Category Archives: Economic Mobility

Too Many Disconnections

Posted on July 8, 2011 by urbanhistori

Yesterday in the break room I was reading a newspaper article about the ATF Gunwalker Scandal where the ATF, the FBI, and the DEA had failed to communicate about their separate operations among the drug cartels in Mexico.  The result was … Continue reading →

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The Innovation Dilemma

Posted on July 6, 2011 by urbanhistori

In both the city where I work and the neighborhood where I live there are a large number of dilapidated commercial buildings with what should be considered ideal locations sitting empty and slowly rotting away.  In my ‘hood many of these … Continue reading →

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The Problem with Growth

Posted on June 24, 2011 by urbanhistori

One of the biggest challenges with understanding the impacts of development, sprawl, and urban planning is that it is a fairly academic topic.  To really understand how things are now, it is necessary to understand how they got this way, which … Continue reading →

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The Property Value Illusion

Posted on December 3, 2010 by urbanhistori

“For our own property values,” he said, “we need the illusion.” This was the comment made by a homeowner in the Disney Master Planned suburb of Celebration in response to the murder and standoff/suicide this week.  The illusion he’s referring … Continue reading →

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