Beauty And Brains
Vancouver has been named one of the world's "smartest" cities in a recent list, which also includes cities from Australia, Ohio, Scotland, and India.
"In fact the city has been short listed as one of the world's smartest cities by a New York-based think-tank that focuses on economic development in the broadband economy."
"The Intelligent Community Forum lauds the city's highly-skilled workforce, its burgeoning technology sector and broadband initiatives ranging from e-government in Victoria to wireless connectivity in the city."
"Vancouver made the first cut in the global competition, being named among the top 21 smartest cities of the world."
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It is the older, fifty-plus demographics in these cities that are skewing them as so-called smart cities. If one reads the full report,which I have, then one sees that it is not just a young, hip "wired" demographic that is cementing these cities as "smart places" The revolution is being led by the generation who reveled in revolution-the Baby Boomers--from Vancouver to Dublin, OH--and the world over. Give the growing boomer demo--this bodes well for cities across the globe.
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