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Tag Archives: villages
City/town names in USA/Canada that end with matching letters
In anticipation of preparing this post, it was never imagined that it would take more than a week of research/compilation and that there would be so many examples across the United States and Canada. In fact, this is the first … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Cities, Communications, geography, history, Language, place names, States, Statistics, topography, toponymy
Tagged Canada, Census designated places, cities, fun, geography, hamlets, history, localities, towns, tribal communities, unincorporated communiites, USA, villages
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Largest h-y-p-h-e-n-a-t-e-d city/town by state or province
Continuing with the recent theme of hyphenated cities and towns, the following list identified the largest hyphenated city or town in each state, Canadian province, or territory. As with previous posts on this subject, the population data pertains to the … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, cities, civics, culture, demographics, fun, geography, history, place names, placemaking, planning, States, Statistics, topography
Tagged Canada, CDPs, Census designated places, cities, demographics, geography, hamlets, place names, placenames, USA, villages
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Albuquerque’s two distinctive ranchito suburbs
All of us are familiar with the enormous ranches and farming operations that are most often found flung across the Midwestern and Western United States. We are also familiar with the smaller scale ranchettes and farmettes that tend to dot … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, Advocacy, agriculture, Animals, archaeology, architecture, art, cities, civics, culture, density, diversity, economic development, economic gardening, environment, Food, food systems, geography, government, health, historic preservation, history, land use, Maps, Native Americans, nature, placemaking, planning, recreation, rivers/watersheds, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, sustainability, third places, topography, tourism, Trade, trails, Travel, urban planning, walking, Wildlife, zoning
Tagged agriculture, Albuquerque, Corrales, corrals, farmettes, Farmland Preservation, farms, Los Ranchos, Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, New Mexico, orchards, ranchettes, ranchitos, Rio Rancho, stables, villages, vineyards
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Smallest “city” named community from each state
The following list identifies those communities from each state that have the smallest population while also including the term “city” in their name. They are listed below from smallest to largest. The population data is based on the most recent … Continue reading
Posted in cities, fun, geography, history, place names, Statistics, toponymy, tourism, Travel
Tagged CDPs, Census designated places, cities, geography, hamlets, population, towns, villages
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Carved Cedar Skylines of the Pacific Northwest Coast
For centuries, coastlines, coves, river shorelines, and inlets from Alaska southward to Washington State were dotted with the sky-scraping carved cedar totem poles that depicted the history and legacies of those First Nation and Native American residents who called this … Continue reading
Posted in archaeology, architecture, art, Canada, cities, Communications, culture, geography, historic preservation, history, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, nature, North America, pictures, place names, planning, rivers/watersheds, skylines, skyscrapers, Statistics, topography, tourism, Travel
Tagged First Nations, Native Americans, totem poles, villages
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Poets of the pavement – local places with Poet Laureates
The list below identifies those cities, towns, villages, townships, shires, and counties which have a designated or appointed poet laureate. It is meant to include only those with an active poet laureate position or which are searching for someone to … Continue reading
Posted in art, cities, culture, entertainment, geography, humanity, literature, place names, Poem, writing
Tagged cities, counties, parishes, poetry, shires, towns, townships, villages
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Blight bred by an outdated zoning map
As urban planners, one of our primary responsibilities is to advise the Planning Commission and the elected body on zoning and land use matters. Among these issues are situations where a zoning designation on a parcel or parcels is out … Continue reading
Posted in cities, economic development, Economy, geography, government, history, Housing, land use, Maps, planning, spatial design, urban planning, zoning
Tagged blight, cities, government, history, land use, planning, towns, urban planning, villages, zoning, zoning map
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Your community is a village when…
Everyone is a member of the Village People. The whole village enjoys going to the Y-M-C-A! Goldilocks thinks a small town is much too big and a hamlet is much too small, but a village is just right. It has … Continue reading
Posted in cities, civics, civility, culture, entertainment, fun, geography, history, humanity, inclusiveness, land use, music, placemaking, planning, politics, satire, spatial design, urban planning, video
Tagged cities, Goldilocks, Greenwich Village, hamlets, Hillary Clinton, planning, sature, towns, Village People, Village Voice, villages, YMCA
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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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