In 2023, the City of Atlanta outpaced all metro area counties in population growth and is now the largest it’s ever been. Despite the media narrative of chaos and decline, urban centers across the country have rebounded quickly from the pandemic and are poised for further growth.
Can We Drop the Media Narrative of Cities Being in Decline?
People Should Just Give Up on North America
Not Just Bikes think we should give up North American cities. He’s not alone in maximizing hate over progress.
A Notorious Asylum’s Haunting Encounter With a Strange Trespassing Law
Property owners generally have no duty to protect trespassers from injury on their property. But what if the trespassers are children innocently investigating tales of ghosts and other hauntings at a shuttered asylum known for its eerie history? How the 170-year old attractive nuisance doctrine finally led to the demolition of a notorious Rhode Island asylum.
Georgia’s Conservation Measures Prove Pivotal in the Water Wars
Thanks, in part, to Georgia’s remarkable conservation efforts, Florida is edging closer to defeat in the Water Wars.
It’s Likely Earth’s Six Warmest Years on Record Are the Last Six Years
We’re at the end of September and Atlanta has now seen 17 straight months of above normal temperatures.
Note to Atlanta: You Don’t Have to Do Whatever Companies Want, Just Ask Athens
Weekly Links: After three deaths, is Atlanta taking a cue from Athens on e-scooters? Plus, just a reminder that Georgia and Florida still have a Water Wars case pending in the US Supreme Court (this story won’t end).
Should Georgia Pay People to Keep Their Yards Wild?
Weekly Links: Minnesota will pay people to make their yards more pollinator-friendly, the Supreme Court will decide if Georgia can copyright its laws, and the southeastern hurricane shield may be coming to end.
Georgia Governor Says North Carolina and Tennessee Can Keep Their Wrongfully- Possessed Land
The Georgia Legislature once again tried to resurrect the idea of re-drawing the state’s northern border to gain access to more water. This time the governor wisely rejected the idea.