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(Re)Introducing Wichita and the Mittelpolitan, Again
A re-commitment to a local project, hopefully
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On Polarization, Kansas, and Why I Treasure Places like Friends
A (mostly) loving letter to my employer, on its 125th birthday
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"Practical" Developers, "Idealistic" Planners, and Their Disagreements (Some of the Time)
The enduring question of embracing high principles vs. accepting current practices, plus the problem of automobile-centric intersections, part infinity
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On Forums, Factions, Strikes, and Elections
Accept the partisanship and move on, I say
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Local Politics and the Development "Problem"
Why real estate development matters in a mayoral race, and why that frustrates some
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Five Reflections on the Mittelpolitan
Going back to the beginning, inspired by Alan Jacobs
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What Will the Race for Wichita's Mayor be About?
[This is an expansion of a piece which ran in The Wichita Eagle today, cross-posted with Wichita Story.] On Friday, Celeste Racette, the founder of Save…
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Mid-Sized Meditations #23: What a City Council Majority in a Mid-Sized City Can Do
[Cross-posted to Wichita Story] Last week I wrote in a political-sciencey vein about the significance and implications (mostly positive, I think, but…
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Mid-Sized Meditations #22: My Divided--and thus Distracted--Mittelpolitan City
[Cross-posted to Wichita Story] This composite image contains two scenes that I've seen nearly every day for weeks as I've walked our dog near our home…
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Mid-Sized Meditations #21: Thinking about the Post-Pandemic (and, Maybe, the Post-Suburban) Neighborhood
[Cross-posted to Front Porch Republic] I recently participated in a Eutopia Workshop discussion with Chuck Marohn of Strong Towns fame, with the nominal…
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Wichita and the Mittelpolitan
Wichita and the Mittelpolitan
Thoughts on both Wichita, KS, as well as what I hope thinking about mid-sized cities like it may reveal
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