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(More customer reviews)For years we've been hearing about how the Internet would revolutionize the way people live and work. Now Joel Kotkin gives us a book about the Internet's influence on where people live and work. The New Geography highlights what makes some locations more attractive than others in this digital age. Using easy to understand terms, quotes from people in the know, and page after page of demographic data and examples, Kotkin separates the modern and desirable "nerdistans" from the overbuilt and decaying cities that were so often associated with success. Because today's connected workers can live anywhere they want, they will live anywhere they want. If city leaders are serious about attracting new businesses and the affluent citizens those businesses bring, Kotkin's book is a must read. I found it particularly valuable because I am a newly transplanted resident in an up and coming nerdistan. Having recently attended a lecture by Kotkin, I can say I know what he's talking about. Other readers will too. The New Geography is a little scholarly and dry for five stars, but a very informative book indeed.
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