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The Towns That Don't Want Immigrants Need Them The Most
There’s a lot of tension these days about the role immigrants play in American communities.
 • Bill Fulton
How Immigrants Sustain American Towns That Would Otherwise Die
Recent statistics show that towns in the Plains are emptying out, all the way from Canada to Mexico. Elsewhere, long-struggling towns are thriving…
 • Bill Fulton
Five Lessons From the L.A. Wildfires
It's been a year since the Palisades and Altadena were largely destroyed by wildfire. They're still early in the rebuilding process. What has this…
 • Bill Fulton
Why Urbanists Can’t Stop Talking About Place, Even When They’re Talking About Something Else
One of the things I’ve noticed in writing The Future Of Where over the past year is that urbanists – including myself – talk about all kinds of things.
 • Bill Fulton
What The Future Of Where Told Us In 2025
A review of our most popular posts of the year reveals that making cities and places better requires understanding and extraordinarily wide range of…
 • Bill Fulton

December 2025

Check Out "Where" Goes Private: Hollywood Edition
Check out my post over on Place and Prosperity
 • Bill Fulton
Five Steps For Dealing With Homelessness That Work
Homelessness is a complicated problem. But by focusing on a few things that have proven effective, local governments, nonprofits, and even individuals…
 • Bill Fulton
Why Is Homelessness Such A Tough Problem?
Drug addiction is part of it. But as a society we also failed in the promises we made to those displaced by both urban renewal and mental health…
 • Bill Fulton
As Disney Hall Showed, Frank Gehry's Los Angeles Was Urban But Not Urbanist
Grand Avenue in Downtown L.A. should be one of the great streets in the world. Instead, it's got a bunch of starachitect monuments strung along it.
 • Bill Fulton
Will Data Center Opponents Use AI To Organize Their Opposition?
Localities that chased data centers are rethinking their approach. Will data centers be a step that will help the Abundance agenda? Or will they be the…
 • Bill Fulton
Abolishing Property Taxes Doesn't Solve Any Problems
Limiting property taxes limits local control and encourages localities to rig the system. It's irresponsible to talk about eliminating property tax…
 • Bill Fulton
Are News Deserts Untethering Us From Our Communities?
It's hard to know what's really going on in your town -- and extreme national media on both sides is making it harder.
 • Bill Fulton
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