The Scoop From Planetizen
Sep 10, 2013 -- Streets MN
With their unhealthy environments, unsustainability, and relatively poor return on investment, "the suburbs" are an easy target for criticism. But suburbs aren't inherently inadequate, says David Levinson, they suffer from poor postwar urban design.
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The Overlooked Beauty of the American Freeway
Sep 9, 2013 -- New Geography
The constant criticism of America's freeways makes it difficult to appreciate this infrastructure as important economic and cultural artifacts and a wonderful way to see the country.
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Where Do Recent Grads Have the Best Chance of Finding a Job?
Sep 9, 2013 -- The Atlantic Cities
New York and Los Angeles lead the U.S. with the most job openings in fields that require a college education. But these cities also have the largest pool of competitors. By applying a "location quotient", a different picture of opportunity emerges.
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Despite Urban Building Binge, Canada Remains a Country of Suburbs
Sep 9, 2013 -- The Vancouver Sun
A high-rise residential building boom has transformed the skylines of Vancouver and Toronto over the past two decades. But despite the evident rise in the popularity of urban living, Canada's suburbs and exurbs continue to dominate growth trends.
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Land Rush Is On as Builders Try to Catch Up to Housing Demand
Sep 9, 2013 -- The New York Times
As the housing market roars back to life, the price of "dirt", or developable land, is surging in America's most desirable areas - including the outer suburbs. A shortage of lots is said to be hampering the housing recovery.
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As a Houston Suburb Urbanizes, How Long Can it Avoid "Big-City Issues"?
Sep 10, 2013 -- The Houston Chronicle
The Woodlands was conceived four decades ago as a new style of suburb, mixing the urban and pastoral. And by all accounts it has remained a "special place" as it has matured. But as it nears full build-out, some wonder if its bubble might soon burst.
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Boston Seeks to Build 30,000 Housing Units by Decade's End
Sep 11, 2013 -- WBUR
With the goals of accommodating growth, expanding the city's middle class and supply of affordable housing, and moving college students out of private housing, outgoing Mayor Thomas Menino has unveiled a $16.5 billion housing strategy for Boston.
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Manufacturing in America
What Gives American Factories Their Competitive Edge: They're Easy to Close
Another pleasant surprise: That might continue. America’s great manufacturing renaissance continues to attract converts. Companies including Toyota, Honda, Siemens and Rolls Royce have all shifted production to the U.S. in recent years. Boston Consulting Group, which advises companies on their supply chains, recently made an extended case that the United States is like the China of wealthy countries (awesome analogy!) because of how cheap it is to make stuff there.
Here’s BCG’s chart. What it shows is that labor and energy costs are a lot lower in the U.S. than in Europe and Japan, and are no higher, combined, than in China. Overall, in 2015, manufacturing in the U.S. will cost only about 5 percent more than in China.
Click to read the full article in the Atlantic Cities:
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2013/08/what-gives-american-factories-their-competitive-edge-theyre-easy-close/6732/
http://www.theatlanticcities.com
Surname Distribution Maps
Distribution of people with the surname Cannon in Scotland in 1841.
Distribution of the Cannon name in the United States in 1840/
Click on the link below and type in your own name to see the distribution.
ancestry.com/learn/facts
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Choose the country from the table below you are interested in, click on the link, type in your name, and take a look at the map.Tracing Immigrant Origins
United States Emigration and Immigration Surname Distribution Maps Sometimes it is possible to guess where a surname originated through surname distribution maps. These maps graphically display locations where surnames occurred at different periods in time. This strategy provides genealogists with a starting point for research in the birth country, when that information cannot be discovered through sources recorded in the new country of settlement. It works particularly well for less-common surnames and among families that have stayed in the same European locations for centuries.
Online Surname Distribution Maps
External links
- Geogenealogy surname mapping website
- Stephen Archer's Surname Atlas CD for detailed mapping of British surnames in the 1881 census
Irish Name Locator
Mapping the Emerald Isle: a geo-genealogy of Irish surnames
Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with this Ireland map depicting birth surnames by county from an 1890 census. It uses label size to represent relative birth counts. You can read about the original map on and download a print copy.h
storymaps.esri.com/stories/ireland/
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