Car-dependent metros have fewer independent restaurants Chain restaurants and cars go together Yesterday, we used data compiled by Yelp on chain and independent restaurants to compute the market share of chains in the nation’s largest
How driving ruins local flavor Read Post »
Being cheaper may not be an advantage at all in a dynamic, knowledge based economy It’s axiomatic in the world of local economic development that the sure-fire way to stimulate growth is to make it
Cities as selection environments Read Post »
If it weren’t for cultural appropriation, would America have any culture at all? In Portland, two women opened a food cart business–Kook’s Burritos–selling burritos based on ones that they’d seen and tasted during a trip to
Cultural appropriation: Theft or Smorgasbord? Read Post »
Which cities move the fastest? Does it matter? The raison d’etre of the highway engineer is making cars go faster. That’s reflected in chronic complaints about traffic congestion, and codified in often misleading studies, like
Speed: Fast cities Read Post »
