Posts tagged Generation Shift
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Breakfast links: Millennial shift
Generational churn; Condos get kids; Educational migration patterns; Political preference; A new micro-unit; Farms in DC?; New bus service for Silver Line; Residents lose Capitol view; War on (tiny) cars?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The constant skyline
No height increases in L’Enfant City; Inner Harbor improvements; New development may fund housing; Microsoft is coming to St. Elizabeths; Further details emerge on FBI site; Opposition threatens King Street bike lanes; The future of retailing; HOT lanes’s first birthday; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Coming and going
Boomers are choosing cities too; Mark Center, Mark II; DC taxis face new competition; How accurate are city growth models?; Build affordable; Tysons was once just a crossroads; What is necessary for successful cycling?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Approval and rejection
Tysons pushes forward; Uber taxi app illegal in New York; Bethesda neighbors fear Bikeshare; LivingSocial’s Metro deal cost nothing; Cell phones wait on Metro; Alexandria wins rights to alley; DC’s murder rate has tumbled; Cities of canines; And…. Keep reading…
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Gen Xers and Millennials are not going away
Members of the baby boom generation gave immeasurably of themselves to help their children succeed. But when those children want to participate in public policy decisions, at least a few people think the members of Generation X or the Millennials should still be seen and not heard. Those who want an occasional window into the “get off my lawn” mentality in DC keep… Keep reading…
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“That’s an old movie”: Mayor Williams defends changing city
The District is changing, as people in their 20s and 30s seek to live in walkable urban neighborhoods their parents and grandparents moved away from. Yet the idea that “everyone” will choose a car-dependent lifestyle, and thus all transportation policy should cater to that lifestyle over all others, still persists. I recently was invited to watch a panel discussion… Keep reading…