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Tag Archives: small towns
Dollar Stores Are Gutting Small Town Retailers
Drive through many small towns across America these days and you are almost sure to see a dollar store of one brand or other (or multiple stores) at the edge of town along the main drag or on the bypass. … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, architecture, business, cities, commerce, downtown, economic development, economic gardening, entrepreneurship, geography, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, placemaking, planning, product design, shopping, sprawl, urban planning, zoning
Tagged design, dollar stores, main street, Main Street America, small towns
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“Small towns?” – Who are they kidding?
With all apologies to Business Insider, since when are cities that exceed 100,000 in population, or even exceeding 60,000 in population, considered to be “small towns?” At least they included the population of each community in their list of the ten … Continue reading
Posted in cities, civics, Communications, density, geography, land use, planning, urban planning, writing
Tagged Burnsville, cities, Denton, geography, hamlets, land use, planning, population, small towns, suburbs, urban, urban planning
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Your community is a small town when…
This is the seventh in a series of satirical posts. This time, small towns are under the microscope. Your community is a small town when… John Mellencamp sings about it. Clark Kent grew up there. A high-rise is a silo, … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, aviation, Cars, cities, civics, civility, commerce, Communications, Cuisine, culture, density, economic development, entertainment, fun, geography, government, historic preservation, history, Housing, humanity, infrastructure, land use, music, nature, planning, satire, spatial design, States, Statistics, sustainability, technology, transportation, urban planning, zoning
Tagged 4H, cities, Clark Kent, farms, geography, John Mellencamp, land use, planning, satire, small towns, Superman, towns, villages
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The places in-between
As the world continues to become more urbanized, the places in-between these pulsating urban areas are often overlooked as just blips along the expressway or dots 30,000 feet below us. While some of these places are hanging on with some … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, air travel, Cars, cities, civics, commerce, Communications, culture, density, economic development, family, geography, globalization, historic preservation, history, humanity, inclusiveness, land use, placemaking, planning, psychology, revitalization, spatial design, sustainability, tourism, Trade, transportation, Travel
Tagged cities, land use, places, planning, rural, rural planning, small towns, towns, urban planning, villages
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Fading traces of once vibrant places
Over the past weekend I was at our family’s lake cottage in Northeast Indiana. During the drive home, I had an eerie feeling that many of the small towns along my route would soon be faded memories. Even some of … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, cities, civics, culture, diversity, economic development, economics, geography, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, placemaking, planning, poverty, revitalization, sprawl, sustainability, transportation
Tagged cities, places, planning, revitalization, small towns
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“Ain’t that America”
Those immortal song lyrics come from Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame inductee and fellow Hoosier John Mellencamp’s classic rock tune entitled “Pink Houses.” On my return trip to Michigan from Indianapolis on Sunday afternoon, I decided to follow the road less … Continue reading
Posted in art, cities, culture, economic development, entertainment, film, fun, history, land use, music, placemaking, planning, sprawl, tourism, transportation
Tagged Fairmount, Garfield, history, Indiana, James Dean, Jim Davis, land use, rural planning, small towns, sprawl, tourism, travel, urban planning
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