Cities

27 cities around the world where expats are happy, rents are affordable, and jobs are plentiful

• InterNations recently released its 2017 list of best cities for living and working abroad.• City rankings are based on survey responses from nearly 8,000 people in 40 countries.• For each city, we also compiled cost of living estimates from Numbeo's database.If you're thinking about living abroad, the …

Business

Atlanta’s ‘runaway gentrification’ chronicled by national, international media

Deep dives into Beltline exclusivity, struggles of Peoplestown residents publish on the same day.Friction born of a gentrifying Atlanta is hardly new fodder for media far beyond the ITP limits.Back in 2006, after all, the New York Times published an in-depth story under the headline “Gentrification …

Atlanta

Ancient Clay Tablets Form Map to Lost Cities

More than 20,000 Assyrian clay tablets from the Bronze Age have been recovered in what we know today as Turkey, describing the economy and daily …

Archaeology

These Are the Best Cities to Live In When You're in Debt

Folks, I'm here with some revolutionary news. Eating well and exercising is the best way to get in shape, and the secret to paying off debt is having …

Britain's cash-strapped councils and the great Civic Centre sell-off

Hammered by cuts, local authorities are being forced to flog or rent out their headquarters to continue to provide essential services. It’s a fitting metaphor for the hollowing out of municipal powerOn the east side of Newcastle’s Civic Centre, an elderly man wanders up to the door of Rates Hall – …

A Polarized Country Is Worse for Democrats Than Republicans

To win in the 2018 midterms, Democrats will have to overcome the disproportionate amount of power wielded by conservative rural voters.In the days after the inauguration that marked the total takeover of the federal government by the other side, they rose up across the nation, overtaking streets …

Elections

Solving Our Housing Crisis - The Only Way Is Up?

China represents a good example of a country that has to build at an incredible rate just to keep up with its own population growth. I have now …

Housing

The progressive potential of Toronto’s new guidelines for kid-friendly urban design

For cities seeking to hang on to their young families, Toronto offers an example to keep an eye onFor young adults in U.S. cities, the life cycle of urban living can seem as prescribed and predictable as the life cycle of a butterfly. Head downtown after school, get a job and career, meet a …

Urbanism

Suburbs: Turn Rail Station Parking Lots Into Affordable Communities

Building complete communities on the sprawling asphalt lots around regional transit hubs does the dual work of creating more affordability and accessibility, and de-incentivizing private car usage.The U.S.’ booming metro areas—San Francisco, New York, Chicago, and Boston–have run into something of …

Urban Design

CIMCON Lighting Launches Revolutionary NearSky™ Platform for Smart Cities

BOSTON, Nov. 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- CIMCON Lighting, the leading global provider of Intelligent Lighting and Smart City technologies, today announced the launch of its NearSky™ platform and NearSky™ 360 product line. The NearSky™ platform brings the "Internet of Outdoor Things" within a city's …

Smart Cities

Urban Trees Grow Differently Than Rural Trees

If you’re familiar with the urban heat island effect, chances are you’re not a fan. It’s that oppressive quality to the air in the Target parking lot …

Environment

Beijing hits brakes on subway boom over debt concerns

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China has hit the brakes on subway projects in at least three cities and Beijing is asking others to slow down their plans, local governments and media have reported, indicating concerns over high debt from city-level infrastructure spending.China has been in the grips of a …

World News

These are Germany’s 10 'smartest' cities

The study, commissioned by Easypark, makes clear that a precondition for being smart is that “a city should be digitalized first and foremost - with …

Germany

How Google Can Help San Jose Become a Model of Inclusive Urbanism

A new Google campus in San Jose will be a chance for the tech giant to pioneer a more equitable form of urban development—and regain public goodwill.San Jose is blessed with fantastic weather, beautiful natural surroundings, proximity to the world’s most successful companies, and perhaps the most …

Silicon Valley

Here are the best, worst cities for singles

The best place to be single is San Francisco, whereas one of the worst cities in the country might be South Burlington, Vermont, based on a rankings …

Upstate South Carolina

Hull's knackered roads could be completely transformed under these plans

Drivers can expect "significant" improvements to Hull's roads if radical proposals to almost double the highways budgets are approved later this year.…

A city that forgets about human connections has lost its way

When it comes to planning better cities for the future there’s one simple rule: connect people to places, people to transport and people to …

Urban Design

Egypt hopes ban on street ads can give cities a facelift

Egypt temporarily halted this month the issuance of any new licenses for street advertisements in an attempt to beautify cities and towns …

Egypt

One weird trick to fix downtown Minneapolis

And you're going to want to sit down, because it's not necessarily something you would say on Facebook, where your brother-in-law in Maple Grove can …

Minneapolis

The Moral Fabric of Cities

The writer and politician Michael Ignatieff discusses the “moral operating systems” that bind urban communities.For those monitoring the headlines, the Age of Morality hardly seems a likely title historians will use for the current period. But look closer—in the world’s neighborhood, workplace, or …

Minnesota, Poland, and Argentina Vie to Be the 2023 Expo Host City

Minnesota is hoping to host the first World’s Fair on U.S. soil in nearly 40 years, but it will have to overcome bids by Poland’s third-largest city, …

Trump's climate debacle is putting more pressure on cities. Here are 4 ways they can be climate heroes.

The possibilities are endless, but city leaders need focus.The US government sent an official delegation to the international climate talks this week in Bonn, Germany. This being the Trump administration, it planned exactly one public event, where it crudely hawked coal and nuclear. The panel …

Climate

Red light camera tickets would cost Ohio cities money under new bill

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio cities won the latest court battle over traffic enforcement cameras just four months ago, but lawmakers have already thought …

Cleveland

Do You Live In One Of The Best Cities For Singles?

Do you think dating is horrible where you live?Well, that may be true if you live in one of the WORST cities for dating - but you also may be …

Dating

More than 1,000 shoppers back petition against 'dangerous' Kingswood development

More than 1,000 shoppers have signed a petition opposing plans for a major retail expansion at Kingswood, which they say could "threaten" businesses …

‘We will not be selling off any parks’ promises Bristol City Council

Bristol City Council has promised not to sell off any of the city's parks as it wrestles with a £108 million deficit.The pledge came at a lively …

Britain wants cycle-friendly cities. Here’s how we get them

Cycle lanes reduce pollution, improve health and are incredibly popular. But forget common sense: getting the go-ahead on new schemes is all about politicsAlmost four-fifths of people in some of Britain’s largest cities want road space taken away from cars and given to bikes, according to a new …

Sport (UK)