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Blog about Social Explorer

Go to Social Explorer (the link is on the right side of this page). Play around with the site, comparing Charleston in the 2000 census to Charleston in the 1990 census and the 1980 census. Look at difference demographic factors, such as race or income or age. What do changes do you find? Can you […]

Walk the old city

Walk the boundaries of the old city–when it was walled–and post your impressions here. (You can access a web page that discusses the old city from the Schedule.)

Mellencamp v. Springsteen

John Cougar Mellencamp and Bruce Springsteen are both singing about life in a small town, but their opinions seem to differ. Who’s right and why?