[URBAN NOTE] Five city links: New York City, Pittsburgh, Montréal, Brande, Cork

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• Bloomberg notes that, while New York City is gaining jobs, it is losing residents because of its housing crisis.


• CityLab takes a look at patterns of crime and race and violence in greater Pittsburgh.


• La Presse notes that Montréal, picking up from neighbouring Laval, has started a process of public consultations to try to come up with a common image of the metropolis' future.


• Guardian Cities notes that fashion giant Bestseller plans on building its skyscraper headquarters, 320 metres tall, in the rural Denmark town of Brande.


• This Irish Examiner article, part of a series, considers how the Republic of Ireland's second city of Cork can best break free from the dominance of Dublin to develop its own potential.