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June 21, 2013|Paul Bettencourt, Science Daily
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"A city is first and foremost a social reactor. It works like a star, attracting people and accelerating social interaction and social outputs in a way that is analogous to how stars compress matter and burn brighter and faster the bigger they are."
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June 20, 2013|Lisa Prevost, Hartford Courant
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"I don't think the desire to live in a house on four acres is necessarily primordial - plenty of people are happy with much less." Read On
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June 19, 2013|Isabel Hilton , Guardian UK
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"If China is to become the kind of sustainable society envisaged in the 12th Five Year Plan, it would be wise to stop building Chinese versions of Los Angeles and copy Copenhagen instead." Read On
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June 18, 2013|Atlantic Cities
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"In short, Angkor was far more urban than previously thought, and the geometric rigor of the famous enclosures actually extended far into what is now jungle." Read On
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June 17, 2013|David Green, Albuquerque Journal
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"Apart from the urban district, there will always be people who want to live in more of a suburban place like Mesa del Sol, and there are companies that will prefer a more secure research environment away from Downtown" Read On
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June 14, 2013|Walkable DFW
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"This is your daily public service announcement that the establishment isn't always right and that the cities that are world-renowned today for a variety of reasons, particularly livability plus economic activity...began deprioritizing the car, car-dependence, and car-based infrastructure." Read On
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June 13, 2013|Sahra Sulaiman, Streetsblog LA
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"It never should have been left out in the first place. It would be like leaving out Little Tokyo or other important cultural neighborhoods. Leimert is the cultural beating heart of the Black community. " Read On
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June 12, 2013
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"You wouldn't build a subway system across the Gobi desert because only the odd nomad would be around to use it." Read On
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June 11, 2013|Vishaan Chakrabarti, Wall Street Journal
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"What surprised me most was the scale of the problem," Mr. Chakrabarti said. "It's a clarion call that we don't have enough housing." Read On
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June 10, 2013|David Brooks, New York Times
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"The happiest people these days are those who leave Washington and get elected mayor or governor. The most frustrated people are people who were mayor and governor and get elected to the Senate. They end each day knowing they were busy. They're just not sure they accomplished anything." Read On