urban living
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Cities safer than ever, and the more diverse the better
New data shows that, contrary to popular belief, crime is falling faster in urban areas, and diverse and immigrant populations are a key factor.
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Great places: smart density as part of economic flourishing
Bring people together in a great place and great things happen.This is part four in a series on “great places.” Read parts one, two, three, and five. So far I’ve written that great places are green and groovy. (Yeah, I said groovy.) Lest I make the whole notion sound like a smelly commune, though, it’s […]
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Great places: reorienting progressive politics for the 21st century
This is part one in a series on “great places.” Read parts two, three, four, and five. I asked a while back what new vision or principles could unite the left’s fractious coalition. As you probably guessed, I’ve got a pet idea along these lines. It’s a bit out in left field, at least in […]
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Jerks™ trademark the idea of ‘urban homesteading’
The Dervaes family of Pasadena are urban homesteaders, and by god they want to be the ONLY urban homesteaders. You can grow your own food, or raise your own animals, or practice a sustainable and self-sufficient lifestyle, I GUESS, if that sort of thing butters your muffin. But if you go around using the phrase […]
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‘Portlandia’ recap: A song for Portland
This week on Portlandia: rights for dogs and bikers!
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'Portlandia' recap: A song for Portland
This week on Portlandia: rights for dogs and bikers!
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'Portlandia' recap: Farming is magic!
Did you tune in for the first tasty squeeze from the laughter-lemon that is Portlandia? No, you have a life? Read the recap.
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‘Portlandia’ skewers your urban green lifestyle
Bikers, locavores, and just plain urbanites, quake in fear: Your lives are no longer safe from actually-funny satire.
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Memo to ecovores: It’s cheaper being green
Listen up, locavores: Many of us live by the same ecologically sound principles as you, not so we can "live intentionally," but because we're broke.