Cullum Clark, director of the George W. Bush Institute’s Economic Growth Initiative at Southern Methodist University: “The newness is the attraction”
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One of the first known uses of the term flyover country in print came from a midwesterner ...Thomas McGuane—a native of Michigan—quipped, “Because we live in flyover country, we try to figure out what is going on elsewhere by subscribing to magazines”
"Lack of private land in New Mexico constrains housing growth, some local leaders told President Logan, but higher property taxes in Texas can make New Mexico more attractive to some workers" dallasfed.org/fed/leadership…
Dallas Fed President: "Rapid technological change & geopolitical volatility have increased employers’ uncertainty about their future workforce needs. They don’t want to lose the people they have, but they don’t want to commit to new workers, either" dallasfed.org/news/speeches/…
Rust in My Blood: Planning for Urban Population Decline lincolninst.edu/publications…
"Harris County added roughly 78,800 households earning incomes of at least $200,000 between the 2020 & 2024 ACS five-year estimates—more than any other county in Texas" realtor.com/news/trends/hous…
Austin is on its way to becoming a 'super-aged society' kut.org/news/2026-10-29/demo…
"North of Fort Collins, a large rock sits along US Highway 287. It is famous in the area for regularly being painted, usually by college students. Today, the boulder is all white with the words 'Save Mountain Schools' scrawled in red" kunc.org/news/2026-10-26/mou…
Germany: "The results indicate that net migration losses in the large cities continue to be driven by young adults. The pre-pandemic trend of sub- & counterurbanization persists during & after the pandemic" comparativepopulationstudies…
"Between 2020 & 2024, Rural Oregon gained 29.7 people per 1,000 residents through migration. Urban Oregon gained 5.4, & the state as a whole gained 10.8" reinventingrural.substack.co…
"Median income increased in the Houston, Philadelphia, & Seattle metropolitan areas & decreased in the Denver metropolitan area between 2024 & 2025"
Seattle vs Denver: "Median Household Income in the Past 12 Months of the 25 Most Populous Metro Areas: 2024 & 2025" census.gov/library/publicati…
Seattle vs Denver: "Median Household Income in the Past 12 Months of the 25 Most Populous Metro Areas: 2024 & 2025" census.gov/library/publicati…
Congressional Research Service: "A Slowdown in US Labor Supply Growth" congress.gov/crs-product/IN1…
"Since the late 1990s most have received an informal 'tier' status. The first tier—Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai & Shenzhen—has always been clear. Things grow murky at the fifth & sixth" economist.com/china/2026/10/…
Errand onto the Appalachian Plateau: Finding the Midwest’s Eastern Borderlands rustbeltstudies.org/errand-o…
Rust Belt Borderlands: "What are the relationships between our (sometimes overlapping) regional identities—Midwest, Great Lakes, Appalachia, Northeast? And, what about the idea of a 'global' Rust Belt?" call-for-papers.sas.upenn.ed…
Rust Belt Borderlands: "What are the relationships between our (sometimes overlapping) regional identities—Midwest, Great Lakes, Appalachia, Northeast? And, what about the idea of a 'global' Rust Belt?" call-for-papers.sas.upenn.ed…
Vance visit invokes Republican ethos amid Montana culture-war climate bozemandailychronicle.com/ne…
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Housing folks:
The @leagueofcities, NationalAssociation of Counties, @BPC_Bipartisan and @NAAHLDC have launched trackers for cities to review key provisions within the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act. smartcitiesdive.com/news/roa…
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Ted Egan, San Francisco’s chief economist: “It does appear that, whether people are hiring in San Francisco or not, tech workers are moving back to San Francisco after several years of saying, ‘I’m going to Miami or Austin or wherever’” missionlocal.org/2026/04/ai-…
Why Trump’s tech dreams are quietly crumbling: Tariffs, immigration restrictions & skilled labour shortages make it hard for the US to boost production ft.com/content/9cc8d4ce-22ec…
"Polling shows that Americans voting in next week’s midterms care most about the economy — & especially affordability. But the campaign pitch from the US president & his lieutenants has been a little more varied" ft.com/content/b00495d4-c15d…
International families need the homes, offices, schools & services they are accustomed to elsewhere. “That is what we are missing — more good real estate for offices & homes & more foreign schools”
“Right now, Greece — particularly its coastal areas — offers the most attractively priced square metre on the European Riviera,” says George Ioannou, private office adviser at Engel & Völkers ft.com/content/89dffe1c-d1bf…
