Owning a dog in the city? What do I need to know? [more inside]
posted by doppleradar on Jul 28, 2008 - 13 answers

Bored on a lazy Sunday afternoon? How about helping me come up with ideas/suggestions on how I should plan an urban scavenger hunt? [more inside]
posted by wile e on Jul 12, 2008 - 12 answers

I am looking for books ( fiction or non-fiction ) about the adventures of city living. Give me tales of colorful characters in New York, dandys in London, and criminals in Tokyo. I want to read about restaurants, jazz clubs, gambling dens, eccentric shops, and seedy alleyways.
posted by jasondigitized on Nov 23, 2007 - 36 answers

If cities (or the pressure on city services) grow faster than the wealth held by individuals grows, how does the bottom not fall out given that municipal growth is largely funded by taxes? [more inside]
posted by regicide is good for you on Oct 22, 2007 - 34 answers

What are some city neighborhoods that follow an alphabetical-order street-naming convention like the north/south streets in Boston's Back Bay (from east to west: Arlington, Berkeley, Clarendon, etc.) or the east/west streets in San Francisco's Richmond and Sunset Districts (north to south: Anza, Balboa, Cabrillo, etc.)? [more inside]
posted by letourneau on May 21, 2007 - 37 answers

I need help identifying unique, urban music scenes from around the world for a radio program I'm hosting. [more inside]
posted by concourse on May 12, 2007 - 24 answers

I'm having trouble tracking down information about a movement in Dada-ist Art I heard about a few years ago. From what I remember Dadaist idealism inspired a group of artists to contemplate the organic development of urban environments. Art, using the defined structure of the city, to reflect the chaotic order which arises from nature. Did this century old movement exist or has my brain made it up?
posted by 0bvious on Apr 26, 2006 - 10 answers

I'm going to the Sept. 24th Protest in D.C., but I have never been to something like this before. What are some suggestions for ensuring I have a good, safe, informative time? [more inside]
posted by odinsdream on Sep 8, 2005 - 14 answers

Do you live in your nation's largest city? Do you feel like you are on a totally different planet when you leave? [more inside]
posted by dame on Oct 18, 2004 - 73 answers