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Dec 8, 2022 · Houston has once again topped the rankings of an annual list of America’s Best Cities, claiming first in the state and No. 10 in the nation, surpassing Dallas and Austin. The report, compiled by international consulting firm Resonance, ranks cities with a population of more than 500,000 based on livability, lovability and prosperity.
Nov 3, 2020 · Houston has once again topped the rankings of an annual list of America’s Best Cities, claiming first in the state and No. 10 in the nation, surpassing Dallas and Austin. The report, compiled by international consulting firm Resonance, ranks cities with a population of more than 500,000 based on livability, lovability and prosperity.
Jul 20, 2021 · July 20, 2021 6:33 AM EDT. Houston—which welcomed around 100,000 new residents in 2019—has emerged as one of the most diverse cities in the American South. It also boasts a plethora of ...
- The Origin of American Sprawl and How It Differs from Europe
- Government Regulation and Sprawl: A Case Study
- A Long, Lonely, Angry Commute
- The Car Is Quicker
- Does Sprawl Hurt The Environment?
Sprawl can really be traced back to one object: the automobile. Without the invention of the car, this country wouldn’t be where it is today. But in the early years of the 1900s, America was actually behind Europe in the car game. In Germany, Karl Benz became the first to produce a car with an internal combustion engine in 1886. Around the same tim...
Other than the federal home loans discussed above, how else did the government play a role in suburban sprawl? Let’s use Houston as an example. It’s definitely a sprawl city: only 5.9% of employed adults commute using public transit. But on the surface, it doesn’t look like the government played a big role in getting it there. The city lacks a zoni...
The design of the typical American city essentially requires owning a car. The 2000 Census determined that among households with two or more members, less than one-third had less than two cars (Glaeser 2004). We use those cars A LOT. In Atlanta, the average resident can expect to drive 34 miles each day and spend 34 hours per year stuck in congeste...
Driving is actually more efficient than public transportation. The median commute time in the year 2000 for people driving alone to work was 24.1 minutes. The median commute time for people on public transportation was 47.7 minutes (Glaeser 2004). New York is perhaps the most European-style of the American cities. It’s dense, ideal for walking and ...
It depends on who you ask. According to economists Edward Glaeser and Matthew Kahn, it’s not that bad. The increase in urban land area hasn’t meaningfully affected overall forest cover. In fact, in the 20 years leading up to 2004, the amount of forest actually increased. About 95% of the country remains undeveloped (Glaeser 2004). Look at the west,...
- Henry Queen
Jun 7, 2023 · Houston has once again topped the rankings of an annual list of America’s Best Cities, claiming first in the state and No. 10 in the nation, surpassing Dallas and Austin. The report, compiled by international consulting firm Resonance, ranks cities with a population of more than 500,000 based on livability, lovability and prosperity.
Last summer, Forbes declared Houston “the coolest city in America,” based on indices such as the number of cultural venues, the amount of designated green space, and, of course, ethnic ...
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Jun 11, 2021 · Houston was one of the biggest movers up the ranking of The Economist’s 2021 Livability Index in the last six months. This year’s report took into account the disruption caused by the pandemic as it examined 140 cities worldwide.
