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Plain English with Derek Thompson cover image

How American Cities Can Avoid the ‘Urban Doom Loop’

Plain English with Derek Thompson

CHAPTER

The Urbanizers Dilemma

The New York City subway is about 30 to 40 percent below peak in 2019. Cities like you pointed out are facing what I call the urbanizers dilemma. What they have to do now is to balance two conflicting needs, says David Frum.

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