Executive Editor JOEL KOTKIN on The Conference Review Board regarding cities

by Kaitlin Hopkins 01/11/2010

Not only are there more biggish cities and big-city-ish places for a company to choose from—smaller cities are more like big cities than they used to be. “A lot of what I call the amenity structures that used to exist only in one or two U.S. cities now exist in ten or twelve—not in the same depth as a New York or Chicago, maybe, but sufficient,” says trend guru Joel Kotkin. “Let’s say I’m a Columbia University-trained MBA. Thirty years ago, if I landed in Dallas or Houston or St. Louis or Atlanta, I’d say, ‘Gee, I’m in the sticks.’ Now …”

Joel on TCB Review

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