Urbanexus Update - Issue #7
Please scroll down for my weekly collection of articles, documents, images, tweets, and videos/films about changes across, and beyond, metropolitan regions that create opportunities—and challenges—for sustainable real estate investment and development.
Environmental questions
Will the Supreme Court to require the US Fish & Wildlife Service to adhere to a dictionary definition of habitat?
Enviros and eevelopers — grist.org
Could the next big environmental fight could play out in your backyard?
Electric vehicles — twitter.com
Why are electric cars such a big deal in Norway?
Urban attraction
The Midwest Is Booming—Just Not Where You Think — www.newgeography.com
Economic vitality in some surprising places.
Millennials and the new magnetism of mid-size cities — apple.news
More affordable and smaller metropolitan areas of the USA are increasingly attractive to some Millennials who have spent time in the bigger ones.
Dense urbanism is great for downtowns. But what about suburbs?
Housing
New housing In Seattle — www.seattletimes.com
Amid Seattle’s rapid growth, most new housing development is restricted to a relatively small portion of the city.
A tech company wades into housing politics — www.nytimes.com
A San Francisco Bay Area technology firm commits $1 million of funding to a YIMBY (yes in my backyard) housing advocacy group.
San Diego did what Seattle didn’t: give people a safe place to sleep in cars.
A film
Life in New York City in the early 20th Century — www.openculture.com
A restored film lets you view life in New York City in 1911.