Many cities that aren’t high on a trendy list of up-and-coming places to live may actually be uniquely positioned to weather the COVID-19 storm.
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If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it’s probably a duck. But if a mega-project doesn’t have the characteristics—massive public debt, heavy infrastructure burdens, dubious if any benefit for the surrounding area—that usually make such projects so odious, is it still a bad deal?
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The destiny of America is probably set, but that of my community doesn’t have to be.
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Hint: It's not a farmstead in the countryside.
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Living far from the limits of our means gives us a richer, happier and more secure life. Building strong towns starts with building a strong household.
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The wealth one sees in the countryside resides there, but it is not created there. These residences are not the producers of wealth but the consumers of it.
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My hometown has no need to be embarrassed by what it has to offer. It has a significance, a value, and an attraction all its own, as do so many cities of its size.
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I’m not sure what hurts more—knowing that people are willing to trade off that much of their income to not live “here”, or that someone I really respect has to pay so much to live in a way which, apart from the size of the home, is just a standard living arrangement in most parts of the developed world.
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7 steps to taking the leap and getting the most out of urban public schools.
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While media outlets may prefer to latch onto sensational stories of shootings and gang violence, a major tragedy is being ignored in our cities every week.
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Chris Martenson’s claim that places like Oakland will only get more dangerous after an economic crash is, I think, much more suspect than he knows.
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Residents in poor neighborhoods face health issues, unemployment, deteriorating infrastructure and no way to get out.
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A story which has been written, rewritten, and written yet again in an endless chain for as long as I can remember is the narrative about the American family no longer being able to fully live the American Dream.
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Could the belief that there isn’t enough parking be hurting business? Maybe. Is there a problem with “after 5” parking near McCaffrey’s? Not tonight, and I’ll wager not tomorrow night either.
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Steven Shultis is a member of Strong Towns and a long time supporter living in Springfield, Massachusetts. You might remember him from an earlier podcast or from our more recent conversation about Springfield. He blogs at Rational Urbanism and this article, which first appeared there, is reprinted with his permission.
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