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The two Americas: Urban vs rural/suburban

By: 
Andy Vance
Date: 
Thursday, January 28, 2010
In: 
Times-Gazette

"Over the next 40 years, the world will be adding some 3 billion people," Kotkin explained. "These people will not only want to eat, they will want to improve their intake of proteins, grains, fresh vegetables and fruits. The U.S., with the most arable land and developed agricultural production, stands to gain from these growing markets."

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From the show: "A leading expert on economic and social trends gives us his predictions for what America will look like in 2050. Joel Kotkin expects our cities and suburbs to become more densely populated, and we'll have an advantage over other countries because of our ethnic diversity."

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"This is an interesting book. It looks at the demographic and social changes that will happen to the US between now and 2050 as the US population grows from 300 million to 400 million.

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Last week Joel was an in studio guest at LA Talk Radio for a great discussion on the future of American cities and hopes for our families.

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Kotkin Spoke--too bad houston did not listen

I think you are a 21st-century city. The cities that are built on transit are 20th-century cities. It’s a good thing to have, but does a business move to Houston because it has a transit system?

New York Times Reviews The Next Hundred Million

" In “The Next Hundred Million: America in 2050,” the urban scholar Joel Kotkin, 57, suggests that the diversity that may once have seemed unique to New York and other gateway cities for immigrants will be mirrored all over America, and that the nation’s “demographic vitality” — driven by birthrates higher than in developed but aging European and Asian counterparts and by a continuing influx of immigrants — will make it not only bigger but also better when the population passes 400 million before mid-century.

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Joel Kotkin Summarizes "The Next Hundred Million: America in 2050" from Voices for Innovation on Vimeo.

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"Greenurbia is the suburbs of the future. The suburbs of the 1950s were bedroom communities for people who commuted into the city. Today, there’s much more employment in the suburbs, and the big change is the number of people working full-time or part-time at home. Having people commute from one computer screen to another doesn’t make sense."

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Kotkin has a striking ability to envision how global forces will shape daily family life, and his conclusions can be thought-provoking as well as counterintuitive. It's amazing there isn't more public discussion about the enormous changes ahead, and reassuring to have this talented thinker on the case. — Jennifer Ludden, NPR national desk correspondent

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