Topic – Suburban
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Suburban housing market may not recover “in our lifetime”
Expert compares US to Japan
A Yale economist believes it could be a very long time before the suburban housing market recovers in the US.
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Most City of Houston residents want urbanism
Houston Area Survey
Fifty percent of all City of Houston residents would prefer to live an urban lifestyle, according to the Houston Area Survey from Rice
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The cul-de-sac: great for kids, bad for everyone else
Bad planning
Roman Mars of San Francisco's radio show 99% Invisible, discusses opinions about the cul-de-sac and suburban planning.
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Top Houston schools not in suburbs
They're in Houston
In new rankings, of the top twenty schools in all categories more are in the City of Houston than in all other districts combined.
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Office market moving in closer
In Houston, BG Group featured
As the market for office space shows signs of recovery, the suburbs are getting left behind
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Walmart seeks urban locations for new stores
300-400 planned
Walmart announced a new strategy to open 300-400 new stores in urban locations.
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DART greenlights blue, orange lines
But service will be cut
DART will continue its light rail capital expansion, but it will cut some existing bus and rail service.
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Brookings: comprehensive report on metropolitan America
"White flight" is reversing
Brookings reports that the "white flight" phenomenon significantly reversed between 2000 and 2008 with changing demographics in both urban and suburban areas.
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Chapter 42 amendments redefine “urban”
Affect lot size, parking
The amendments would expand the official urban area from the 610 Loop out to Beltway 8, and affect lot size, driveways, and some parking.
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