also btw, re: The Atlantic’s First Draft of History, it looks like a follow on to Harvard’s New Literary History of America http://newliteraryhistory.com/symposium. html :P

cheers!

(The study) tracks the data of nearly 6,000 people over a six-year study period. During this period 79% of the subjects changed addresses. These movers allowed the authors to identify the effect of sprawl on weight….

The paper concludes that people who are more likely to be obese are more likely to move to sprawling neighbourhoods. The debate over obesity is ideologically charged and these results are likely to be controversial and (in some circles) unpopular. The findings suggest that the public-health battle against obesity is better fought on ground other than the urban-planner’s drawing board.

Via Avent: http://www.voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/22 1

If you by any chance read this comment please do a coverage on this:

Next up, the stupid and unreasonable loss sharing agreement at OneWest, where FDIC gifted these new IndyMac owners with profits at the expense of taxpayers and Bair’s own loan modification effort?
http://www.trulia.com/blog/bob_hertzog/2 009/09/is_the_fdic_killing_short_sales

Thanks