Here’s how to adapt the 12-step model for a community wanting to come to grips with financial insolvency.
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The polarization in American life may begin to subside when we are drawn out of ourselves and into community with our neighbors.
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This video provides a clear and compelling explanation for why homes cost so much. But there's more to the story.
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Here's a proposed system for balancing the desires of residents and developers.
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The American Conservative recently ran a thoughtful and resoundingly positive review of our new book, Thoughts on Building Strong Towns, Volume III.
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It's time to push back against the typical media narratives about parking in our towns.
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Our culture seems to increasingly value efficiency over almost everything else. That's foolish.
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Strong Towns advocates need to think for themselves, analyze different actions and optimize in the face of overwhelming complexity. Here's how to get started.
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In this formative series, we lay out the value and importance of incremental development — and why it must be the only path forward if we want to build strong towns.
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Many people leave the city and head for the suburbs once they have children. I did the opposite.
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Improving a city doesn't take a lot of money. It just takes courage.
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By designing our cities for cars, we have created landscapes that exclude the aging.
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Our cities are so financially fragile and desperate for growth that they will do anything to land America's most eligible corporate bachelor.
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The work of Strong Towns is made possible by a multitude of volunteers and we're giving a special shout-out to them today.
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These 7 steps will take you from a nebulous idea to successfully addressing an issue that matters in your town.
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Here are the 6 best books I read this year.
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The line between optimism and reality can be a fine one to walk.
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Cities are filled with talent, ideas, and hardworking people. We just need to provide them with the platform to be productive.
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Here's what two Strong Towns members find valuable about life in the small town south, and what they'd like to see change.
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Can a suburban “downtown” built from the ground up for over $150 million succeed?
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