With the national economic output back to its prepandemic numbers and unemployment down to 5.9 percent, cities have begun to quash the doomsday predictions of their demise. Yet they are changing, as they always do, after prolonged disruptions to their citizens’ daily habits and the overall shifting of America’s economy.
This issue of RECORD is dedicated to reimagining the post-Covid city, and the opportunities that come with addressing a host of challenges that faced cities long before the first patient came down with the coronavirus—from the crisis in affordable housing to traffic congestion and mobility—and the inequality of access to health care, education, and public space that remain embedded in urban life. In New York, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, and Chicago, there is hope for a better, more sustainable, and more equitable future.
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