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As real estate prices continue to skyrocket, the South Bronx is experiencing a sudden influx of new residents.

January 18 - The New York Times

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Do I love this? I love this. Fake Is the New Real <a href="http://www.fakeisthenewreal.org/subway/">compares</a> two dozen subway systems from around the world, at the same scale. All these fractal diagrams show, incidentally, a city's rough sprawl-to-core ratio, density, and size -- at a glance. Below, London versus Los Angeles (winner: London).<br /> <br /> <img src="http://www.fakeisthenewreal.org/subway/london4a.gif" alt="null" /><img src="http://www.fakeisthenewreal.org/subway/langeles4a.gif" alt="Los Angeles subway" /><br /> <br /> via <a href="http://la.curbed.com/">Curbed LA</a>

January 18 - Anonymous

New York ACORN's deal with a major private developer to incorporate a higher-than-average number of affordable housing units could provide an unprecedented strategy for collaboration and partnership.

January 18 - Shelterforce Magazine

A new study reveals some surprising results about how people inhale the most air pollution on a daily basis.

January 18 - Scientific American

The L.A. hospital needs to sell; developers want to build housing; preservationists want it saved; former residents want affordable housing to make up in part for earlier urban renewal on the site.

January 18 - The Los Angeles Times

The California Governor rejects pleas from advocates for a steady income stream; bond measures may continue to be the only source.

January 18 - The Sacramento Bee

L.A. city offices partner up to locate and sell nuisance properties, through the American Dream Program.

January 18 - Los Angeles Daily News

Where should the landmarks commission draw the line when limiting homeowners' ability to make changes to their historic homes?

January 18 - The New York Times

The borough hasn't seen a trolley since 1956, but a series of new projects and traffic concerns suggest that a system would be a real possibility.

January 18 - The New York Times

Despite anecdotal evidence to the contrary, the core areas of the nation's major metropolitan areas are experiencing major net domestic migration losses, according to Wendell Cox.

January 18 - Demographia

Light rail and subway lines are spawning a series of new developments.

January 17 - The Baltimore Sun

From a private art wing with steel doors that drop from the ceiling to a 70-foot saltwater swimming pool, these homes have it all -- for around $50 million.

January 17 - The Wall Street Journal

Timothy M. Kaine will addresses the politically touchy issues, calling for more control of development as a means of reducing congestion.

January 17 - The Washington Post

Is Wal-Mart the goliath that is reshaping America?

January 17 - The Christian Science Monitor

What would you do if your rent went from $595 per month to $200,000 to buy?

January 17 - The Baltimore Sun

The number of skyscrapers to be built in each city hints at the complexities of different development patterns.

January 17 - Los Angeles Downtown News

This op-ed rebuts the calls for Pennsylvania to require that new cars sold across the Commonwealth be equipped with emission controls that comply with California state requirements.

January 17 - American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

New Orleans residents warn of civil disorder if they are not allowed to return to their homes.

January 17 - The Times-Picayune

Harold Meyerson argues that thanks to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, transportation and land use in the City of Angels now focuses on the public sector, not the private realm, as the Mayor takes on a strong central identity heretofore lacking.

January 17 - The Washington Post

As cell phones, GPS systems, dashboard computers, and roadside sensors create more accurate traffic reports, the ubiqituous AM radio helicopter traffic report could be a thing of the past.

January 17 - The Boston Globe