A new article claims that corner stores are coming back, but are they really? It seems more cities are "proposing" to bring back corner stores than actually doing it. Can anyone out there tell me how seriously cities are taking these proposals? I'm skeptical. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Small-scale neighborhood retail is staging a post-Covid revival in many cities, thanks to a mix of zoning reforms, shopping trends and local incentives.
On Oct. 7, the NIH is running a free online seminar on the importance of diverse perspectives in data science initiatives. Sign up here: diversity.nih.gov/disseminate/...
We now have data that confirms what many suspected: Academics who left Twitter have tried to create robust communities elsewhere but remain fractured. Rather than sulk, I hope this encourages others to redouble their efforts to get folks on Bluesky! arxiv.org/abs/2309.126...
Check out this new piece by @uncpopcenter.bsky.socialwww.yahoo.com/news/gentrif...
A case study of a mainly Latino neighborhood in Houston shows that when residents value a neighborhood as it is, they can forestall large-scale redevelopment.
As an opening, please consider the sociologists in this starter pack go.bsky.app/QqTLQau
Oh, how I wish more economists read and cited sociologists. I’m not one to go on social media rants, so I will humbly take this opportunity to invite the economists newly on Bluesky to follow the sociologists on here, and engage with them when they reproduce known findings in other fields. #econsky
Thanks! Hugely valuable to do, and a great service!!!!
I made a Sociology Starter Pack. Its just a start, so let me know if you want to be added. go.bsky.app/QqTLQau
New paper!📊 What are the cultural logics of parenting, how can we measure them, and who has which logics? @lucampesando.bsky.socialdoi.org/10.1016/j.ss...
