High Tech Revolution Leapfrogging Cities

10 July 2001 - 11:00am

Joel Kotkin names an interesting new trend: high tech development moving to remote areas. Kotkin calls it 'Leapfrog Techpoles.'

"Yet, with the rise of the Internet and growing frustrations with life in the increasingly crowded Nerdistans, there has been a discernible movement of skilled professionals -- and their wealth generating capacity -- to what may be called "leapfrog" tech poles. Increasingly influential environmental and "anti-growth" movements in places like the Route 101 Corridor, Orange County and Northeastern New Jersey may also play a role in shifting development further away."

Source: REIS, July 10, 2001
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