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Michigan Will Never Prosper When Politics Drives Every Decision!
You would think that gerrymandering the 14 remaining U.S. Congressional Districts and diluting Latino representation in both the Michigan House and Senate districts in Detroit (maps are available through Data Driven Detroit by emailing Askkurt@datadrivendetroit.org)...
Dasher & Data & Prancer & Vixen: ‘Tis the Season for Open Data
It’s the season of giving, and the Atlantic Cities has given us a recap of the ten best new urban data sets of 2011. The list illustrates the trend of city governments making public data sets actually available to the public. The list is quite eclectic, including:...
Don’t Hate the Cities, Hate the Rankings
In October, D3 responded to Forbes’ annual rankings of “America’s Most Dangerous Cities,” criticizing their methodology and reporting. Last week, The Atlantic Cities published its own response to city crime rankings. Theirs dealt not with Forbes, but with the annual...
Congratulations, Grandpa Kurt
D3 is pleased to announce an exciting expansion of our extended family. World, meet our new Junior Analyst, Claire Elizabeth Fulton. Claire joined the team this morning shortly before 10:45 AM. She weighs 7 lbs 10 oz and is 20.5 inches long.
Population Centers Through the Decades
In all of the coverage and analysis surrounding the release of the 2010 Census results, another significant landmark passed by seemingly unnoticed. Between 2000 and 2010, the center of the metropolitan population moved 3,842 feet to the northwest, to the intersection...
ANOTHER FINE MESS: Mass Confusion on Literacy Rates in Detroit
It seems that if you spend enough time in Detroit, someone will, sooner or later, tell you that half of the city’s population is illiterate. It happened to us most recently on the December 1st episode of the Craig Fahle show when a caller rang in and recited the...
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