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How Free Grace Led to the Separation of Church and State

Separation of church and state is one of America’s most important values, written into the First Amendment. However, when the first…

Mar 2

Mar 2

How New York Became America’s Largest City

Colonial New York was not the largest city this side of the Atlantic. Boston often imported and exported more, and Philly had more people…

Apr 5, 2024

Apr 5, 2024

Why Southern Cities Have Low Density

The South’s legacy of rural life has transformed into a present of suburban life. With cities like Charleston, Savannah, Memphis, New…

Mar 28, 2024

Mar 28, 2024

Why Grand Rapids is Doing So Much Better than Flint

Most Midwestern cities were founded at points of geographic convenience that lowered shipping costs, lowered manufactured costs, or both…

Mar 28, 2024

Mar 28, 2024

How Des Moines Surpassed Dubuque and Davenport to Become Iowa’s Largest City

Not long after Iowa achieved statehood in 1846, it began to develop towns on its eastern edge, which was also the western bank of the…

Mar 14, 2024

Mar 14, 2024

How French and Spanish Settlers Set the Foundation for America’s Borders

If you look at the places settled by the French, such as Montreal, Pittsburgh, Detroit, St. Louis, New Orleans, and Mobile, all look like…

Mar 14, 2024

Mar 14, 2024

How Electricity Gave Birth to Urban Sprawl

As Los Angelehas begun to “rebuild” its transit network in recent years, there’s been a romantic yearning among some transit lovers for…

Mar 14, 2024

Mar 14, 2024

Why the Largest Naval Bases are in Norfolk and San Diego

Norfolk, like San Diego, looks like a spot for a great port. A short trip from a sheltered harbor to the open sea, combined with a long…

Mar 14, 2024

Mar 14, 2024

Why Dallas Surpassed Waco

Located on the Brazos, one of the longest rivers in Texas, Waco developed into a town after a bridge was built over the river along the…

Mar 13, 2024

Mar 13, 2024

Why Metro Boston Soared Past Metro Baltimore in Population

Baltimore had some of the best urban geography in the East. Sitting on the Fall Line and at a great location for a seaport, it was well…

Mar 12, 2024

Mar 12, 2024

David Gross

David Gross

Asking why is there a city there? Writing about urban economic history, God, religion and history, economics, biotechnology, and whatever else comes to mind.

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