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What The Victorian Internet Can Teach Us About The Future Of Where
For 180 years, experts have told us that the latest innovation in telecommunications will "annihilate time and space" and eliminate the need for cities…
Mar 10
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Bill Fulton
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Can Fake Downtowns Grow Organically … and Feel Authentic?
Maybe today's manufactured place experiences will morph somewhat organically -- or least evolve over time -- so they don't fee so fake anymore.
Mar 5
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Bill Fulton
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How Can We Recreate The Experience Of Small-Scale Downtowns?
There'll always be a Costco. But we still need civic and retail locations where we don't have to take a search-and-destroy approach.
Mar 3
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Bill Fulton
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February 2026
Typing Alone And Bowling Together
Yes, we're screwing up our traditional Third Places by working in them. But maybe if we get together around our hobbies once again, we'll find a new…
Feb 26
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Bill Fulton
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Is The Third Place Dead?
We're working at home and in coffee shops, living in our workplaces, and even trying to play ping-pong at the office. But we still need to escape to…
Feb 23
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Bill Fulton
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Post-COVID Cities Are Different. Just Not The Way We Expected.
Both downtowns and retail in general haven't died. They just kind of morphed. The result is more polycentric cities, with retail focused more on…
Feb 19
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Bill Fulton
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Can Our Newest "New Cities" Learn From The Past?
"New cities" and "new towns" have regularly gone bankrupt because the developers overextended themselves. But these failures provide a lot of lessons…
Feb 17
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Bill Fulton
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Can Florida And Other Southern States Deal With Slower Population Growth?
When you've lived off population growth for a century, it can be hard to pivot.
Feb 12
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Bill Fulton
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What's The Matter With Texas (And Florida)?
The two biggest Southern states aren't attracting people from other states like they used to -- and they're highly dependent on immigrants for…
Feb 9
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Bill Fulton
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How to Reform Zoning For Real
Yes, use requirements that eliminate some housing options are important. But cities also need to find ways to leave 'nanny zoning' behind.
Feb 5
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Bill Fulton
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There's Too Much "Nanny" Zoning
Zoning’s come under a lot of attack lately, mostly from YIMBYs and other pro-housing folks.
Feb 2
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Bill Fulton
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Have We Reached Peak Zoning?
On its 100th anniversary, the Euclid case may or may not be overturned. But the days of "nanny zoning" micromanaging what people can do with -- or even…
Feb 2
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Bill Fulton
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