{"id":6057,"date":"2014-10-21T03:55:42","date_gmt":"2014-10-20T19:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/?p=6057"},"modified":"2014-10-21T03:55:42","modified_gmt":"2014-10-20T19:55:42","slug":"where-young-college-graduates-are-choosing-to-live-nytimes-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2014\/10\/21\/where-young-college-graduates-are-choosing-to-live-nytimes-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Young College Graduates Are Choosing to Live – NYTimes.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cThere is a very strong track record of places that attract talent becoming places of long-term success,\u201d said Edward Glaeser, an economist at Harvard and author of \u201cTriumph of the City.\u201d \u201cThe most successful economic development policy is to attract and retain smart people and then get out of their way.\u201d
\nThe economic effects reach beyond the work the young people do, according to Enrico Moretti, an economist at the University of California, Berkeley, and author of \u201cThe New Geography of Jobs.\u201d For every college graduate who takes a job in an innovation industry, he found, five additional jobs are eventually created in that city, such as for waiters, carpenters, doctors, architects and teachers.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s a type of growth that feeds on itself \u2014 the more young workers you have, the more companies are interested in locating their operations in that area and the more young people are going to move there,\u201d he said.
\nAbout 25 percent more young college graduates live in major metropolitan areas today than in 2000, which is double the percentage increase in cities\u2019 total population. All the 51 biggest metros except Detroit have gained young talent, either from net migration to the cities or from residents graduating from college, according to the report. It is based on data from the federal American Community Survey and written by Joe Cortright, an economist who runs City Observatory and Impresa, a consulting firm on regional economies.
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\u201cThere is a very strong track record of places that attract talent becoming places of long-term success,\u201d said Edward Glaeser, an economist at Harvard and author of \u201cTriumph of the City.\u201d \u201cThe most successful economic development policy is to attract and retain smart people and then get out of their way.\u201d The economic effects reach … <\/p>\n

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