Are Foreigners to Blame for High Housing Prices?
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One common argument against allowing new housing in popular cities is that as long as rich foreigners use up the housing supply prices will never go down.
The Case Against Jaywalking Laws, Part 2
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Laws designed to keep pedestrians off streets are not merely useless, but create a variety of social harms.
Light Rail Doesn't Always Mean Fewer Buses
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Cities that have recently adopted light rail sometimes actually add bus riders.
Do Millennials Opt for Cities or Suburbs? Yes.
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Recent stories claiming that millenials either (a) prefer cities to suburbs or (b) prefer suburbs to cities both have some basis in reality.
When States Should Blow the Whistle
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States regulate local governments too much in some areas, but not enough in others.
How to Lead a Walking Tour
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Leading a walking tour of your neighborhood can be easy if you focus on the basic differences between types of neighborhoods.
Airbnb and Affordable Housing
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Does apartment-sharing reduce regional housing supply? Probably not very much.
Libertarian-Friendly Drought Control
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Arid states can both reduce water use and avoid intrusive government by eliminating zoning regulations that mandate or encourage water-wasting lawns.
Cars Are Expensive (And Other Things the Census Taught Me)
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National tables from the 2013 American Household Survey (AHS) are now public.
What Density-Phobia Gets Wrong
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In her article, "What Champions of Urban Density Get Wrong," the Philadelphia Inquirer's Inga Saffron critiques attempts to increase urban population. This post responds to her work.