Christiania, Copenhagen's hippie oasis, wants to rebuild without its illegal hashish market
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Oregon decriminalized drugs. Voters now regret it.
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Demonstrators claim lack of affordable housing in Gaeltacht region threatens the survival of the Irish language
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The three-decade saga that led to the Crown Heights tunnels
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Denmark aims a wrecking ball at ‘non-Western’ neighborhoods
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Atlanta’s ‘Cop City’ neighbors have no voting rights to stop it
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Queensland neighbours show how Voice to Parliament is splitting Australia
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How neighbors got NYPD to stop parking on a school sidewalk after forty years
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Copenhagen's mayor has urged foreigners not to buy weed in the city's Christiania neighborhood where a thirty-year-old man was shot and killed
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Residents of the Danish neighbourhood of Christiania have asked authorities for help shutting down its Pusher Street after a slew of recent gang-related murders
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The trees on Xenia Street
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Why are so many 55+ neighborhoods being built?
Living in northern Virginia, it seems like half of newly-constructed homes are earmarked for "active adult" 55 and up communities. Is there a financial incentive above and beyond normal...
Living in northern Virginia, it seems like half of newly-constructed homes are earmarked for "active adult" 55 and up communities.
Is there a financial incentive above and beyond normal residential construction that these are popping up more?
It seems like a newer trend that's picked up in the last 5 or 10 years.
Edit 1: Thank you all for the input and sharing your perspective. It's just been a question hanging in the back of my mind as I've been driving around in recent months.
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Tell me about the best urban neighborhoods you've lived in
I'm relocating soon and trying to find the right spot for me. I don't want this to be an individual recommendation thread though. Instead, just tell me about your favorite urban neighborhoods —...
I'm relocating soon and trying to find the right spot for me. I don't want this to be an individual recommendation thread though. Instead, just tell me about your favorite urban neighborhoods — what you love about them, what isn't so great, and what makes them stand out from the rest.
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Residents of Christiania in Denmark may vote to end open cannabis trade over fears of rising gang violence
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What happened when a Brooklyn neighborhood policed itself for five days
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Trendy neighbourhood in Copenhagen bracing for major protests over anti-ghetto law – critics say it's racist and pushing out remaining social housing
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How American HOAs became an unnecessary necessary evil
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Changing Brussels neighborhood Molenbeek tries to leave stigma of terrorism behind
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Witness History spoke to photographer Mark Edwards, who was given unique access to document a famously photo shy community of Christiania in Denmark
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Denmark's hippie, psychedelic oasis Christiania turns fifty – celebration over four days includes parades, speeches, exhibitions, workshops, shows and concerts
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More development would ruin our neighborhood’s character and that character is systemic racism
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The patchwork city: What gaps and overlaps in city boundaries tell us about values
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The eco-yogi slumlords of Brooklyn
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Facing eviction, residents of Denmark's 'ghettos' are suing the government – evictions part of a sweeping plan to rid the country of immigrant-heavy areas by 2030
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A group of Copenhagen residents sued the Danish government Wednesday over legislation that authorized dismantling neighborhoods designated as ghettos
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How Denmark's 'ghetto list' is ripping apart migrant communities – cities are planning mass housing evictions in a 'social experiment' to encourage integration
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"We are not lost causes": How youth in Rochester, New York, are working to save their neighborhood - and themselves - by forging pathways away from violent street crime
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Talking to your neighbours is mandatory if you live in this block of flats – it's all part of a plan to help tackle loneliness
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There's no such thing as a dangerous neighborhood
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How poor Americans get exploited by their landlords
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When Minneapolis segregated
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Young women fight the government's ghetto list – this year four young women from one of Denmark's so-called ghettos, Tingbjerg, had had enough
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What happened to Christiania's dream of becoming Denmark's hippie paradise?
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Suburb in the sky: How Jakartans built an entire village on top of a mall
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An eleven-year neighborhood feud involved restraining orders, spells, and jail time
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Citizens on patrol: What if your neighbor could give you a parking ticket?
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Why I found my community in a Starbucks
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Here comes the neighborhood: Many US cities are booming -- and experiencing housing crunches as a result. Here's a look at two cities that tried to do something about it.
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Having a library or cafe down the block could change your life
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Listening to my neighbors fight
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Poor neighborhoods make the best investments
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Turning our garden’s bounty into community
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The end of the American Chinatown - How renewed interest in downtown living is threatening neighborhoods that long provided a first stop for new immigrants
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How we turned our apartment block into a community
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Growing up in the Baldwin Village ‘Jungle’
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