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- World’s largest cities with three (3) letter names
- The Pumpkins return with a “Smashing” good record
- City/town names in USA/Canada that end with matching letters
- The High Desert bursts forth in a symphony of colors
- Scaling peaks of stone despite achy bones: A memoir and and an aspiration
- Ten favorite and least favorite state capital cities
- Los destinos divinos de Latinoamérica: Ciudades con nombres religiosos más allá de San/o, o Santa/o [Latin America’s divine destinations: Cities with religious names beyond San/o, or Santa/o]
- Ten dreamy planning lessons from cruising Michigan’s Woodward Corridor
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Tag Archives: Flint
The Flint You Don’t Hear About
Flint, Michigan has had a tough couple of decades. If the auto plant closings and shutdowns weren’t enough, terrible decisions by the state legislature and officials under the Snyder administration put its residents in jeopardy. Those same residents will be … Continue reading
Posted in cities, civics, downtown, economic development, economic gardening, geography, health, Health care, historic preservation, history, Housing, human rights, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, placemaking, planning, pollution, poverty, racism, revitalization, Statistics, third places, tourism, Travel, urban planning, zoning
Tagged Flint, Michigan, turbo-capitalism
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An outstanding book – “Nothing But Blue Skies”
It is difficult to describe how truly outstanding the book entitled Nothing But Blue Skies: The Heyday, Hard Times, and Hopes of America’s Industrial Heartland is to read. As a nearly lifelong Rust Belt resident, I can attest to the fact that Edward … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Alternative energy, architecture, art, book reviews, books, Cars, cities, civics, civility, culture, deregulation, downtown, economic development, economic gardening, Economy, entrepreneurship, environment, geography, globalization, government, health, history, humanity, inclusiveness, Labor, land use, new urbanism, placemaking, planning, politics, pollution, poverty, Privatization, racism, Renewable Energy, revitalization, Small business, spatial design, sprawl, States, sustainability, tourism, Trade, transportation, unemployment, urban planning, writing
Tagged book reviews, books, cars, Chicago, cities, Cleveland, Decatur, Detroit, Edward McClelland, Flint, labor, labor strife, Lansing, literature, non-fiction, Nothing But Blue Skies, Syracuse, Ted McClelland, writing
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Short and sweet – most populous one syllable cities – UPDATED
Here is my list of the largest single syllable cities (in English) in the world by rounded off metro population (when known). Seoul, South Korea – 24,200,000 Rome, Italy – 3,700,000 Prague, Czech Republic – 2,300,000 Leeds, UK – 2,300,000 … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, architecture, Asia, Canada, China, cities, culture, Europe, fun, geography, India, North America, Oceania, placemaking, planning, psychology, South America, UK
Tagged Brest, Brugge, cities, Cork, Durg, Fez, Flint, fun, Furth, geography, Hims, Kiel, Lille, Lund, Mainz, Minsk, names, Neuss, Nice, Omsk, Perm, place names, places, Prague, Reims, Rome, Seoul, Slough, Sparks, Ulm, York
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