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Curbed on Future Cities
Spiraling in San Francisco’s Doom Loop
What it’s like to live in a city that no longer believes its problems can be fixed.
New Glut City
The city’s mega-office landlords are panicking, pivoting, and shedding what’s worthless. One opens his books.
Curbed on Housing
How Can Fewer People + More Apartments = Higher Rent?
Getting to the bottom of a COVID-era real estate mystery.
Curbed on Personal Finance
Can I Afford to Live Like This?
We asked young New Yorkers about their dream futures. Then we calculated exactly how much each would cost.
Boomer Dads Are Driving Real Estate Agents Nuts
“They have an annoying tendency to present themselves as experts on all aspects of homebuying based on their own, actually inexpert logic.”
Curbed on Semiotics
The Infinite Semiotics of the Office Bathroom
It is an unavoidable intersection of power and poop.
Curbed on Sharing Economy
The Mennonite Airbnb Hustler of Upper Manhattan
Konrad Bicher, calling himself “the Wolf of Airbnb,” ran a sublet scheme that made him rich — for a while.
Curbed on Society
Secrets of the Christmas Tree Trade
Turf wars. Protection money. Scientology. And my boss, a man who’s half-convinced he really is Santa.
Two Supportive-Housing Projects Make the Case for Building Many More
They’re cheaper than the alternatives, acceptable to the neighbors, and successful among people who were living on the street.
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I Went to Trash School
An education in “juice,” how to protect your shins, and keeping 12,000 daily tons of garbage at bay.
The Ugliest Divorce in Manhattan Real Estate
HFZ’s luxury developers staked their futures on Bjarke Ingels’s High Line debut and lost everything.
Here’s Why Everything at Walgreens Is Suddenly Behind Plastic
The recent spike in shoplifting is both overblown and real. And almost everyone is profiting from it (including you).
New York Now Has More Airbnb Listings Than Apartments for Rent
Even though Airbnb’s listings count has dipped this year.
Hoboken Hasn’t Had a Traffic Death in 4 Years. What’s It Doing Right?
For starters: Street corners rebuilt for visibility, and decisive politicians.
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