Youngstown has lost more than half its population. Those people aren’t coming back. But shrinking doesn’t have to mean dying.
Governing, November 2006
Plus: My photo essay on Youngstown, and interviews with Mayor Jay Williams and urban planner Hunter Morrison.
UPDATE: New York Times Magazine includes “creative shrinkage” in its 2006 Year in Ideas issue. Now where did they read about that?
Philip Mangano may be all that’s left of compassionate conservatism.