Scarsdale, New York, continues to top this list. See which other places joined it.

America’s urban landscape is on the cusp of change. As big cities struggle, suburbs and smaller cities have a chance to win over fleeing workers, boosting their tax bases. But in order to be ...

• Studies show that suburbs today are, on the broadest level, significantly more integrated than they were in previous decades, thanks to both legal changes and shifts in public attitudes. • At the ...

Suburbs come in all varieties and they’re all still holding strong against cities. The traditional narrative goes like this: After World War II, upper and middle class white families fled the inner ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. In the traditional American image of suburbia, the majority of ...

The suburbs aren’t saving you any longer. For decades, the move to the suburbs was New York’s great pressure release valve. Ditch the 500-square-foot apartment, grab a backyard, cut your monthly nut ...

Many American suburbs, once an emblem of the dream of homeownership, are increasingly a place where people send a check to the landlord. Renters now make up the majority of residents in more than 100 ...

The urban political base that was the foundation of African-American politics since the Civil Rights Movement is slowly eroding. Because of large-scale demographic trends at work in our metro areas, ...

Historically, suburbs have been considered as places which are less diverse than cities, particularly with regard to their racial and social class composition. This is a result of many social and ...

"So the suburbs as we know them are dying. People still live in suburbs, and people who live in suburbs still outnumber of people in cities about seven to one. But if you look at construction data and ...