Demographics

The Story Behind A Houston Culinary Icon

Via OffCite: The story of well-known figure in Houston's food history reveals the intersections of immigration, development and culture.

Urban Review: The Disaster Mitigation Payoff, Fixing California’s Housing Crisis and Atlanta’s Deadly Bus Stops

This weeks round up asks how cost effective are mitigation strategies, where infant mortality rates in Texas are highest and looks at other important urban insights and challenges from the Sun Belt and beyond.

In Phoenix and Houston, Effort to Attract Millennials Is Reshaping Downtown

New research looks at how Millennials’ preferences – perceived and actual – are changing downtown housing developments.

How the Eastside Became Home to San Antonio’s Black Community

Via The Rivard Report: Former San Antonio city council member looks back at the history of the city’s Eastside community.

Sun Belt Growth Slows

Even as Sun Belt states and cities still grow, the rate is slowing in some, still climbing in others.