The worst mistake in Minneapolis planning history, the role we all suddenly play in our community’s “care map,“ and why the coronavirus pandemic will reveal the best humanity has to offer. These stories and more in our weekly Top 5.

Two rules for healthy neighborhood change, why a market correction is going to be painful (but also necessary), and why we need to talk about walkability for locals and not just for tourists. These stories and more in our weekly roundup.

Eight things in our cities we should never build again, a massive freeway widening in Austin, and the three simple words our communities should learn to become more prosperous. These and other stories in our weekly roundup.

A town in South Carolina that banned all new growth, Lexington’s looming housing crisis, and why compact development is good for rural places too. These stories and more in our weekly roundup.

An executive order from the president to make federal buildings classical again. A highway in Rochester that’s being converted into a neighborhood. And Cleveland’s dream for a hyperloop. These stories and more in our weekly Top 5.

Strong Towns’s five most-read stories of the past week.

How much a mile of road actually costs, the demolition of a church to make room for a self-storage facility, and why a smart city future won’t make up for getting the “dumb” stuff wrong. These stories and more in our weekly Top 5.

L.A.’s transit past, the importance of good design (even in a housing crisis), and why auto-centric development is especially hard on seniors. These stories and more in our weekly Top 5.

Lessons about Strong Towns from HBO’s “Deadwood.” What your city should do about its infrastructure backlog. And why “jaywalking” shouldn’t even be a thing. These stories and more in our weekly Top 5.

Oslo’s success in ending cycling and pedestrian deaths (and what we can learn from it), why the “conservative” approach of traffic engineers really isn’t, and why the feds need to stop victim-shaming walkers. These stories and more in our weekly Top 5.

We’re swimming in a sea of parking. So much so that we often don’t realize that parking shapes our built environment more than any other factor. Here’s how to really see the glut of parking weakening our towns and cities…and then do something about it.

New tools are making it easier to compare and share how we used to build places versus how we build them now.

Need proof that suburban-style development is a money pit? Exhibit A: The swanky Seattle suburb where Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates both live is going broke. If Medina, Washington can’t make it work, why would other communities even try?

If you design a place well-suited for trick-or-treating, you've almost certainly also designed a place well-suited for building community. It’s called “The Trick-or-Treat Test.” Here are six boxes to check for maximum appeal for Halloween…and every other day of the year.

Among our top stories: why we should think about shrinking parking spaces as a first step to ending parking minimums altogether, the real problem with new American suburbs (hint: it’s not uncontrolled growth), and an unusual decorating practice in the Netherlands that brings neighbors together.

Airbnb and rent control. Oh, and Jim Kunstler’s take on the end of civilization as we know it. Just a few of the topics covered in this week’s Top 5 recent stories from Strong Towns.