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 Detroit + New York City
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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | THE SMART VAN JANUARY 6, 2012  Nissan to Unveil All-Electric Van, Experts Say The 2012 Detroit Auto Show kicks off on Monday, and Nissan may have a big surprise in store for field service vehicle fleet managers: an all-electric version of its popular NV200 van. Starting in 2013, the NV200 will be thrown into another kind of service: New York’s taxi system. Check out our new Job Board! Image used courtesy of EVWorld.com. | THE SMART VAN JANUARY 6, 2012  Nissan to Unveil All-Electric NV200 Van, Experts Say The 2012 Detroit Auto Show kicks off on Monday, and Nissan may have a big surprise in store for field service vehicle fleet managers: an all-electric version of its popular NV200 van. Starting in 2013, the NV200 will be thrown into another kind of service: New York’s taxi system. Check out our new Job Board! Image used courtesy of EVWorld.com. | | | | | |
| GREEN GODDESS JUNE 7, 2011  This Land Is Your Land The farmer's markets that populate a city during the season are expanding but the vendors are not. Our suburban sprawl thanks to the unreal costs of housing in urban centers and the building boom has removed much farm able land that once was adjacent to our cities. reprint an Article from the American Prospect on the declining availability of land for our new urban farmers. | GREEN GODDESS APRIL 11, 2011  The Grapes of Wrath As we hear the destruction of many of our once urban hubs - Detroit, Cleveland come to mind - we believe that the entire cities are now destitute and those who live there either too poor or too stupid to leave. Much of this is of course racial with Detroit being America's most segregated city. Cleveland and Detroit are losing population fast – so they're in decline. | GREEN GODDESS APRIL 1, 2011  Jobs or Just McJobs New York City (including the outer boroughs)gained only 127,000 in residents since the last Census. If there is ever a city that demonstrates the current two tier economy its this one. Cities for the rich and those who are too poor to leave and work in service jobs and others moving further away to areas they can manage to find work and manage to live above water. | GREEN GODDESS MARCH 11, 2011  We Built This City on Rock N Roll Friday, March 11, 2011 We Built This City on Rock N Roll I read an interesting review in Slate regarding a book by Edward Glaeser, Triumph of the City. have not yet read the book but from the review the author makes some interesting points which on cursory note I agree and some ideas on how to rebuild cities in this new millennial. Cities are my preferred choice. | | | | | | | |
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