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Vol. 35, No. 6
In This Issue
Will Cities Be Heard in Campaign 2012?
Great nations feature great cities. But American campaigns usually don't. Four years after voters el
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New Orleans:Federal Housing, Environmental Policies Clash
The weeds were growing high in the Upper 9th Ward even before the hurricane hit.
Detroit: Beyond the Bailout, Immigration Is Key Issue
While many hands have shaped the good and bad of today's Detroit, the impact of current federal poli
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New York: Local Transit's Future Depends on the Feds
Transportation advocates in the nation's largest city believe the 2012 election will decide the futu
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Oakland: Federal Ammo Running Short for War on Crime
Oakland is a place where urban America is confronting two questions: Does the federal government kno
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January/February 2012
A presidential campaign is under way and the themes are familiar: terrorism and taxes, the size of government, the role of faith. Even with 24-hour news channels competing to cover the horse race, some issues get overlooked. America’s cities are one of them. From Harry Truman to Barack Obama, from immigration and industrial policy in Detroit to housing and environmental programs in New Orleans, from the rise of crime in Oakland to the strains on transit in New York, the articles in this issue look at how cities have fared in recent presidential races, and the federal policy issues that face America’s cities today.
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Federal Transportation Issues | 5 Largest Cities v. 100k Counterparts
A look a transportation issues in the United States' Largest Cities & their sub-100k population coun
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The Incredible Shrinking Cities
The driving concerns of American presidential politics ebb and flow, reflected in the language spoke
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Crime to Scale
Here's one way to compare crime among America's largest cities. Supplemental data from City Limits'
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Working in the City
Which American cities have the highest unemployment? Supplemental data from City Limits' January/Feb
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New U.S. Reality: A Permanent Class of Underemployed?
Optimistic statistics on job growth haven't erased growing worries that a large segment of the Ameri
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About City Limits Magazine
City Limits Magazine is devoted to the in-depth investigation of pressing civic issues in New York City. Driven by a mission to inform public discourse, the Magazine provides the factual reporting, human faces, data, history and breadth of knowledge necessary to understanding the nuances, complexities and hard truths of the city, its politics and its people.
