Fashion Week in Los Angeles, 2014. LA was voted most fashionable city in the US. Photo by Michael Robles on Flickr.

Perceptions, Reputations, and AntiHeroes

Culture
I was recently passed along the results of a survey that’s had me thinking pretty hard for a little over a month now.  People from all over the country were surveyed and asked 16 questions about the reputations...
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Does City Living Make Us Happy?

Culture
Cover for Charles Montgomery's "Happy City". Urbanists have often touted the notion that city living makes us happier and healthier, but is there any real science to back this up? After all, historically ci...