Vancouver’s Livability Crisis
The problem with placemaking. Or, what happens when a city becomes a magnet for the globe's upwardly mobile, with growth outpacing what the locals can keep up with.
Fatal Talent Attraction
Top-tier research universities matter more than a vibrant urban core as focus shifts from talent attraction (too much competition) to talent production.
Geopolitics of Talent: United States vs. Brazil
"There are large economic gains to be realized from flows of people in both directions."
Geography of Aspiration
Try to replicate it with development schemes all you want, but you're overlooking what makes New York City—and other places of ambition—so great.
Migration Economies and Portland
Most people don't move to Portland for the usual reason—employment. The City of Roses attracts talent with a focus on urban amenities and regional planning. But that strategy is easy to replicate elsewhere.
Era of Dying Places
For many, population is the only metric that matters. But what does it mean when a city's population is declining while its workforce is growing—in both size and smarts?
Stuck in Canada
You want to encourage talent to follow the jobs, but Canadians resist migration. Why?
Rural Talent Migration
One option for addressing talent shortages in rural America, which makes up about 90 percent of the country.
Gentrification in Buffalo
Don't write off the entire Rust Belt. Every neighborhood has its own story to tell.
Portland Is Dying
The City of Roses was a darling of the pre-recession economy, but things are changing and the creative class has more options than ever before.