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Americans like local government best
Greenest cities in America
Cities have gotten safer
101 cities now rely on renewable energy

2017
Many large cities now mainly housing renters 

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2018

28 cities that haven't recovered from the Great Recession
New analysis says 84% of people live in cities
Fastest growing large cities
Majority of world now lives in cities
42% of major cities have more renters than homeowners

2017
Average number of hours that a driver in Los Angeles spends sitting in traffic each year : 104
Chicago was the only city among the nation's 20 largest to lose population in 2016
Since 2000, the District of Columbia has added a net of 44,000 households of adults under 35 with no kids (millennials), 27,000 households with adults over 55 and no kidsand just 3,000 households with children

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