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Boringly Sound Views

Jerold Kayden offers up a profoundly dull thesis about urban policy in response to Joel Kotkin — to be successful, cities need “cool” urban amenities and good basic infrastructure. Even more boringly, virtually all big city politicians know this perfectly well. Some mayors succeed whereas other fail largely because of different objective circumstances that make it difficult for older rust belt cities to adopt to contemporary tastes, the contemporary economy, and a federal policy environment that isn’t very favorable to their pre-existing urban designs.

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