Cities
Who gets to live in the cities we love to visit?
Venice's visitor controls are highly visible. The harder test is whether the city remains a workable home.
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Articles on cities from Elsewhere Journal.
Cities
Amsterdam is trying to count a different kind of success
Amsterdam's visitor forecasts and neighborhood research tell different, necessary stories. The difficult part is turning a desire for better tourism into a result residents can recognize on their own street.
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Cities
The quiet street is part of Kyoto's tourism infrastructure
Kyoto's visitor-management tools reach beyond the famous temple gate. Their real test is whether a resident can catch a bus, use a pavement and pass through a neighborhood without becoming part of someone else's spectacle.
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Cities
A city is more than its weekend market
Short-term accommodation is a real part of Lisbon's housing argument. Understanding its contribution requires keeping neighborhoods, registries, rents and purchase prices distinct—and following what happens to a home when a policy changes.
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Cities
The water, engineering and politics of Seoul's restored stream
Cheonggyecheon's transformation is real, but the water, public space and surrounding economy are still managed systems. The more interesting story starts after the before-and-after photograph.
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