Dynamism or Decay? Getting City Hall Out of the Way

Cities throughout the West face rising crime‭, ‬soaring housing costs‭, ‬a sprawling homelessness crisis and devastated downtown areas following two years of COVID restrictions and the aftermath of destructive protests‭. ‬Policymakers typically address these and‭ ‬other urban problems in a piecemeal fashion‭. ‬They fail to understand what makes great cities thrive‭. ‬

The Free Cities Center is Pacific Research Institute's effort to foster serious thinking about urban policy‭. ‬PRI hopes to i...