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Historically those towns were most likely built around a common economic interest; intersection of trade routes, mining, logging, etc. The town was created beca
by pault 8y ago
Historically those towns were most likely built around a common economic interest; intersection of trade routes, mining, logging, etc. The town was created because the people were already there. As far as I know artificial communities don't seem very resilient. I guess 10,000 telecommuting programmers could support a pretty robust economy, but it sounds like a bit of a pipe dream, honestly.
- ebiester 8y agoI think a set of programmers seems like a common economic interest. At 10,000, that’s enough that it won't only be telecommuting at some point. You would likely need a fair amount of additional labor. The alternative is finding a struggling city with good bones that is willing to take a chance, but that can introduce all sorts of hostilities.
- qaq 8y agoStarting fresh gives you a lot of interesting options