2011August
"Brains Over Buildings"
To rejuvenate urban centers, look to teachers and entrepreneurs.
Detroit once had 1.85 million inhabitants. Now it has fewer than 740,000. cleveland and St. Louis, too, are half the size they were in 1950.
When so many cities are booming, why are some trapped in decline?
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Most of humanity now lives in a metropolis. That simple fact helps to fuel our continued success as a species.
Crime, congestion and pollution mar all cities, from Los Angeles to Mumbai. But another force trumps the drawbacks of urban living: cities bring opportunities for wealth and for creative inspiration that can result only from face-to-face contact with others.
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