Urban Trends to Understand

[Kevin Dickson]

I try to stay on top of urban trends.

Rising home prices "decrease income mobility and ultimately hurt the U.S. economy," reports Nicole Goodkind in this article:

http://www.cnbc.com/id/49551180

Jane Jacobs noticed that overly gentrified neighborhoods will often implode because of their lack of income diversity in her book "The Death and Life of Great American Cities".

Has anyone else identified other trends, like how zoning codes can ruin a city?