Great piece. In addition to Heartland Visas, the answer to rural decline is to designate a capital hub of each region I call this "Fortress Urbanism": Subsidize one sustainably large hub to tentpole a region E.g. Buffalo is sustainable; the rural hamlets 30+ miles out are not
Great piece. In addition to Heartland Visas, the answer to rural decline is to designate a capital hub of each region I call this "Fortress Urbanism": Subsidize one sustainably large hub to tentpole a region E.g. Buffalo is sustainable; the rural hamlets 30+ miles out are not
I offer two propositions: 1. Place based policy cannot save every place (CDP). 2. Cities the size of Detroit, Buffalo, Akron are big enough to make it. Focus your place-based resources on making a shining sustainable capital of every home region 💪 x.com/aarmlovi/statu…
I offer two propositions: 1. Place based policy cannot save every place (CDP). 2. Cities the size of Detroit, Buffalo, Akron are big enough to make it. Focus your place-based resources on making a shining sustainable capital of every home region 💪 x.com/aarmlovi/statu…
@aarmlovi Isn't this what's already happening--large metros like Indy, Detroit, Columbus are already sucking population out of declining rural areas?
@aarmlovi Thanks! And yes, I love that "fortress urbanism" idea and I wish I had heard it before I (unsuccessfully) pitched an accompanying editorial about what to do about it
@aarmlovi Americans are allergic to regional planning . Must maintain tiny pointless parochial governance for the sake of high school football rivalries or something like that
@aarmlovi idk the threshold, but even a pretty small city can attract migration from within a broadly declining region striking how many young people I've met in Syracuse moved here from more rural parts of Upstate for economic opportunity/cultural tolerance