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Joel Kotkin on Heartland Development Strategy in Fargo Forum

The U.S. population is expected to grow by 100 million people in the next four decades, all of whom will need a place to live.

A new study suggests cities like Fargo will be a natural choice if communities capitalize on their advantages.

Bottom line is, you've got a hundred million more people who have to go somewhere, said Joel Kotkin, a senior fellow with the New America Foundation, which has issued a report that sees the nations heartland playing… more

Joel Kotkin | November 10, 2006