OCOEE
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The centennial city of Ocoee continues its commitment to a longstanding policy of nondiscrimination and equal opportunity.
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MOTHER OF ALL SINKHOLES
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Land subsidence is a slow-onset hazard with significant environmental and socioeconomic impacts globally. Often viewed primarily as a coastal issue linked to relative sea-level rise, subsidence also poses serious threats to inland urban centers, heightening flood risks, damaging infrastructure, and disrupting transportation networks. Despite its widespread effects, detailed spatial data capturing fine-scale variations in subsidence rates remain limited, impeding accurate infrastructure risk assessments.
To address this gap, they utilize space geodetic measurements from 2015 to 2021 to generate high-resolution subsidence maps for the 28 most populous U.S. cities. Our analysis reveals that at least 20 percent of the urban area is experiencing subsidence, predominantly driven by groundwater extraction. This phenomenon currently affects an estimated 34 million people. Furthermore, over 29,000 buildings are in zones classified as high or very high damage risk, underscoring the urgent need for mitigation and adaptation strategies.
These data are critical for informing targeted policies to enhance the resilience of urban infrastructure to this complex, slow-moving hazard.
CLEAN ZONES
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Based on cleanliness metrics, the cities of the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro region were the only areas to earn an “A+”
This grade is for cleanliness, making it the No. 1 city overall. Researchers praised the metro area for its waste management services.
MI AMI
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Miami is where I earned my first advanced university degree, where I got married the first time, where my daughters were born, where I purchased our first home, and where I got my first job offer as a professional broadcaster.
FUN CITY
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It’s important to have outlets to blow off steam when life gets stressful. Depending on who you ask, that could mean dining out, dancing, playing sports, or swimming. Such activities can be expensive, so WalletHub took cost into consideration to compile this list of the most fun cities in the U.S.A.
CITY SONGS
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Over the years, a myriad of iconic artists have walked the streets, hills and valleys of the streets all over the world, penning songs that live under its clear blue skies and have sporadic all over the universe.
HAPPY LAND
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This is a colloquial and stereotypical phrase from New York City English idiomatic expressions.
TRYiNG TO RETIRE
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Some say retirement is a death sentence. If one's occupation or one's active working life. I prefer semi-retired from OT hours or a burnout workload. Many people choose to retire when they are elderly or incapable of doing their job but if it feels good, let it ride.
THRILL IS GONE
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A modern-day version of House of Cards is unfolding in the Big Apple as deputy mayors announce their plans to resign.
The Democrat and former police officer was elected in 2022, and has been under pressure to resign since federal prosecutors brought a five-count criminal indictment last year charging him with accepting travel perks from Turkish officials and political donations from foreigners in exchange for taking actions to benefit Turkey.
MOVE OVER MANHATTAN
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Paradise Bronx is Ian Frazier’s magnum opus: a love song to New York City’s most heterogeneous and alive borough.