COVID has changed the way people think about the future of office work. What does this mean for office-heavy downtowns?
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This week on the Strong Towns Podcast, we’ve invited back a popular past guest and regular Strong Towns contributor: Johnny Sanphillippo.
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Exploring the property market in Appleton, WI, reveals the ephemeral nature of the North American development pattern.
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Collier County's standards for new development on rural land repeatedly emphasize “innovative” growth...but when we look at their proposed mega-developments, it's really just business as usual.
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The suburban growth model might as well be called an extractive industry: it deals just as much of a beating to communities that embrace it.
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Halifax spent decades pursuing the fragile-making suburban experiment. How should it move forward from here?
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What’s the cost of wasting 12 years?
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The Suburban Experiment is pushing schools toward the edges of our communities. This comes at a cost—and not just to the bottom-line.
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Cities are betting big on the Suburban Experiment, assuming the market or federal government will be able to bail them out. Those are bad bets and risky assumptions.
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We won’t end the Suburban Experiment by denying that people enjoy living in the suburbs…or by telling them they shouldn’t enjoy it.
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The way be build towns and cities in North America is a radical departure from how our ancestors did it (even a few generations ago) and how cities are built elsewhere in the world. Here are 7 key differences.
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Plano, Texas is the unfortunate object lesson: We can’t solve the Suburban Experiment using the same kind of thinking we used when we created the Suburban Experiment.
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We’ve never been able to afford the Suburban Experiment. But now that our 20th-century infrastructure needs to be repaired or replaced, the bills are coming due in an obvious way.
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The entire suburban experiment is dependent on federal subsidies. What’s a truly conservative approach to growing our cities? Freeing them up to develop in ways that are adaptable, responsive to local needs, and economically resilient.
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A conversation with a judge after a jury trial reveals the less obvious—yet shockingly high—costs of the suburban experiment.
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The work of building your Strong Town doesn’t end with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, because the work is never done. That shouldn’t be discouraging. Rather, it should give our efforts meaning and energy.
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Kansas City was once described as the “Paris of the Plains.” Today it is the freeway capital of America. A look at the city’s history of gobbling up land on its outskirts shows why Kansas City could be considered a poster child for America’s radical experiment in suburbanization.
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The special tax districts used to finance suburban expansion have been big trouble in past recessions. They’re worth watching now too.
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Contrary to what has been asserted elsewhere, the suburbs are not about to have a renaissance. In fact, there are many reasons to believe we are nearing the end.
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For most cities, the property taxes from single-family homes simply can’t pay the bills. One Minnesota mayor was remarkably blunt about that fact in a recent speech.
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