Rise of the Mid-Sized City: Q&A with Joel Kotkin

Joel Kotkin, author of a book called the Declustering of America, took questions from Washington Post readers and provided some candidate responses.

The transcript is interesting reading--some clearly agreeing with Kotkin that businesses, jobs and people will continue to flee the biggest cities for smaller ones, and others admantly opposed to his view. Read more here.

I like the technique used by the Post to engage readers in a dialogue about a specific economic development issues. Maybe more big and small city newspapers should consider this approach.