A Brookings Institution study reveals that New York is a great place for walking, with 21 out of 21 walkable urban places. But Washington D.C. is the most walkable on a per capita basis while New York is ranked 10th, because New York is measured as the NYC metro area, including NJ, Pennsylvania and Connecticut. The study's author, Christopher B. Leinberger, admits there are issues with the methodology, namely that walkable places are weighted the......

It's still officially the winter, so there just ten weddings announced this weekend in the NY Times. Let's get to the good stuff: Total Number of Weddings: 10 Total Number of Same-Sex Weddings: 1 Youngest Bride: 27 Oldest Bride: 40 Youngest Groom: 28 Oldest Groom: 49 Number of Cornell Graduates: 2 Number of NYU Graduates: 1 Number of Vanderbilt Graduates: 1 Number of University of Pennsylvania Graduates: 3 Number of Kenyon College Graduates: 1 Number......

The Brookings Institution released a study of recent US Census data that show some fascinating trends about the country's make-up. The NY Times seizes on the fact that whites will soon be a minority in the NYC area - not just New York City itself, but in its suburbs as well. Here are highlights: - In NYC, blacks are now below 30% of the city's population, as they are moving out to the suburbs and......