Links: Future, Malls, Decline

:: Man of Action (1955)
Animated plea for urban renewal connected with 1950s efforts to “redevelop” American city centers. (Prelinger Archives)

:: Our Urban Future
Sometime in 2008, the world will cross an invisible but momentous milestone: the point at which more than half the people on the planet—roughly 3.2 billion human beings—live in cities.
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:: Malls of Kansas City

:: Rust Belt Community Adopts ‘Smart Decline’ Strategy
The City of Youngstown, Ohio has decided to give up on reviving its industrial era population, and set about the process of shrinking the city down to a size more in line with its economy.

:: Wikipedia- Fictional towns and cities in the United States