A Population History of Denver

Or: Acts of God Are Usually Benevolent

A Population History of Phoenix

How a Well-Positioned City Grew to a Rational Size

From Coal-Country to the Sunbelt

Could Appalachians Really Be Ideal Solar Labor Force?

Every State Has Its Price

A Look at BEA’s Regional Price Parities

BEA recently released the 2014 data for their Regional Price Parity series. This data series tracks cost of living for “parity” goods and services across states and metro areas. Much of its…

Where Do College Students Live?

Problems in Migration Data

All migration datasets have faults of one kind or another. I tend to think the American Community Survey is better than the IRS SOI data… but it’s still imperfect. One place where survey data really…

A Short Note on Rental Income

For Once, I’ll be Brief

I’ve been thinking about rent recently. Sadly, BEA’s core downloadable tables don’t break out rental income by metro area, which is a major loss. They do provide rent, interest, and dividend income, but that’s…