Does Geographic Context Matter When Reinventing America’s Older Communities?
Not really. Common problems, regardless of place, will lead to common solutions.
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Rust Belt
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Silicon Rust
Silicon Shore. Silicon Beach. Silicon Roundabout. How many different technology hubs can we have? Like the untethering of manufacturing from regional natural resources that crushed the Rust Belt, Silicon Valley's one-time advantage of a high concentration of venture capitalists matters less and less as the cost of technology falls.
Geography of the Legacy Economy: Mapping the Next Boom
With real estate markets tapped out in primary markets, investors will look to secondary ones—Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Phoenix—with legacy assets.
Cleveland’s Pittsburgh Moment
The loss of the U.S. Airways hub signaled the start of Pittsburgh's remarkable turnaround. Does that make United Airlines' departure from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport a cause for celebration?
Rust Belt Geography and Awful Journalism
The dominant view of dying cities is outdated and wrong, and journalists are largely responsible for the geographic misconceptions.
Legacy Economy: Pittsburgh Steel Crazy After All These Years
"Manufacturing is no longer just about production. Production is now the core of a much wider set of activities."
Economic Geography of Eds and Meds
What's happening with institutions of higher education and medicine?
Portland Is Dying, Revisited
The City of Roses counts on the young and college educated migrating there. It shouldn't.