Housing is expensive in California: In 2021, San Jose had the least affordable housing among the 92 major US housing markets, with a median multiple of 12.6. San Francisco had a median multiple of 11.8, Los Angeles was at 10.7, followed by San Diego, at… Read More
Some of you are probably shocked by this headline. But it is true. Here’s the chart to prove it: Toronto is number one. Los Angeles is number two. And New York sits just behind Winnipeg and Calgary. Huh? The reason this is likely surprising to… Read More
A super-entrepreneur, according to the common definition, is a rich person who has amassed a net worth of at least US$1 billion dollars by either starting a company or taking a small company and growing it into a big one. A super-entrepreneur is, by definition,… Read More
I haven’t seen this sort of data before and it’s an interesting way of looking at job access, transit connectivity, and overall built form: The above is a table from New Geography (using data from the University of Minnesota). And what it shows is how… Read More
Today’s post is perhaps a good follow-up to yesterday’s post about housing supply in Ontario. Below are a few charts taken from a recent article by Wendell Cox looking at net domestic migration across the US. The takeaway here is that the shift from larger… Read More
Statistics Canada has started releasing some of the results from its 2021 survey and there is a new classification that is now being used in its analysis of Census Metropolitan Areas (CMAs). Instead of organizing city regions jurisdictionally, it is now using a new functional… Read More
For years, the data has been clear. Many Americans are moving from expensive cities, like Los Angeles, to less expensive metropolitan areas like Dallas-Fort Worth. But Wendell Cox’s recent article over at New Geography is a good reminder that these data sets can be limited.… Read More
This past weekend I saw a few people reacting on Twitter to this article by Wendell Cox talking about how Canadian families are being denied their preferred housing choice: the detached single family home. The fact that the article is by Wendell Cox should tell… Read More
The latest data from the American Community Survey (2012 to 2016) has placed the suburban and exurban share of the US population (53 major metropolitan areas) at 85.5%. Back in 2000 this number was thought to be around 83.5%. Since 2010, automobile oriented suburbs and… Read More
BRANDON DONNELLY 