The Boutique City Conundrum

Everyone in America wants their town to hit the list of the top five places to live in the U.S. - with clean streets, amazing mixed-use housing, and an easy walk to the corner grocery - but what many developers are not asking in the process is, "At what cost?" A few days ago, I watched a special on Portland's city planning process from the past several decades. Portland's government has used something called an ...