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Suburbia, Gentrification And Jews, Michael Lewyn
Suburbia, Gentrification And Jews, Michael Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
Has the gentrification of recent decades arrested the 20th-century movement of Jews to suburbia? After reviewing Jewish population surveys, I conclude that in most cities, the Jewish intown population has increased modestly. I also discuss why some cities' Jewish populations are more suburbanized more than others.
My Planetizen Blog Posts July-August 2017, Michael Lewyn
My Planetizen Blog Posts July-August 2017, Michael Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
Blog posts reprinted from planetizen.com
2015 Cnu Blog Posts, Michael Lewyn
2015 Cnu Blog Posts, Michael Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
My blog posts at the Congress for New Urbanism (cnu.org) website, obtained at archive.org. Unfortunately, a few posts (mostly from May) still have not been found.
Attacking Smart Growth, Michael Lewyn
Attacking Smart Growth, Michael Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
Review of The Human City, by Joel Kotkin
Planetizen.Com Blog Posts First Half Of 2017, Michael Lewyn
Planetizen.Com Blog Posts First Half Of 2017, Michael Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
Blog posts on urban issues. Original versions on planetizen.com
The Middle Class, Urban Schools, And Choice, Michael Lewyn
The Middle Class, Urban Schools, And Choice, Michael Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
It is common knowledge that middle- and upper-class parents tend to disfavor urban public schools, and often move to suburbs in order to avoid having to send their children to those schools. Thus, the condition of urban public schools contributes to suburban sprawl- that is, the movement of people and jobs from city to suburb.
This article discusses a variety of possible solutions to the unpopularity of urban schools among middle-class parents. Part I of the Article suggests that this problem is a cause as well as a result of middle-class flight: that is, urban schools have poor reputations because …