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In Defence of the Coffee Shop Laptopper<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Kate Symondson, Times Literary Supplement)\u00a0‘Data scientists and an entrepreneur-blogger, Sam Floy, created a series of heat maps correlating \u201con-the-up\u201d neighbourhoods with coffee shop density. This \u201cCoffee and Chicken shop method\u201d, as it has come to be known, demonstrates that homebuyers ought to opt for an area where there is a high density of coffee shops, a low density of chicken shops, and low house prices.’<\/p>\n What Happened to the American Boomtown?<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Emily Badger, New York Times) ‘The places that are booming in size aren\u2019t the economic boomtowns \u2014 the regions with the greatest prosperity and highest productivity. In theory, we\u2019d expect those metros, like the Bay Area, Boston and New York, to be rapidly expanding, as people move from regions with high unemployment and meager wages to those with high salaries and strong job markets. That we\u2019re not seeing such a pattern suggests that something is fundamentally amiss. The magnets aren\u2019t working.’<\/p>\n Los Angeles Is Ready for the Next Mobility Revolution<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Julia Wick, Citylab) ‘The importance of the basics\u2014and the depth of the gulf between our varied, glittering futures and the daily reality of being a transit-dependent Angeleno\u2014was particularly apparent once I exited the mobility revolution and made my way to the bus stop. I narrowly dodged one of the candy-colored rolling mules as I exited the temporary festival grounds, and then walked a supremely pedestrian-unfriendly half-mile to catch an express bus that spent 20 minutes circumnavigating downtown traffic before even beginning its westward crawl.’<\/p>\n Monocle: You’ve Seen the Magazine \u2013 Now Buy the Apartment<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Rupert Neate, The Guardian)\u00a0‘Patrons sipping lattes and cappuccinos at the Monocle cafe in London\u2019s Marylebone district said they\u2019d be keen to move into a Monocle-designed apartment if they could afford it.’<\/p>\n