The Atlantic City Lab

From The Atlantic

CityLab

• COMMUTE
• WORK
• HOUSING
• WEATHER
• CRIME
• POLITICS
• DESIGN
• TECH

• NAVIGATOR
• CITYFIXER
• MAPS
• PHOTOS
• VIDEOS
• SEARCH

America's Infrastructure Crisis Is Really a Maintenance Crisis

ERIC JAFFE

• 

  WorldIslandinfo.com / Flickr

  3 Reasons Long Island Is Dying 

  And a couple ideas for how it can be saved.
  • TANVI MISRA
   
  • 2

• 

  Marinella Ruusunen/Restaurant Day

  Restaurant Day Has Become a Big Deal, Just Not in the U.S.

  The pop-up food event that started in Helsinki four years ago has already spread to 68 countries around the world.
  • JENNIFER HATTAM
   

• 

  Library of Congress

  This Century-Old Map of Hershey Headquarters Is Pretty Sweet 

  In the town of Hershey, the streets are named for chocolate.
  • LAURA BLISS
   
• SERIES

  

  City Makers: Global Stories

  The people and ideas reshaping urban life

• 

  AP Photo/Julio Cortez

  China Is Responsible for a Quarter of the Plastic Clogging Our Oceans

  It's important to illuminate the volume and the origin of marine plastic.
  • GWYNN GUILFORD
   

SEE ALL STORIES

MAPS

Martin Prosperity Institute

Where There Are More Single Men Than Women

Almost everywhere, actually—at least up until a certain age.

• RICHARD FLORIDA

PHOTOS

AP Photo/Manish Swarup

Postcards From the World's Most Polluted City

Delhi's winters are characterized by thick fog that gets dramatically worse every year.

• SHELLY WALIA
 
• 2

VIDEOS

Flickr/jchapiewsky

Is It Pronounced Bang'er' or Bang'or'?

Get it right so you don't tick off the locals.

• TANVI MISRA
 
• 4

MOST POPULAR

1. Where There Are More Single Men Than Women
2. America's Infrastructure Crisis Is Really a Maintenance Crisis
3. What Should Boston Do With All That Snow?
4. The U.S. Is On Track for the Worst Megadrought in 1,000 Years
5. In-Between a Bike and a Car
6. Don't Say 'Cyclists,' Say 'People on Bikes'
7. 3 Reasons Long Island Is Dying 
8. Is Your Neighborhood Changing? It Might Be Youthification, Not Gentrification
9. The Tricky Task of Rating Neighborhoods on 'Livability'
10. Seattle's Fight Against Sprawl, 20 Years On

SEE ALL STORIES

• 

  AP Photo/Elaine Thompson

  Don't Say 'Cyclists,' Say 'People on Bikes'

  Safer streets advocates in Seattle say they've been able to foster a more civil debate by changing up the language they use.
  • SARAH GOODYEAR
   
  • 33

• 

  Reuters/Jonathan Ernst

  The U.S. Is On Track for the Worst Megadrought in 1,000 Years

  The medieval "megadrought" is nothing compared to what's coming. 
  • JOHN METCALFE
   

• 

  kainsaw/Shutterstock

  Improving Cairo for the Many, Not the Few

  The Tadamun project seeks to broaden the discussion about Cairo's future.
  • MIMI KIRK
   
  • 1

NAVIGATOR

The Modern Urbanist's Guide to Life

• HOW TO
• ETIQUETTE
• STUFF

MaxyM/Shutterstock

The Non-Beer Snob's Guide to Ordering at a Craft Beer Bar

Five steps to navigating complicated beer menus without all the fuss.

• VICKY GAN

Zupagrafika

Build Your Own Brutalist Playground in Paper Cut-Outs

Skylines for Your Wrist

SEE ALL NAVIGATOR

1. E-BOOKS

   

   The Best of 'The Future of Transportation'

   GO

1. NEWSLETTERS

   

   Don't Miss a Thing: Sign Up Here for Email Newsletters

   GO

1. STORE

   

   T-Shirts, Mugs, and More

   GO

Through original reporting, sharp analysis, and visual storytelling, CityLab informs and inspires the people who are creating the cities of the future—and those who want to live there.

Follow

Newsletter sign up

 Today’s Top Stories
 This Week’s Most Popular Stories
 I want to receive updates from partners and sponsors.

More About CityLab

• Special Reports
• FAQ
• Masthead
• Contact Us
• Store
• Atlantic Media
• Jobs
• Advertise
• Advertising Guidelines
• Privacy
• Terms & Conditions

Elsewhere at Atlantic Media

THE ATLANTIC

• What Did Obama Really Say About the Crusades?
• How Republicans Made Their Own Security-Funding Mess
• Sweet Talk: The Chalky Anthropology of Candy Hearts

QUARTZ

• New York Times columnist David Carr has died. Here is his last interview, with Edward Snowden
• An inspirational message from Kanye West
• “Let us beat the world in fruit farming” and other new North Korean slogans

THE ATLANTIC WIRE

• How Republicans Made Their Own Security-Funding Mess
• Sweet Talk: The Chalky Anthropology of Candy Hearts
• Why Fashion Magazines Matter

NATIONAL JOURNAL

• Obama Goes to Silicon Valley to Push Cyber and Mend Fences, But Tensions Remain
• Rand Paul’s Risky Bet on Climate Change
• House Republicans’ Silent War Over Immigration Funding

Copyright 2015 The Atlantic Monthly Group. CDN powered by Edgecast Networks. Insights powered by Parsely.