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1. This is a very important paper which traces long distances moves for different classes of people. The big conclusion is that the moves of more affluent higher income people

1. I have no doubt superstar cities will be fine in the long run. But I think this fall and winter will be a critical time for the short to

1. I am an American who lives in Canada. And I spend considerable time in both countries. During this COVID crisis, I have come to see a troubling divide in

1. One thing I have been pining about since the onset of this Pandemic is the need for cities, metros and states to develop economic recovery strategies ... to build

1. The Great NYC Reset ...https://twitter.com/harrysiegel/status/1293211532671758336 2. I remain fully confident in the wake of all this gloom & doom that NYC will end up just fine down the road.

1. Words cannot express how surreal it feels to be sitting up here in Toronto watching the trauma & tragedy that is unfolding back in the US.https://twitter.com/joe_cressy/status/1283736997446799362 2. And don't

1. No doubt. But it is less & less clear that foreign students want to deal with America's horrific anti-immigrant climate.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/opinion/coronavirus-trump-immigration-students.html?smid=tw-share 2. I thi

1. What will Facebook's pay-by-location move mean for cities/tech hubs - A little riff on this interesting story in @FT:https://www.ft.com/content/1c52a7a2-aa65-11ea-abfc-5d8dc4dd86f9 2. First and foremost, for all those who think this

1. Lots of talk about work from home, tele-medicine etc brought on by COVID-19 crisis. All of this is accelerating shifts occurring before the crisis. I think the biggest "disruption"

1. Our President is dysfunctional & increasingly a threat to the fabric of our society. But this tweet has angered me more than most. My blood is boiling.https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1273972301156016130 2. I

1. It is far too soon to predict the death of cities. 2. Yes cities have their challenges from the Covid crisis & the fallout from it. 3. Every time

1. Reading a new @nberpubs paper on the degree to which the world's poor, largely in the developing nations of the Global South will be able to isolate & protect