- Via Planetizen: According to the Pew Research Center, suburban dwellers are more satisfied than urban or rural dwellers. Christopher Hitchens made a related point in the Atlantic in December. According to Pew, Portland was the seventh most-cited place that people would prefer to live, despite having been recently named the unhappiest city in America by BusinessWeek, which in 2007 named it the sixth most livable city in the United States.
- “Clients from out of state… are buying in bulk”: The housing market in Detroit is attracting international buyers.
- Add New Jersey to the list of states with dedicated stimulus web sites. Meanwhile, Governor Corzine is said to be introducing a budget tomorrow that takes the state back to 2006 spending levels.