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This is a good point. Reviving cities like Cleveland, Youngstown, St. Louis, etc., as well as uncountable small cities most people haven't heard of, is still a more important task than making San Francisco more affordable.
Here's a great book by @JamesFallows about this very topic: amazon.com/Our-Towns-000-…
Here's a great series of articles by @John_C_Austin on how to revive Rust Belt cities: brookings.edu/blog/the-avenu…
Here's a great paper by @TimBartik on local development policies. He's done lots of good work in this area: citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/downlo…
Here's a blog post by @amy_liuw on the topic of local growth strategies: brookings.edu/blog/the-avenu…
Here's a relevant blog post by @ModeledBehavior: economy.com/dismal/analysi…
@Richard_Florida still talks about this issue a lot: citylab.com/life/2017/08/r…
And here's a post I wrote on the subject: bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
Also this one: bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
And this one: bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
This one too: bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
And don't forget this one! bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
So I agree that more people need to be thinking about the issue of how to revive struggling cities and towns.
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