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Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Edge City
Attended a lecture this morning by Joel Garreau, author of Edge City: Life on the New Frontier. Edge cities are outside of urban areas, have lots of retail and office space, and are relatively new. Places such as Tysons. He stated the obvious in saying that most stores will not be needed in the future, that people will go to buy objects that can't easily be shipped such as fresh produce or services such as bike repair. The main attraction of many thriving stores such as Starbucks, is the ability to interact with other people. He thinks that Tysons Corner will need 5 or 6 reinventions before it becomes a viable city, and that each time the mistakes of the past will be fewer and it will be a livelier place.
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