[URBAN NOTE] Five city links: Belleville, Flint, Kingston, New York City, Vancouver

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• Rising real estate prices in Toronto are driving similar increases in communities far from the GTA like Belleville. The Toronto Star reports.


• VICE reports on how good food can lead the rehabilitation of Flint, Michigan.


• Kingston will take three years to build its latest bridge. Global News reports.


• Beaches like NYC's Rockaway Beach are facing pressures from climate change and from gentrification, CityLab reports.


• Many of the homeless camped in Vancouver's Oppenheimer Park are being rehoused, as part of a slow-moving campaign. Global News reports.