The dying of small town America
an indirect yearning not for the exclusivity itself, but for the bygone world where universal access (as enabled by the internet) was not yet a default assumption—a segmented world made of coherent communities and institutions as well as localized subcultures grounded in physical space, where we transacted in currency that was harder to counterfeit... See more
Drew Austin • Here Comes a Regular
Byrne is pointing to a change in the American landscape where postindustrial work can be done anywhere, and so places like Virgil must invent completely new reasons for people to stay. As you may have already guessed, small towns will turn to services, mass consumption, and cultural amenities as a new source of both tax revenue and a reason for exi
... See moreDavid A. Banks • The City Authentic: How the Attention Economy Builds Urban America
