When you're faced with the choice of living in an urban neighborhood with "poor" schools, or a suburban neighborhood with "good" schools, you find a work around. That's what these entrepreneurial spirits did in San Francisco.
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Share photos of your children's trip to school with the hashtag #SchoolCommute
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Our decision during the 2016 election is not about whether or not to build infrastructure as a way to experience growth. No, our decision is about what to maintain and to what extent we will walk away from stuff we built in the past. The easy growth is done and has been for some time.
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A Raleigh home on a high-speed stroad has been hit by 6 different cars in the past nine years. This is a direct example of the way that street design can quite literally decrease the value of our places.
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Paul Stewart, Executive Director of the Oswego Renaissance Association, talks about his work to revitalize neighborhoods in his town through historic preservation projects on local homes. Small investments = big returns.
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I am serious about recruiting architects, planners, engineers, activists who consider themselves to be urbanists (new or otherwise) into the ranks of the small developer cohort because I think it is the best way for an urbanist to have an impact in a place they care about.
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Simple adjustments to neighborhood design could make these places far more walkable. But continuing to design with only cars in mind will remove what little walkability there is.
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The number of women starting and owning businesses is on the rise.
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Strip malls are not the result of the free market choosing a preferred development pattern; They're the result of government regulations.
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A Strong Towns member and college professor incorporates the Strong Towns Strength Test into his freshman seminar.
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Does anyone think the folks in the $700,000 suburban homes would be living there in anything like their current circumstances if they had to pave their own roads and pump water up to their own homes? Does anyone believe these homes would be worth $700,000 without the heavily subsidized public infrastructure?
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Agricultural land use, pedestrian crossings, and the democratized economy were among our most popular topics this week at Strong Towns.
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Aaron Naparstek uses humorous poetry as a response to the incessant din of honking and traffic in his life.
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This video explains why our cities are going broke in spite of what appears to be so much economic activity and growth.
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Hospitals around the country are realizing that it is good policy and good business to take an interest in the welfare of the neighborhoods they are in.
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In this belated interview from Suburban Poverty week, we had the chance to speak with Elizabeth Kneebone, a fellow at the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings and co-author of the book, Confronting Suburban Poverty in America.
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38,000 people are dying as a result of car crashes every year, and we think nothing of it.
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Biking can be a way to save money, a way to get exercise, and even a way to get to know your family better. Here are four stories from friends of Strong Towns who explain why they bike.
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Even in a struggling town, there is huge momentum to make it stronger. Here are three stories that gave me hope during a recent Strong Towns event in Rockford.
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Readers ask, What's the best crosswalk for my intersection? R. Moses' answer may surprise you.
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