Well, there is an a good book about the chicken and egg: The Rise of the
Creative Class.
Dr. Florida has studied what makes an urban area thrive.
It involves what he describes as the Creative Class.
Those are the people that drive the city - with events, charity work,
spending, yada.
These are the people that are high ARPU.
These people are connected and want amenities like Broadband.
Small businesses don't grow because they can't hire skilled labor.
That's the skilled labor. The Creative Class.
There are no cure-alls. How to pick up a declining town is Complex,
Multi-pronged, requires investment and community involvement. In fact,
most politicians are ill-equipped to deal with these issues, IMO. But
that's politics. I'll leave it alone.
Moreover, I can see this - like so many topics on this forum - is a
black or white issue.
So I'll stop my input on this thread. You have your opinion. I'll have
mine.
- Peter
Mark Koskenmaki wrote:
The real success
stories have not turned out be driven by "high tech", but instead by
creative people thinking up ways to do stuff with what they had.
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