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The Long View 2008-06-25: A Locomotive Pastorale

In speaking of Harry Truman, John J. Reilly mentions the small-town America that he was a part of, the same small-town America that produced the miracles of Silicon Valley. In 2008, rising gas prices were one of the many things that tipped the unwise lending practices into widespread default. Small

The Long View 2007-08-04: “What amazing ruins we are going to leave.”

John J. Reilly echoes [foreshadows?] here what the new urban design movement has been saying on Twitter: I do reflect on the fact that it was the pride of earlier bridge builders that there work was overdesigned. Actually, the first example I thought of in this connection was the Brooklyn

The World's Smartest Cities: Houston

See the list of the world's smartest cities Kotkin had this to say about Houston: Houston, Texas Houston's close tie to the Caribbean, as well as its dominant global energy industry, thriving industrial base, huge Texas Medical Center complex and first-rate airport all work to its

The World's Smartest Cities

This list of the world's smartest cities is pretty interesting. Joel Kotkin based his list on economic dynamism and sustainability, which eliminates trendy places like Portland where you can't easily get a job. I've only been to one of these cities, but I liked