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Posted by: Nate Berg

21 November 2007 - 2:00pm

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."

Full Story: Vancouver named a top 'smart' city
Source: The Vancouver Sun, November 20, 2007
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BOOMERS DRIVE SMART CITY REVOLUTION

Submitted by charlesdaprix on Thu, 11/22/2007 - 14:43.

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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