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Social media could be the best way to predict gentrification

Gentrification is a constant in major cities, and it can contribute to massive problems, like the housing crisis enveloping San Francisco.It's hard for cities to take action if they don't have good...

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Chinese developers want to build a city covered in trees and shrubs from the...

Creating a city from scratch is no easy task, but one Chinese company could be banking billions that a so-called "Forest City"— a new high-tech, eco-friendly city covered head to toe in trees and...

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Research suggests people with this type of commute are happier than everyone...

If riding the subway puts you in a bad mood, you're not alone.Commuters are more likely to feel happier walking to work than taking any other form of transportation, according to a new study by...

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10 cities that are starting to go car-free

In 2015, Oslo announced a plan to ban all cars from its city center by 2019. Now, the country of Norway wants to take the initiative a step further.According to Time, Norway is preparing a bill that,...

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12 major cities that are starting to go car-free

In late 2016, Madrid's Mayor Manuela Carmena reiterated her plan to kick personal cars out of the city center.On Spanish radio network Cadena Ser, she confirmed that Madrid's main avenue, the Gran Vía,...

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Here's what life is like in the world's most crowded cities

Urbanization is taking over the world.By the year 2050, 70% of the world will live in cities, according to the Population Reference Bureau.One of the most striking ways to see this growth is through...

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An urban designer explains why self-driving cars will only make life worse

Peter Calthorpe isn't interested in the wonder of self-driving cars picking kids up from school or fetching couch potatoes their fast food order.As the urban designer relayed from this year's TED...

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How to choose the best place to live for your career

Richard Florida is the author of "The New Urban Crisis: How Our Cities Are Increasing Inequality, Deepening Segregation, and Failing the Middle Class—and What We Can Do About It." Here, the urbanist...

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19 photos show what life is like in the world's most crowded cities

Urbanization is taking over the world.By the year 2050, 70% of the world will live in cities, according to the Population Reference Bureau.One of the most striking ways to see this growth is through...

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California once imagined a future without cars with this bike superhighway

Drivers in Los Angeles spend an average of 90 hours a year stuck in traffic. But back in the 1890s, California imagined a different future for the city's streets.The state planned to build a...

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25 incredible photos revealing the history of America's first modern shopping...

When the Southdale Center in Edina, Minnesota opened its doors in 1956, its design was revolutionary.Southdale was the first modern indoor mall in the US, and eventually became a national symbol of...

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Miami is getting a $120 million urban park from the designer of The High Line

Miami's Metrorail transit system, the majority of which runs above ground, stretches 24 miles from south to north in the city. But the areas underneath the metro's two lines, covered in dirt, grass,...

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Mesmerizing maps reveal which cities around the world are most likely to fall...

Much of the world is making great leaps in technology, security, and public health. But some cities are getting left behind.In these distressed urban areas, the unemployment rate is high, equality is...

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Amazon could detonate a gentrification ‘prosperity bomb’ in the city it...

More than 200 cities, states, and regions submitted proposals to host a new $5 billion Amazon campus, dubbed HQ2.Amazon claims its second headquarters would create 50,000 jobs in the to-be-determined...

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Facebook and Amazon are so big they’re creating their own company towns —...

Mega-corporations — from Facebook to Amazon — are creating modern-day company towns.In Menlo Park, California, Facebook plans to build a new campus with 1,500 residences, a walkable retail district, a...

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13 cities that are starting to ban cars

Starting in November, Madrid will bar non-resident vehicles from driving anywhere in the city center. The only cars that will be allowed downtown will be those that belong to locals, zero-emissions...

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Amazon has a new solution for the most annoying thing about receiving...

Amazon is rolling out its Hub machine to more apartment buildings starting Tuesday.The machine is designed to give apartment dwellers a secure place to receive packages if they don't have a...

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New York's commuter nightmare is bad, but the world's most crowded cities are...

By the year 2050, 70% of the world will live in cities, according to the Population Reference Bureau.The most population-dense cities grapple with unique challenges. They fight for resources, like...

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A new 'floating park' made out of recycled plastic waste has popped up in the...

In Rotterdam, a city on the Netherland's North Sea coast, there's a fascinating new public space made out of recycled materials for the residents to enjoy — and it's built over water.Rotterdam's...

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Megacities are on the rise — here are the 15 cities primed for explosive...

The world's fastest growing cities are nearly all in developing countries.Most of the cities expected to grow the most over the 12 years are in China, South America, and Asia.Many developed cities, on...

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