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Defining deviance down: Disorder and cities in 2022

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

They are crimes and they have tremendous negative effective on quality of life and public safety. This "Small Business Public Safety Resources" guide was produced by two New York City Councilmembers with the aim of getting businesses to call for responses other than police. Transit fare evasion in DC (and elsewhere).

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DC's crime bill overturned by Congress

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

-- " Senate votes to block controversial DC crime bill ," CNN I haven't written a blog entry on this, just comments, and comments on Washington Post article. In this case, how the law would be perceived in the world of public opinion, and the competition between Republicans and Democrats.

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Women's History Month and urban planning

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

One of the strands from which the planning profession in the US was birthed was out of women-initiated "good government" and "good places" initiatives in a time when women still didn't have the right to vote. 3, Supplement. Women and the American City (Spring, 1980), pp.

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Elections

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

It's nice to see Democrats pick up the State House in Virginia and keep the Senate. Of course, the Federal Reserve's raising of interest rates has had a huge impact on the real estate market--residential mortgage rates have doubled and housing sales lag significantly. I'm finally learning not to prognosticate too much. Conclusion.