Interview with Joel Kotkin on Cities and Their Future

Travis Vaughn: Joel, you’ve written a great deal about what it takes for America’s cities to flourish. Can you talk about that a bit?

Joel Kotkin: Different cities will flourish differently. The elite ‘luxury cities’- New York, SF, Boston – will do best by keeping some of their middle class and not chasing away business entirely. The aspirational cities – say Houston, Dallas, Charlotte – can grow through being pro-business, relatively affordable and by moving into high value added industries.