How paying people to be parents has created a baby boom in Finland. Decoding the maybe-too-flashy urban renewal of once-dangerous Medellín, Colombia. And why a long-standing rivalry between Boston and New York led to the first American subways. Here are today’s Urban Reads.
It’s time for another edition of What’s Ruining Our Cities! This week: a factory that pepper-sprays its neighborhood, Canada’s favorite crack-smoking mayor, dreary urban shadows, and rural towns banding together to secede from their big-city brethren.
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Subway is reportedly experimenting with a “creamy Sriracha sauce” at select locations in California. Yes, you heard correctly, Subway might be taking a bold stride in defiance of those in America who would keep our food bland and boring, More »
You can put Sriracha on anything—eggs, sandwiches, noodles. It would probably even make human flesh taste delicious. Now The Oatmeal teamed up with food purveyor JD’s to marry the scrumptious hot sauce with popcorn. Nobel Committee, are you paying attention? More »
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