What Else Could You Possibly Do in the City?

"In 2008," says Next American City, "no single phrase, with the exception of 'green,' topped it for popularity among those selling urban real estate." They're talking about the phrase "live, work, play," a marketing phrase developers use to capture all that's wonderful about the sexy, chic, urban lifestyle. That reminds us: check also "chic," "urban," and "lifestyle." The story goes on to track the phrase's history from urban writer Richard Florida to a brilliant grad student, to New Urbanists, to a "rotund bureaucrat" describing a water slide. Of course. [Next American City]