TAILIEUCHUNG - CONSUMER CITY

It’s importan to choose varieties of plants that are well-adapted to our cool wet springs and resistant to common pests and diseases. It’s also important to plant at the right time, when the soil is warm enough and allowing enough time to grow to harvest size. Read seed catalogs, talk to other garden- ers, and see Gardening for Good Nutrition and The Maritime Northwest Garden Guide. choosing seeds or starts. Seeds need soil warm enough to sprout - typically at least 50-60º. You can wait until the soil warms in May (see Calendar on back page), or use meth ods to warm it sooner in. | Journal of Economic Geography 1 2001 pp. 27-50 Consumer city Edward L. Glaeser Jed Kolko and Albert Saiz Abstract Urban economics has traditionally viewed cities as having advantages in production and disadvantages in consumption. We argue that the role of urban density in facilitating consumption is extremely important and understudied. As firms become more mobile the success of cities hinges more and more on cities role as centres of consumption. Empirically we find that high amenity cities have grown faster than low amenity cities. Urban rents have gone up faster than urban wages suggesting that the demand for living in cities has risen for reasons beyond rising wages. The rise of reverse commuting suggests the same consumer city phenomena. Keywords urban growth consumption local amenities JEL classifications RO R5 1. Introduction The future of the city depends on the demand for density. If cities are going to survive and flourish then people must continue to want to live close to one another. Agglomeration effects - the effects of density - naturally determine the extent to which urban density is attractive. Most urban scholars think of cities as offering positive agglomeration benefits in the productive sphere and as having negative agglomeration effects or congestion effects on non-work consumption. After all firms and workers earn more in cities. In cities workers pay higher rents commute longer and face more crime. This basic viewpoint - that cities are good for production and bad for consumption - colors most of urban economics and has influenced most thinking on the future of cities. The critical questions about the future of cities have always been 1 whether cities can maintain their productive edge in the world of information technology and speedy transportation and 2 whether the service industries that currently drive urban employment will stay in cities or follow manufacturing plants out to the non-city areas. But we believe that too little attention

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