How the crash will reshape America

16 February 2009 | 13:04 - By Stefano Boscutti

Urban theorist Richard Florida explains how the current meltdown will forever change the US geography and demography.

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"No place in the United States is likely to escape a long and deep recession. Nonetheless, as the crisis continues to spread outward from New York, through industrial centers like Detroit, and into the Sun Belt, it will undoubtedly settle much more heavily on some places than on others. Some cities and regions will eventually spring back stronger than before. Others may never come back at all. I believe it marks the end of a chapter in American economic history, and indeed, the end of a whole way of life."  Gee, that's one bummer prediction.  But one amazing interactive map that shows the economic and social evolution of American cities. (Basically the more patents in a city, the more wealth. The more thinking, the more money.  Ideas = cash. Can I make it any simpler? Civic planners and policy advisers please take note.)

http://www.theatlantic.com/floridamap/

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New New Media looks at how our mediascape is exploding to bits. How the latest technology and the internet are changing the way we live, work and play. How the latest media is shaping us all.

Stefano Boscutti is an executive creative director and strategist. He's like a better looking version of Todd Sampson. He also has an abiding faith that stories and wordplay (and not powerpoint presentations) will change the world.

 
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