Seattle has always modeled itself on San Francisco, and now both cities are having doubts about the model. The California city picked itself up after the dot-com bust by pursuing condos, fine restaurants, young residents, and the new trends in the economy such as biotechnology, green tech, and stem-cell research. Sound familiar? It's a formula for Seattle and Portland. But now the doubts are setting in. Minority populations are moving out, particularly Blacks. They are becoming cities with few children and few families, in effect cities without a middle class. The prospect is a city with extreme wealth and pockets of poverty. A valuable
As goes San Francisco...
Seattle has always modeled itself on San Francisco, and now both cities are having doubts about the model. The California city picked itself up after the dot-com bust by pursuing condos, fine restaurants, young residents, and the new trends in the economy such as biotechnology, green tech, and stem-cell research.
Sound familiar? It's a formula for Seattle and Portland. But now the doubts are setting in. Minority populations are moving out, particularly Blacks. They are becoming cities with few children and few families, in effect cities without a middle class. The prospect is a city with extreme wealth and pockets of poverty.
Seattle has always modeled itself on San Francisco, and now both cities are having doubts about the model. The California city picked itself up after the dot-com bust by pursuing condos, fine restaurants, young residents, and the new trends in the economy such as biotechnology, green tech, and stem-cell research.
Sound familiar? It's a formula for Seattle and Portland. But now the doubts are setting in. Minority populations are moving out, particularly Blacks. They are becoming cities with few children and few families, in effect cities without a middle class. The prospect is a city with extreme wealth and pockets of poverty.
