dollars in new project starts, Dallas, Texas benefiting from a stronger national economy, and New York registering a 41% increase in residential starts. Other metropolitan areas mentioned are Austin in Texas, Miami in Florida, and Los Angeles in California.Carlyle...
[64] Families have dispersed to towns in Sonoma County—Rohnert Park, Petaluma, and Santa Rosa—and as far as Modesto in order to find affordable housing, but in many cases, they commute back—30 minutes, one hour, or more—to West Marin, for jobs, school, church, or simply to be w...
THE BIG CHEESES OF CHESHIRE LIFE ; the Fake-Tanned World of the North-West's Boom Towns Is the Inspiration for a New Television Drama Series. Jonathan Brow... Palynological assemblages of the Huitrera Formation from two localities of the Rio Negro and Neuquen provinces, are analysed. 1) ...
At sunup, they hit the road again, leaving behind what may be the most unusual resort area in California. Mountain towns with Bishop’s attributes--a dozen lakes and the Mammoth Mountain ski area nearby, mild winters, a modern hospital--swelled with city refugees in the 1980s, a decade w...
The Natural Resources Defense Council’s Rita Frost, who fought plants in the South, said the deal will endanger California’s low-income Latino communities much like she says the industry threatened Black southern towns. “It’s an environmental justice prob...
In first-tier and new first-tier cities, the tea beverage industry is highly chain-oriented, and independent milk tea shops that have been operating for many years are extremely rare. However, during the previous expansion period,a large number of brands aggressively expanded into county towns an...
US video game giant Activision Blizzard, which Microsoft is in the process of purchasing, reported that sales in the first half of this year declined, with gamers spending less time in its powerhouse "Call of Duty" franchise. Nvidia, the California-based maker of high-performance graphics cards...
–Boomtowns–Beaumontgrewfromalumbertownof9,000to50,000•OilWorkers,speculators,gamblers,adventurersallflockedtotheoilboomtownslikeBeaumont–Verysimilartowhathappened30yearsearlierinthecowtownsoftheMid-WestandtheCaliforniaGoldRushinthe1850s.Problems:1.Majorhousingshortages2.Peoplehadtopayforshowersandtoiletusage...
Ghost Towns Tell Tales of Ecological Boom and BustThe greatest mining scandal in U.S. history struck Greenwater, California, in 1906. A miner discovered copper in Death Valley's Black Mountains—and within months, this boomtown exploded with saloons, shacks, and 2000 treasure hunters. "Green...
A man places a hat at a makeshift memorial near the Staples Center in Los Angeles in memory of former NBA great Kobe Bryant who, along with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others, died Jan. 26 in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California. The plane was en route to Bryant’...