Joel Kotkin

Skipping the Drive

Telecommuting has gained more market share than any other form of transportation in the last few years, with the trend likely to continue.

The New Boom Towns

The steep hike in gas and energy prices has created a national debate about the future of American metropolitan areas — mostly about the reputed decline of suburbs and edge cities dependent on cars. But with all this focus on the troubles of traditional suburbs, one big story is overlooked: the rapid rise of America’s [...]

The Urban Bubble

For many in public-policy organizations, academia and the media, the current mortgage and credit crisis suggests the impending collapse of the American suburban dream. The prevailing image is of a wave of foreclosures inundating the winding culs-de-sac of split-level ranch houses and neo-colonials, built and bought with cheap money and low interest rates.
One prominent New [...]