This article is about "Two Americas":
-Coastal America where jobs revolve around information
-Middle America (aka "Flyover states") where jobs revolve around farming, manufacturing, and natural resources like oil & gas.
In one sense, these two Americas rely on each other economically but in another they are at war with each other as Kotkin points out.
-Coastal America where jobs revolve around information
-Middle America (aka "Flyover states") where jobs revolve around farming, manufacturing, and natural resources like oil & gas.
In one sense, these two Americas rely on each other economically but in another they are at war with each other as Kotkin points out.
In Keystone XL Rejection, We See Two Americas At War With Each Other
http://www.joelkotkin.com/content/00522-keystone-xl-rejection-we-see-two-americas-war-each-other
Major cities have a tendency to forget how reliant they are on farming and natural resource regions; in fact cities would be impossible without the regions that produce raw materials.
Joel Kotkin is the author of several great books on the geography of the US including:
The New Geography
The Next 100 million
Major cities have a tendency to forget how reliant they are on farming and natural resource regions; in fact cities would be impossible without the regions that produce raw materials.
Joel Kotkin is the author of several great books on the geography of the US including:
The New Geography
The Next 100 million
As jobs are "re-shored" back to the US in the next decades, they say the Middle America will see a resurgence in jobs.
Joel Kotkin writes on NewGeography.com and his personal website is worth exploring to see what the future of America holds.
http://www.newgeography.com/
http://www.joelkotkin.com/
Joel Kotkin writes on NewGeography.com and his personal website is worth exploring to see what the future of America holds.
http://www.newgeography.com/
http://www.joelkotkin.com/
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