Archive for August, 2009
Are hip cities leveling economic disparity?
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009Many large cities have enclaves of depressing poverty and some of immense wealth. But getting past the extremes, there is some evidence that in expensive cities, the difference is diminishing between what people in typically higher paying professions (such as doctors) are earning and those in normally lower paying occupations (such as retail clerks).
From a […]
Metro mania
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009Tens of thousands of people stood in line for hours yesterday to experience the new rapid transit line in Vancouver. Such excitement has not greeted new transit options before, which got me thinking about the relationship between metro lines, a city, and its residents.
Unlike two previous routes, which primarily link suburban residential areas to downtown, […]
Automotive advertising and newspaper struggles
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009Many city newspapers in North America are struggling. A few months back in a post I suggested it was because they were not covering local topics, instead picking up on non-analytical wire copy and propaganda media releases rather than reporting actual events.
The Global Urbanist has another theory, suggesting in a recent e-mail that newspaper declines […]