cryptocurrency MiamiCoin Is a New Type of Crypto Changing the Way Cities Operate. Is Yours Next? In August 2021, Miami became the first city to launch its own cryptocurrency, called MiamiCoin, through a nonprofit called CityCoins. The goal? To educate residents about bitcoin and blockchain technologies and put earnings into the community. NBCLX storyteller Eric Rodriguez looks at how MiamiCoin has already yielded over $21 million and why it could change the future of cryptocurrency, as...
Oregon The World's Smallest Park is So Tiny, You Could Hop Over It This was supposed to be just another lightpole on a road through a concrete jungle – but then it became the tiny Mill Ends Park, which all fits into a 2-foot-wide circle of concrete. Greg Bledsoe takes his Family Geography Project to Portland, Oregon to learn more about this Guinness World Record holder.
cities These Are the World's Most Expensive Cities (But We Still Dream of Living in One) The Economist Intelligence Unit recently released its list of the world’s most expensive cities, based on prices for over 200 goods and services in that city. Hosts Eric, Jobeth and Nik Z show us which pricy city they’d like to live in most, and EIU’s Ana Nichols tells us more about how the rankings are calculated.
the future City Life After the Coronavirus Pandemic May Never Be the Same COVID-19 changed life in cities almost overnight. Maybe the most drastic shift came from the closure of office buildings and the shift to work-from-home lifestyles. Suddenly, a major incentive of living in a city — proximity to jobs — had vanished. Will an exodus to small towns change urban living forever?
heat wave Fighting Rising Temperatures with Urban Farming It’s hot as hell in our cities and we aren’t going to take it anymore. Rural landscaping meets city planning to combat the rising temperatures in metropolitan areas caused by too much concrete and not enough green.
