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urban

[ur-buhn] / ˈɜr bən /


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Yet, though Travis is a fatally flawed messenger, his analysis of the state of urban America has a disturbing ring of truth.

From The Wall Street Journal

Bruce Chan, 41, an urban designer who moved from Los Angeles to Bloomfield 12 years ago, said the parking chair was initially puzzling.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Many species grow and thrive in one of the most dense urban environments in the world,” said Dana Schneider, senior vice president and director of energy and sustainability at Empire State Realty Trust.

From The Wall Street Journal

She began her journalistic career at Reuters in Tokyo, and before that worked in urban planning and city management in New York.

From The Wall Street Journal

"No responsible government anywhere in the world can allow people to live directly under high-tension cables or obstruct vital waterways," the governor's special adviser on urban development, Olajide Abiodun Babatunde, said in a statement.

From BBC