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Can the Akron Rubber Ducks Swim with Ohio's Best Minor League Baseball Franchises?

The Midwest is full of great minor league baseball and excellent ballpark experiences. Some, like Dayton and Toledo, are beacons of...

Why Are Hotels Cozying Up to Major League Ballparks?

By Roger Weber Take me out to the ballgame…and let’s stay the night. So is the new mantra of Major League Baseball. After a period...

Is St. Louis America's Greatest City?

Months ago we published the results from a study we conducted trying to find the “unicorn city”: the city that best balances attributes...

Why did Intel Pick Ohio to Build One of the World's Largest Semiconductor Factories?

It’s hardly news to the residents of central Ohio, where it has been splashed across the front pages for weeks, but Intel recently...

What is the Most Liberal Big City in America?

The Cleveland Indians/Guardians botched their name change

When the ownership of the Cleveland Indians decided to change the team’s name a few years ago, the opportunity presented them a...

Do Any Big Cities Vote Politically Conservative?

Although cities notoriously lean left in America, with Republican voter concentrations predominating in more rural and suburban locales,...

Why Most People Drive when They Could Take Transit

One of the most popular terms in planning is “automobile dependence”. The premise asserts that most people in most places in the United...

Finding the Unicorn: The Quest for America's Most Balanced City

What's would make the perfect city? It would be: Culturally rich, with top education institutions, medical centers, Fortune 500...

Which US Cities Have the Biggest Downtowns?

Among its many inventions, one of America's most interesting gifts to the rest of the world was its invention of the modern maga-city...

The South's Big Cities Moment

Originally published on New Geography 2017's tragic events in Charlottesville kickstarted a somber debate about the appropriate way to...

Rob Manfred's Bullying Response to Congress Was an Indefensible Offense to American Small Towns

MLB's bullying response to a Congressional statement defending small communities may be the worst, most callous, and most anti-baseball...

America Has the Most Affordable Housing in the World

Housing affordability continues to be one of the chief drivers of economic growth in America, with a lower cost of housing freeing up...

The Death of the Manhattan Airport Foundation Should Inspire New York City's Leaders to Be More

2020 brought with it a devastating setback for one of the most ambitious public works campaigns in the history of the country. As of...

Reflections on the Rahm Emmanuel Era in Chicago as the Lori Lightfoot Era Begins

Originally published in New Geography The City of Broad Shoulders may have two faces, but how will it age? This was the essence of the...