Chris Stines is Planetizen's former Editor and the founder of Urban Insight, a leading digital agency. Chris has 25 years of experience in technology consulting and urban planning and has served as a consultant to public sector state, county, and local agencies, Fortune 500 private firms, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations.
Los Angeles: Suddenly Small Is Better
The threat of Valley secession from Los Angeles is the result of a new tendency to think smaller is better.
Gentrification In South Boston
East Boston has benefited from a thriving arts community, raising fears of gentrification.
Boom In Migration To Resort Towns Concerns Planners
Vacation spots typically inhabited by a small number of locals in the off-season are attracting residential migration in record numbers.
New Jersey's Mount Laurel Affordable Housing Doctrine
The New Jersey Supreme Court is poised to hand down a new ruling to mandate affordable housing.
New York Tomorrow
When the sun rises on New York City a decade from now, it could well be a very different place.