The latest installment of what I’ve been reading online.

• Connecting With Neighbors Online: Dispelling stereotypes about Internet-addicted shut-ins: “daily Internet users are more likely to know their neighbors’ names, and talk with them face to face, than non Internet users.” (Next American City)

• Are we there yet?: A look at the impact that small factors—such as gas prices—have on major decisions—such as where one lives. (The Economist’ Free Exchange Blog)

• The War for Jane Jacobs: How both the left and right are laying claim to the legacy of Jane Jacobs. (ArtVoice)

• Cars, Community, and Crime: Do cars increase crime rates? (How We Drive)

• Is The Homeownership System Broken? Why the mortgage interest tax deduction may actually hurt homeownership and household equity.  Click here for  an audiocast of an interview with David Wessel, economics editor at the Wall Street Journal. (NPR)

Related articles by Zemanta

• “The Homeownership Mirage” and related posts (creativeclass.com)
• The Surprising Reason Why Americans Are So Lonely (euraeka.com)
• Jane Jacobs’s great ideas have morphed into pettiness (theglobeandmail.com)