M. Nolan Gray

Jan 13, 2025 | theatlantic.com | M. Nolan Gray

The disaster can teach California how to rebuild, if the state will listen.

Jan 2, 2025 | theatlantic.com | M. Nolan Gray

The city is gradually revamping America’s most infamous sprawl. Los Angeles has seen better days. Traffic is terrible, homelessness remains near record highs, and housing costs are among the worst in the country. Several years ago, these factors contributed to an alarming first: L.A.’s population started shrinking. This is no pandemic hangover. With a few exceptions, the local economy has come roaring back.

Dec 17, 2024 | reason.com | M. Nolan Gray

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Dec 14, 2024 | reason.com | M. Nolan Gray

New York City What began as a vibrant, organic solution to a crisis has been stifled by overregulation. | (Richard B.

Nov 28, 2024 | yahoo.com | M. Nolan Gray

Photo: Construction workers stand in front of the half-finished church in Ave Maria, Florida, in May 2007; Dpa picture alliance archive/AlamyBy any reasonable criteria, Ave Maria should not exist. An hour inland from Naples and Fort Myers, the closest major cities, the Florida town sits alone amid a harsh landscape of fallow ranches and industrial citrus farms. Nearly the entire development, except downtown, is a flood zone.