Back from Dystopia: A New Vision for Western Cities

Cities throughout the West face rising crime, soaring housingcosts, a sprawling homelessness crisis and devastateddowntown areas following two years of COVID restrictions andthe aftermath of destructive protests. Policymakers typicallyaddress these and other urban problems in a piecemealfashion. They fail to understand what makes great cities thrive.The Free Cities Center is Pacific Research Institute's effortto foster serious thinking about urban policy. PRI hopes toincubate good ideas that will improve our cities. It will featureincisive reporting and opinionating on our new web page, andin a series of webinars, research papers and books. If youlove cities and are brokenhearted by their current state, helpis on the way!