The stories, strategies and ideas that make places genuinely worth staying in — curated from across the globe, with a sharp eye on what actually works.
Andy Burnham built his reputation trying to fix Greater Manchester's hollowed-out town centres. Now he's Britain's prime minister, and his regeneration playbook is about to get tested at national scale.
Read the storyBranded homes now carry a global average price premium of 33% over unbranded stock, rising to 39% at resorts. Nothing about the concrete changed — just the name on the door.
This summer's European heatwave hit 100 million people and claimed at least 20,000 lives. Barcelona's response — an app that finds you the nearest cool shelter — is a preview of what climate adaptation actually looks like.
Several shrinking Calabrian villages are offering real cash to newcomers who relocate and start a business. It's the sharpest version yet of a trend UK rural authorities keep flirting with and rarely fund properly.
Some places you pass through. Others you stay in. A few you never want to leave. The difference isn't luck — it's deliberate, strategic thinking about the things that bind people to a place: identity, community, economic opportunity, environment and belonging.
Sticky Places curates the global stories, strategies and case studies that reveal what actually works — so that local authorities, developers and place leaders can learn from the best and worst of it.
Practical. Pragmatic. Direct and authentic. Just like the places we write about.
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