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America's coastal cities are a hidden time bomb

Wealthy homeowners will escape flooding. The middle class can’t.
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Urban density is not the problem

Despite ample evidence that urbanites live longer and healthier lives than their counterparts in rural areas, the spread of the coronavirus - and New York City's tragic experience in particular - has fueled a dubious association between population density and contagion.

Australia's fires won't stop burning
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Australia's fires won't stop burning

Even as the country fights bushfires, it can’t stop dumping planet-warming pollution into the atmosphere.
Inequality is slowing cities to a crawl
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Inequality is slowing cities to a crawl

As big cities face a mobility crisis, tech companies are selling wealthy urbanites on the fantasy of escaping it.
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