Modern Playgrounds for Design Lovers; Are You a Gentrifier? Find out with This Calculator

• Are you guilty of gentrifying your neighborhood? Find out with this gentrification calculator. [Slate]
• New Yorkers don’t like to follow directions. Looks like we’ve been illicitly cracking open fire hydrants for centuries. [Atlas Obsurca]
• Ten modern playgrounds in the city design-loving-parents will love taking their tiny tykes to. [Curbed]
• All of the states’ economies were ranked from worst to best. See where New York landed on the list [Business Insider]
• A big pull for moving to the ‘burbs is having a yard, but that’s slowly changing. Millennial homeowners in urban areas are staying put and pushing for better sidewalks since they’re more likely to walk or bike for transportation. [Next City]

Images: Tom Otterness’ playground photo by James Dee via Tom Otterness (L); Bed-Stuy photo by brandon king cc (R)