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McMansions Return: Big Houses Come Back | Yahoo! Finance

McMansions Return: Big Houses Come Back – Yahoo! Finance. In other news today, the Hershey Company released the startling results of a survey that indicates 98% of children want candy for every meal on...

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The Insidious Landscaping-Agricultural Complex

by Mark David Major, The Outlaw Urbanist contributor President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s warning “against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial...

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Gobsmacked by Those Crazy Germans | The ‘Tropical Islands’ Resort In Germany...

Concrete Blonde sent a link to this Business Insider photographic essay under the subject header “Porn for Architects and Urban Planners.” Thank goodness a picture is worth a thousand words because...

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Dog Shits in Suburban Sprawl Hell, Property Values Rise 20%

A True Story about Shit by Mark David Major, The Outlaw Urbanist contributor Today, I found myself in single-family suburban sprawl hell, somewhere in Northeast Florida, with my dog, Izzy. The reason...

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Ambiance of ‘Sunlight’ Reflecting Off Acoustic Tiles

Ah, the ambiance of artificial light reflecting off the canopy of the café on a lazy Sunday afternoon brings back memories of youthful indiscretions and romantic liaisons in The Eternal City during...

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America’s Planning Schools: ‘Incest is Best’| via Planetizen

Who Teaches Planning? by Thomas Sanchez, Planetizen, January 14, 2013 Here’s the recipe for ‘group think’ in urban planning. Images are from the Planetizen article (link below). Except: What role does...

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