Entrepreneurs And urban professionals are discovering life in the heartland. Are small cities the new economic cutting edge?
In "Life 2.0: How People Across America Are Transforming Their Lives by Finding the Where of Their Happiness", Forbes publisher Rich Karlgaard "documents the movement of "executive class" people from major coastal cities (and centers of finance) to towns like Denver; Bozeman, Mont.; Des Moines, Iowa; and Green Bay, Wis., in search of the good life at more affordable prices.Karlgaard's interest in urban flight was initially motivated by the heavy response to a Forbes column he wrote in 2002 called "Boonyack Comeback." He wrote that "small cities could well outperform large cities economically over the next decade."
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California plans to bury El Niño’s downpour
If the state plays its cards right, it may be able to store a billion acre-feet of El Niño’s water in aquifers.
Desperate measures: Advocates weigh draining Lake Powell to fill Colorado River
Draining the reservoir could reduce evaporation losses by a couple hundred thousand acre-feet.
Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax survives legal challenge
A panel of judges found that the plaintiffs failed to demonstrate injury as a result of New York City's implementation of the tax.
Eastern Nebraska is running out of electricity
Data centers and electrification are straining eastern Nebraska’s grid, throttling economic development.
Seattle passes record-breaking transit services expansion
Proposition 1 will double the city’s transit tax to add 95,000 more bus trips and preserve 180,000 bus trips annually.
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Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
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