Mar 16th 2011 2:48PM
In the comments on my earlier post on Gen-Y and the housing market, Travis Robertson makes a number of excellent points. One of them I've heard time and time again when it comes to the Millennials and the new urban dream. Travis writes, "I think we'll see a rise in smaller, urban-style, walkable communities. Lower-income... Continue Reading »
Jun 30th 2010 4:30PM
Summer: Time for flip-flops, beach vacations and the hunt for that first post-college job for recent grads. According to the job search engine, Juju.com, certain towns offer better career opportunities than others. Measuring a city's unemployed population versus the number of advertised positions, Juju's June list ranks... Continue Reading »
Jun 25th 2010 2:17PM
Only last month Rented Spaces dished out advice about cities where new college graduates should put down roots. But with throngs of bright-eyed college graduates stepping into the real world this month, and looking for apartments, it only seems prudent to revisit the subject. With another recently published Top Cities for... Continue Reading »
Dec 30th 2009 2:00PM
The Census Bureau's tally of state population changes, released just before Christmas, has become more fodder for some long-suffering states. Five of the nation's largest states were dubbed "the biggest losers," meaning they saw the highest imbalance between people moving out and people moving in. Not surprisingly, none... Continue Reading »
Oct 19th 2009 10:00AM
The Daily Beast has mad social smarts. No one but Tina Brown, the site's masterful editor in chief would dare publish a survey of America's "smartest" and "dumbest" cities. But Brown thinks she can outrun the tidal wave of criticism you'd expect when you rank New York no. 13 and Raleigh-Durham, N.C. the smartest place in... Continue Reading »
