Urbanization in the USA and other places

1. Urbanization in the usa (and Elsewhere) How Our Cities Have Changed By Terry Onley (Sources listed on last slide.) 1

2. New York City, 1932 Unquestioned financial and corporate leading city, then… Less so over time, IT companies were staying away in droves 2

3. With AOL-Time Warner coming to town,that might all change… What is an “A”, “O”, “L”? That’s OK, they still have Wall Street, sort of… 3

4. ”The present now, will later be past, the order is rapidly fadin’. And the first one now, will later be last, for the times they are a-changin’” Bob Dylan, 1964 New York City Houston Dubai 4

5. See the nice chart of projected Federal Spending. See the lovely rise right about, well, now. Do we think the Congressional Budget Office might be fudging a bit? Maybe a little conservative on the “All Other Spending”? Maybe. Perhaps a whole bunch of micromanagement? Federal oversight of affairs previously considered local? More Federal regulations, anyone? It’s all for your own good, you know… 5

6. Maybe that’s why D.C. and the surrounding states are the only places in the USA that are not having a recession, in fact are experiencing growth in the professional and business service jobs category, the best IT job climate in the country, and rising real estate prices. Maybe 6

7. Here are some old pictures of Billings, Montana, and Karaganda, Kazakhstan… The background is Karaganda… I think 7

8. Here are some pictures of the train stations in Billings and Karaganda. The one in the background is in Billings… I think Makes you want to hop on a train, and go pick some beets, Doesn’t it? 8

9. Between 1846 and 1924, about 55 million Europeansemigrated, and about 41 million did not return. More than half of these folks stayed in the USA. 9

10. They were looking for a better life. We were unsure of them. We exploited many of them, but in the end, we accepted them They became us We are all immigrants 10

11. This is a picture of the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893. These beautiful buildings were known as the “White City” (because most of them were painted white), and the whole project inspired the “City Beautiful” movement, whereby Chicago and other major cities were to be rebuilt as lovely park cities, with no buildings over 4 stories or so, and meandering parkways and tree-lined avenues throughout the city. The landlords didn’t like the idea. Taller buildings, more tenants, more rent. I wonder how that worked out… 11

12. Oops! The money won. It always does. 12

13. London in the 19th Century was a pretty nasty place, sooty and disease-ridden. Yet, it had its charms, its beauty, its warmth. 13 It still does

14. One can only hope that Houston and Dubai will retain their ancestral charm. Especially Dubai… 14

15. For better or worse, our future will be hugely steered by these developing cities. Boom or bust, they are where the new money lives, and will wield a disproportionate amount of power in our “Global Village.” 15

16. Looks like we’re all moving to the ‘burbs, anyway… The End 16

18. Slides 5, 6, 13, 14 & 16, Kotkin

19. Slides 4 & 15, Khanna

20. Slides 7 & 8, Brown

21. Slides 9 & 10, Nugent

22. Slides 11 & 12, Rybcynski

23. All Slides, Google Images17 Tlo