This is great, but I don't see how it solves the "two americas" problem. It seems to me the places that are depressed rural areas will remain so indefinitely.

This is great, but I don't see how it solves the "two americas" problem. It seems to me the places that are depressed rural areas will remain so indefinitely. It's great if we can create more evenly-distributed jobs, but the brain drain to the 'elite' areas will still be in effect, there will just be more of them to go to. FWIW, I spent a week in Columbus (at a BigCorp datacenter) and absolutely loved the town. That said, brand new condos right in the heart of downtown are far from cheap. Desirable areas are desirable areas no matter where they are. I was shocked that a condo (the nicest of the nice, mind you) would be over $1M. I can't do the humidity, but loved the city.