CDT

      France's Latest Craze: A Dance or a Brand?

      (Newser) - There’s a dance craze gripping France—or is it an unabashed commercial scheme, hawking t-shirts and chewing gum? Either way it’s called Tecktonik, and kids are crazy about it, the Los Angeles Times reports. The mix of hip-hop, techno, and random arm movements is championed by dancers with skinny pants and asymmetric hairdos, and is even showing up in grade schools. More »

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      France  • Paris  • dance  • branding  • suburbs  • merchandise  • club

    • 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

    • GOP Must Strike Back in the 'Burbs

      National Review  |  Jul 11, 08 4:45 PM CDT

      GOP Must Strike Back in the 'Burbs

      (Newser) - The GOP coalition—seemingly indomitable 4 years ago—is in shambles, losing ground “on nearly every demographic and geographic front,” write Ross Douthat and Reihan Salam in the National Review . Republicans must expand their base, and the writers have a plan: Seduce “the affluent, well-educated, increasingly liberal upper middle class.” More »

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      John McCain  • Republicans  • environmentalism  • Ronald Reagan  • suburbs  • charter school

  • June 2008

    • Where Will Cost of Gas Drive Us?

      New York Times  |  Jun 29, 08 12:27 PM CDT

      Where Will Cost of Gas Drive Us?

      (Newser) - How does really expensive fuel affect you? The New York Times Op-Ed page asked 10 writers to ruminate on that question, and the responses are all over the map: The lure of staying home could have workers demanding tax changes that benefit telecommuters, thinks Nicole Belson Goluboff. Say goodbye to suburbia, says Allison Arieff: cities are more efficient. More »

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      gas prices  • public transportation  • tax breaks  • energy costs  • suburbs  • commuting  • biking

    • Energy Prices Hammer Suburban Housing Market

      New York Times  |  Jun 25, 08 8:17 AM CDT

      Energy Prices Hammer Suburban Housing Market

      (Newser) - The soaring cost of energy has started the buck the half-century-old trend of migration to suburbs and exurbs, the New York Times reports. The cost of reaching a far-off home, let alone heating and cooling it, is becoming untenable for many. From Atlanta and Philadelphia to San Francisco and Minneapolis, prices of homes outside the urban core have fallen faster than those downtown. More »

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      gas prices  • housing market  • energy  • suburbs  • urban planning  • exurbs

  • February 2008

    • French Police Storm Housing Projects

      Associated Press  |  Feb 18, 08 5:03 AM CST

      French Police Storm Housing Projects

      (Newser) - More than 1,000 French police stormed housing projects in three largely immigrant communities outside of Paris early today and arrested 33 suspects believed linked to riots in November, AP reports. Police sources said two gang leaders in particular organized the street violence that included armed rioters in what they described as a "quasi-military operation." More »

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      France  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • police  • Paris  • immigrant  • riots  • suburbs  • housing projects

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