Multi-Family Housing Developments in Suburban America
It has been well documented that major metropolitan areas are prioritizing multi-family housing, and in some cities, empty office buildings are being converted into multi-family housing units. This upswing in apartment complexes, townhomes and condos can be attributed...
Transitioning to the 2020 Census
Starting a few years before the 2020 census, the bureau began discussing methodologies for improving ‘disclosure avoidance’. To be honest, we were highly skeptical of how this would play out, especially since the published methodology discussions were obtuse, reading...
Rethinking Poverty and Income Inequality
In recent years, we have been consistently told that income inequality is on the rise and that the war on poverty declared in the 1960’s has been a failure. The Economist magazine stated bluntly that “it is a truth universally acknowledged that inequality in the rich...
The Changing Healthcare Landscape
The spatial pattern of health care delivery has long been dominated by the clustering of services around hospitals. Most specialist care can be found there, in groups of medical offices in the surrounding area. While general practitioners tend to be more spatially...
Spatial Time Series Analysis: A Cautionary Note
Understanding the patterns of change at a local level is always an important component of location research. Is the area growing or declining over time? Have there been significant shifts in the demographic makeup? How is the business landscape changing? Is overall...
Retail Employment Change
The restrictions imposed on retail oriented businesses during the COVID pandemic had substantial effects on retail employment. At a local level, the effects were very much dependent upon the particular type of retail and the specific policies enacted at local and...
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