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Big City Living May Help You Slow Down, Stress Less and Be Happy
Currently there are 192 certified slow cities worldwide.
A Foreclosure Conveyor Belt: The Continuing Depopulation of Detroit
Longtime residents have been scattered and displaced by the foreclosure conveyor belt.
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San Francisco Music Venue Struggles to Stay Open as Rents Rise
San Francisco venue Sub Mission's struggles to stay afloat.
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Jordan Downs: Toxic Cleanups Underway, but Many Fear It’s Too Little, Too Late
Residents fear the worst of the environmental damage has already been done.
Communities Can Take Back Power in City Planning
Tom Angotti discusses the lack of community power in city planning and zoning processes.
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New York City Public Housing: Fixing a Leak With a Bucket
The New York City Housing Authority says it's made major progress responding to residents' requests for repairs. Residents tell a different story.
Five Reasons Why San Francisco Needs to Use Public Lands for Public Benefit, Not Luxury Housing
The most important public policy priority for San Francisco is to reserve its surplus land for affordable housing.
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How Your Tax Dollars Are Wasted to Build Luxury Apartments
“Subsidize our house, not the penthouse!” protesters chanted last month.
Five Reasons Why San Francisco Must Not Give Up Public Land for Market-Rate Development
A city plan to use public land for market-rate, rather than fully affordable housing, just doesn't make economic sense.
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Dismantling the Towers
What began as a mothers' crusade to protect their children from gangs, rats and roaches evolved into something else.