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This story is important b/c it extends the regional divergence story out beyond the "superstar cities" and into the realm of middle-sized cities like Indianapolis, Columbus, Nashville /1 Nashville’s Star Rises as Midsize Cities Break Into Winners & Losers https://nyti.ms/2Giq0oA pic.twitter.com/hrrxZPqs8B
The @bencasselman story makes clear that divergence and clustering is "fractal," as @Richard_Florida says, in that it surfaces at every scale, from the office to the neighborhood to the small city to the big one /2pic.twitter.com/afrvOpAGNU
That divergence among cities begins to gain force at all scales after about 1980 is not a coincidence, as @mims notes.
That's because 1980 is when the "digitalization" of the economy took off, along with deregulation and globalization. /3
https://www.brookings.edu/research/digitalization-and-the-american-workforce/ …pic.twitter.com/NQQ6Wo6QDZ
The good thing is that an impressive list of non-"superstar" very successful metros is managing to prosper amid today's tech-driven "winner-take-most" dynamics. Think of #Nashville #Columbus #Indy #Madison + many others in the #Heartland /4pic.twitter.com/1ixKV5RIND
And yet, the pressures of divergence are intense...All metros need to double-down on delivering the talent, tech, institutions, and ecosystems that allow places to gain purchase in a divergent era. Here are a few ideas for places at risk of slipping /5 https://www.brookings.edu/research/countering-the-geography-of-discontent-strategies-for-left-behind-places/ …pic.twitter.com/yQbKpD2Jfy
It's not a difference between huge cities and mid-size cities; huge cities like Detroit have been largely abandoned - by both residents and companies - and gone bankrupt.
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