I’ll take the bait. I’ve lived in both Austin and Nashville, and like you, have been studying and writing about places for a long time. I’m not sure I understand the thread here. Are you saying these cities no longer live up to a set of criteria you have for desirable places?

Tough way to go out. Seems like there should be a better way. Why not quiz them on the city charter?

An entire running playlist of She Doesn't Mind remixes. Wouldn't hate it.

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Population of Grand Rapids increases after city officials successfully challenge U.S. Census Bureau buff.ly/DUqkHC1

Checking in on #RGV economy: +300 manufacturing jobs in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission in May, YoY. 4.41% growth rate ranks 17th among all metros. 💪 City of Edinburg City of McAllen, TX City of Mission

Tomorrow, we celebrate freedom by hoping there are only 2 other runners in our age group in the local 5K so we can tell our kids we won a medal.

We've dropped the paywall on all of our flood coverage at Texas Monthly. Our journalists have been in the field with first responders, former campers, and those affected since last week. There are so many stories that deserve telling. texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

Columbus, GA. I’m a fan.

Tiny? 🤔 San Marcos you have current pop estimate at about 91,000, right?

Thanks Southern Economic Development Council for inviting me back to do the numbers again on economic development in the #AmericanSouth. Looking forward to being in OKC for #SEDC2025.

Great summary here on economic development in Edinburg, where I used to live, from Raudel Garza: ‘Tremendous growth’ happening in Edinburg riograndeguardian.com/garza-tremendo… via Rio Grande Guardian

No need to look any further for the story that likely got the most forwards in #econdev & #wkdev circles this week. Good one from Ronda Kaysen. The Tiny Home Construction Contest Is a Big Deal in This Texas Town nytimes.com/2025/07/17/rea…

INTJ confirmed. Surprising nobody.