To survive, a city or a region has to make money; it has to export more than it imports, in dollar terms. Cities that decline are on the losing side of this equation. So if you care about cities, which I do, it leads you to think about how they function as economic entities. It leads you to think about economics. I think this is what happened to Jane Jacobs, and why she ended up writing several books about economics after her seminal 1961 book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities. — theatlanticcities.com
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That article title is bit insulting. If one were to read Jacobs books on cities and economies, I dare say that she got for more right than wrong. And she certainly had a much better understanding of cities and economies than contemporary economists.
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When I think of cities in decline, I think of this:
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=detroit+city+council
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