The Sixth Migration

In 1925, urban planner & historian Lewis Mumford described four “great tides” of migration that reflected the economic transformation of the US. Eight decades later, Robert Fishman (professor of architecture & urban planning at the University of Michigan) noted the large-scale return of people to global cities, labeling it the Fifth Migration. Today’s great tide, the Sixth Migration, is ebbing from global cities & towards a better quality of life.

Thursday, June 06, 2013

Boston Is Dying

Latest blog post at Pacific Standard magazine.

Theme: Exposing brain drain myths.

Subject Article: "Retaining Recent College Graduates in New England: An Update on Current Trends."

Other Links: 1. "Boston Is Dying."
2. "In Praise of Michigan Brain Drain."
3. "Share of Respondents Living in the Same State as BA Institution One Year After Graduation."
4. "Detroit Chamber Study: More College Grads Staying In Michigan."
5. "Slowing Boston’s ‘brain drain’."
6. "Economic Geography Of Talent Production."
7. "US Cluster Geography."
8. "RoData Is Rust Belt Chic."
9. "Geographic Mobility And Innovation."

Postscript: Read this smart take on Boston's supposed brain drain problem: "Brain Drain or Export? The Upside to Students Leaving Boston."
Jim Russell at 11:46 AM

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