Top 10 US Cities That Are Becoming More City-Like

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If you listen to political discourse or follow urbanism content on the apps, you could easily believe US cities are uniformly terrible and getting worse. I'm here to tell you, this is incorrect. US cities ARE getting better in recent years. Let's dig into some data!

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Previous CityNerd videos referenced:
Chicago:    • Shockingly, They've Been Lying to Me About...  
San Diego:    • California: The Delightful and the Rage-In...  
Gini Coefficient:    • This Is the Thing That Will Destroy Our Ci...  
Car-Free in Henderson NV:    • Live Car-Free In the Sun Belt Challenge: A...  
Seattle's South Lake Union:    • Is "Datafication" Making Our Cities Better?  

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Resources:
https://seattle.gov/mayor-elect
https://www.zillow.com/research/data/
https://housingdata.app/places/TX/Austin
Census data is a struggle right now! Census Explorer is down, but luckily the APIs still work. Learn more if you're interested! http://census.gov/developers

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Images
Captured by yours truly from several city-visits (but mostly Google historical imagery!)

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