[URBAN NOTE] Five city links: Halifax, Hamilton, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Damascus

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• Matthew McClearn describes the exceptional vulnerability of Halifax to sea level rise, and the apparent lack of significant preparation for this event, over at The Globe and Mail.


• In the wake of a Black Bloc-style attack on businesses in Hamilton's Locke Street, business owners say this isn't the first time this has happened in recent months. CBC reports.


• VICE reports on the nostalgia pervading the few surviving video stores of Los Angeles.


• Mini Montgomery at Washingtonian notes how conservatives in Washington D.C. are finding dating more difficult these days, what with liberals and Democrats turning them down.


• The highly selective devastation being visited on parts of Damascus is going to leave irremediable scars. The National Post reports.