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America's Top 'Brain-Gain' Cities

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Peter Jacobsen
11 November 2003 - 8:00am

Pedestrian-friendly neighborhoods, vibrant streets, and a healthy community life are the hallmarks of cities that are attracting young educated talent.

The newest trend among educated people, entrepreneurs and the like is to move to certain cities and bring their talent -- and thus jobs and revenue -- to those cities. "In a Darwinian fight for survival, American cities are scheming to steal each other's young. They want ambitious young people with graduate degrees in such fields as genome science, bio-informatics and entrepreneurial management."

Full Story: Brain-Gain Cities Attract Educated Young
Source: The Washington Post, November 9, 2003
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The areas where we have severe blight and indications of more blight to come are basically the same as they ever were. How in the world are we ever going to move our community development selves into an alternative future that thinks differently about the challenges we face in our cities and low-income suburban and rural communities?
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