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Los Angeles Is Beginning to Look a Lot Like Pittsburgh

Concerns about population growth and decline are artifacts of the 19th century and the industrial revolution. For them to make any sense today, we need to look at the numbers in a much different way.

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The International Trade of Talent

Just because a net migration number is negative doesn't mean there is brain drain. A shrinking population doesn't always indicate a dying place.

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Ironic Gentrification and the Migration of Globalization

Higher education and health care, two major elements of the new Legacy Economy, are attracting global talent and gentrifying the neighborhoods that surround them, pricing out residents who toil in the local or regional labor market.

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Connecting Neighborhoods, Not Nations: Small Geographic Scales of Globalization

The financial crisis turned the world upside down.

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Warm Januaries and Cold Julys: Climate Doesn’t Affect Human Migration Patterns

When it comes to migration, it's all about economics and proximity.

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Long Island Is Dying, Again

Population change obscures more than it illuminates.

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The Era of Dying Places: Everyone Is Starved for Talent, but Migration Is a Thing of the Past

What happens when a place is no longer able to attract more people?

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A Second American Century

The United States will continue to lead the world as it shifts to a Legacy Economy, but only some cities will play a role in that.

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Atlanta Is Dying: Young, Smart People Are Fleeing Georgia’s Capital City

Why can't The ATL keep more than 50 percent of Georgia Tech’s graduates? It's about aspiration, not place-failure.