Plans to build apartments have sparked a fight between progressive newcomers and nostalgic old-timers â with surprising allegiances in a writerâs hometown.
The tech giant had already remade the virtual world. For a brief period, it also tried to make it easier for people in the Bay Area to get to work. Then it gave up.
As New York City makes a new push to relocate homeless people from the subway, the experiences of Philadelphia, San Francisco and others show the challenges ahead.