Tag: suburbia
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Free-Range Kids & the Law
The Murky Law on Free-Range Kids CityLab, April 17, 2015 On April 12, it happened again: Rafi and Dvora Meitiv, the “free-range kids” of Silver Spring, Maryland, were picked up and detained by police. The siblings, aged 10 and six, were playing unsupervised in their neighborhood when a man walking his dog spotted them and […]
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Malls Aren’t Dying
Shopping Malls Aren’t Actually Dying CityLab, March 25, 2015 On March 5, the Miami Herald revealed a new plan to build a 200-acre mega-mall in the suburbs of Miami, complete with an attached hotel and condos, a sea-lion show, and an artificial ski slope. It would be the largest shopping mall in the United States, […]
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College Park, College Town?
The Plan to Make College Park a College Town Washingtonian, March 2015 US Route 1 inside the Beltway in Maryland is no crummier than the turnpikes outside Amherst, Massachusetts; Bloomington, Indiana; or any other town that hosts a major state university. A traveler headed south through College Park takes in a view of Taco Bell, […]
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Urbanizing Gas Stations
Why Gas-Station Restaurants Are Great for Suburbs A new crop of restaurants in gas stations, like Seoul Food D.C., will help suburbs grow into more authentic urban places. CityLab, Nov. 14, 2014 It’s 1 p.m. on a Tuesday, and I’m at Seoul Food D.C., eating a kimchi-bacon rice bowl as I watch cars whoosh down […]
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Suburban Poverty
How to Tackle Growing Suburban Poverty Houston’s Neighborhood Centers has spent years addressing this hidden problem—which will spread throughout the U.S. CityLab, Oct. 31, 2014 Think of a nonprofit that serves the poor, and the first image that comes to mind will likely be distinctly urban: an old, brick YMCA building, maybe with a neon […]
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