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Jim Russell

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Next American Hotspot

In general, people move from places of high unemployment to low unemployment. Also, relocation tends to be a short distance. As a rule, we are risk averse. We go where we know.

United States of Failed Cities

Carl Schramm defines a failing city as one that can never expect to return to its former prosperity, and says we have at least two dozen here in the United States. But entrepreneurs don't make the best geographers.

China’s Pittsburgh Moment

Pittsburgh peaked as an industrial powerhouse in 1910, but now it's part of the same job creation conversation as the cities comprising the Texas Triangle. As it shifts to a consumption-based economy, China looks poised to enjoy a similar turnaround.