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And the data points for the cities exclude places like Detroit and Charleston WV...
by sverige 9y ago
And the data points for the cities exclude places like Detroit and Charleston WV...
- icebraining 9y agoAre you saying the author excluded those places? Have you read the book and found them missing?
- sverige 9y agoNo, I read the article, not the book. Apparently he does consider the other cities which are declining (based on a quick read of the Amazon description), but it isn't clear how much time he spends on them. But this would belie the title 'Why Cities Boom...' and comments here implying that urban centers are destined to prosper compared to rural areas. The reality is that some cities prosper and some cities are more horrible than nearly any rural area.
- martinpw 9y agoThis may be a case where the headline writer did not read the article. The article itself does make the distinction you are making: "[...] the widening split between dynamic urban areas on the one hand and struggling cities and small towns on the other."