wendy waters

I've excluded Austin blogs and blogs that focus on just one city.  These are in no particular order.

1.

 Ryan Avent 

Elegant writing on urban economics and transit.

2.

 Creative Class 

Richard Florida's consistently interesting ideas on why some cities flourish and others do not.

I've excluded Austin blogs and blogs that focus on just one city.  These are in no particular order.

1.

 Ryan Avent 

Elegant writing on urban economics and transit.

2.

 Creative Class 

Richard Florida's consistently interesting ideas on why some cities flourish and others do not.

I've been tagged by Wendy Waters (All About Cities).

 I'm supposed to list seven facts about myself and tag seven others.

Wendy Waters recounts Costco's attempt to break into the Manhattan market.

A coalition of neighborhood activists, labor groups and (almost certainly) local businesses are trying to repel Costco's foray.

While their agendas are transparent, the arguments they've trotted out are mostly of the, "It won't work here, so don't try" variety.

Wendy does a nice job dissecting them.