Anti-Urban

Austin

How Anti-Urban State Legislatures Hurt Cities

Creating a new version of the "haves" and the "have nots," Richard Florida distinguishes cities struggling against state-level anti-urban policies from cities that get more support from the state.

December 29, 2017 - CityLab

Boston Seaport

Op-Ed: Cities Still Subsidize Everyone Else

Donald Trump rode waves of anti-urban sentiment to the White House. But is some city smugness forgivable if urban economies subsidize rural places?

April 26, 2017 - The Boston Globe

Politics and protest

5 Ways Cities Will Counter the Populist Movement

A list of the ways cities will resist the anti-urban politics of the populist movements represented by President-elect Donald Trump and Brexit.

January 16, 2017 - CityLab

Young Crowd

Kotkin on Cities: What the Hipsters Want is Not What the People Want

Joel Kotkin checks in with a dissenting take on the politics and demographics behind the urban revival.

August 19, 2014 - The Washington Post

Do Republicans Hate Cities?

Author Kevin Baker offers a historical perspective of the Republican Party's shift to the "anti-urban party".

October 8, 2012 - The New York Times

Infrastructure Spending, Policy Benefit Suburbs and not Cities

Harvard economics professor Edward L. Glaeser argues that the United States has a long, pervasive pattern of anti-urban behavior that needs to change.

March 9, 2010 - The Boston Globe

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