What Happened to Hanging Out on the Street? - Bloomberg CityLab

It's Official: Boring Cities Are Bad for Your Health - Wired

Park of Prospects - The Baffler

Bachelor no more: Solitary Central Park coyote finds romantic partner - Gothamist

Cities Alive: Designing Cities that Work for Women - United Nations Development Programme

Couples and Friends Hanging Out - Public Spaces Where Affection Thrives - Social Life Project home

Finding Black Queer Love in the Urban Everyday - Hyperallergic

For Solo Explorers, a Solitude-Friendly ‘Paradise’ Amid the Crowds - nytimes

Has Any City Ever Planned for Love? - Urban Omnibus

Late-night chai and covert flirting: why US Muslims flock to Yemeni cafes - The Guardian

Nearly Half of U.S. Adults Say Dating Has Gotten Harder for Most People in the Last 10 Years - Pew Research Center

Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation: The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory on the Healing Effects of Social Connection and Community - U.S. Surgeon General

Romantic Comedy: Boy Meets Girl Meets Genre - Tamar Jeffers McDonald

Romantic Urbanism - Syllabus Project

Romantic relationships and the built environment: a case study of a U.S. college town - Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability

‘Rye Lane’ Aims to Show You a Real London Love Story - nytimes

The Beauty of a ‘Walk and Talk’ - nytimes

There’s Nothing More Romantic Than Falling in Love With Your Friends - Them

The ‘Platonic Life Partners’ Raising a Baby in a Flatbush Duplex - nymag

The Urban Rural Divide of Christmas Movies - Bloomberg CityLab

Too Many Americans Live in Places Built for Cars–Not for Human Connection - Vox

Why are adult friendships so hard to make (and keep)? - Washington Post

Why Don’t We Hang Out Anymore? - nytimes

‘You’ve Got Mail’ Was the Last Great New York Rom-Com - nytimes