Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Americana
The Impact of Short-Term Rentals like Airbnb on Rural America: Opportunities and Challenges Over the past decade, short-term rental platforms such as Airbnb have overturned the travel and accommodation industry, providing tourists with unique stays in local homes rather than traditional hotels. While much of the conversation around short-term rentals has focused on urban markets, […]
āAt Strong Towns, we push back on the concept of a āsolution.ā There is no solution to the housing trap we find ourselves inā¦ itās always been an approachā¦ People need to be able to try things, to respond to street or opportunity as it presents to them. Those responses need to be incremental, a […]
Global Map Animation from 1kilo on Vimeo. Minnesota’s Chapter of the American Planning Association kicked off the Upper Midwest Planning Conference for 2010 this week in Mankato, MN.Ā The keynotes feature Jim Charlier from Boulder, and Tom Stinson (Minnesota State Economist) and Tom Gillaspy (Minnesota State Demographer).Ā My highlight for the first day (other than […]