Tag: Tale of Four Cities

Three Cities, Three Bets on a Comeback: A Tale of Four Cities, Pt 4

San Francisco has wealth and a sustained strategy. Seattle has signs of recovery. Portland has ideas—and the hardest road ahead. By David Therkelsen and Terry...

The Fentanyl Epidemic Is More Than an Affordable Housing Problem: A Tale of Four Cities Pt. 3

Willow Street in San Francisco's Tenderloin district runs between Larkin and Franklin. For years it has been a focal point of the city's homeless...

Taking the Measure of Four Cities: A Tale of Four Cities, Pt. 2

Seattle, Portland and San Francisco have taken different paths through many of the same challenges Minneapolis faces. Some worked. Some didn’t. All are worth...

The Curley Effect: A Tale of Four Cities, Pt. 1

Political scientists who study local government and politics sometimes write about the Curley Effect. Part 1 of 6 of the Tale of Four Cities series By Terry...

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