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A St. Paul Cell Phone Ban Teens Might Actually Like. Plus, Kids’ Weird Google Docs Hack
This Basketball Court Is Saving Residents From Floods. Plus, New Yorkers’ Hot Takes
How One Oregon City is Lowering Energy Costs. Plus, How Do You Say ‘Oregon’?
How Philly Is Reducing Violence With Parks. Plus, How To Be a True Philadelphian
How Las Vegas Is Handling Record-Breaking Heat. Plus, Dressing for AC vs. the Outdoors
How Nashville Is Beating Flock. Plus, Local Love for Dolly Parton
Why Is Pittsburgh’s Airport the Gold Standard? Plus, the Ethical Dilemma of School Zoning
How Portland Made Its River Cool. Plus, Would a Cava Survive in the PNW?
A Madison Landfill That’s A Smart Business Move. Plus, ‘Hippie Christmas’
Naked Neighbors, Unwelcome Pets, and Other City Life Dilemmas
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October 9
A St. Paul Cell Phone Ban Teens Might Actually Like. Plus, Kids’ Weird Google Docs Hack
Another school year has begun — how are cell phones being handled in your city? In Minnesota, one high school is demonstrating that a str...
October 2
This Basketball Court Is Saving Residents From Floods. Plus, New Yorkers’ Hot Takes
When your city looks for inspiration for the future, does it look to the Netherlands? That’s what designers and officials in New York Cit...
September 25
How One Oregon City is Lowering Energy Costs. Plus, How Do You Say ‘Oregon’?
What’s a seemingly small project in your city that’s made a big difference? In the Oregon suburb of Tualatin, a drinking water pipe has j...
September 18
How Philly Is Reducing Violence With Parks. Plus, How To Be a True Philadelphian
Would your city be better with fewer vacant, blighted lots? In Philly, the answer is overwhelmingly yes, with significant drops in crime...
September 11
How Las Vegas Is Handling Record-Breaking Heat. Plus, Dressing for AC vs. the Outdoors
It may not feel like it right now, but extreme heat is coming for your city, and Las Vegas might have the answers you need. An already si...
September 4
How Nashville Is Beating Flock. Plus, Local Love for Dolly Parton
Do you know what kind of surveillance technology is being used in your city? In Nashville, the city government has blocked numerous measu...
August 28
Why Is Pittsburgh’s Airport the Gold Standard? Plus, the Ethical Dilemma of School Zoning
Your city’s airport definitely has a lot going for it, but unless you’re in Pittsburgh, what it doesn’t have is its own electrical grid....
August 21
How Portland Made Its River Cool. Plus, Would a Cava Survive in the PNW?
How often are you out in nature in your city? It’s not always easy to know which natural resources are clean and safe to use in an urban...
August 14
A Madison Landfill That’s A Smart Business Move. Plus, ‘Hippie Christmas’
What will your city do when it runs out of space for trash? Madison, WI, has a plan, and it’s one that other cities could follow. What co...
August 7
Naked Neighbors, Unwelcome Pets, and Other City Life Dilemmas
City living inherently means sharing space and resources with your neighbors, and y’all certainly have complaints, questions, and quandar...
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