Glaeser, who grew up in New York City and talks extremely fast, came heavily armed with anecdotes and data. "There's no such thing as a poor urbanized country; there's no such thing as a rich ...

Then, imagine you are in Finland, named the world's happiest country for the eighth successive year by the World Happiness Report. Welcome to Porvoo, Finland’s second oldest city best known for ...

Syria is a country rich in history but until very recently ... Damascus, the world’s oldest capital, was named in 2024 as the worst city to live in. It was ranked lowest in The Global ...

One major reason why ancient Greece was dominated by small city-states and independent towns, rather than by one all-powerful king, is its geography. The country's mountainous terrain, many ...

We should also note that the country is still reeling from the worst ... Something tells us that city dwellers coping with the daily reality of relentlessly rising costs probably take little ...

No Irish city made it into Time Out’s top 20, but the country’s food and drink scene still has plenty to offer. As the world turns green this weekend ahead of St. Patrick’s Day on Monday ...