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Wired towns edge out big cities

A city’s size no longer is the key factor in building vibrant local economies. It’s all about connections to other places, a new study suggests.

The rise of commercial aviation, high-speed rail, the Internet, and other technological advances have allowed smaller cities to compete with urban powers such as New York and Chicago, says Michigan State University sociologist Zachary Neal.

His study http://news.msu.edu/media/documents/2010/08/c6b1292d-20e3-4fb7-8bef-2a57bcdd08d8.pdf —published this week in the journal City and Community—identifies Denver, Phoenix, and even Bentonville, Ark.—Wal-Mart’s corporate home—as some of the most well-connected and economically sophisticated communities.

Full Story: http://www.futurity.org/society-culture/wired-towns-edge-out-big-cities/

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