American Dream

The March issue of Inc. magazine shook up the New Urbanists by ranking San Jose, Portland, and other smart-growth urban areas among the "ten worst metro areas to do business." While other magazines have ranked Portland and San Jose highly by asking such questions as "can you get a good cup of coffee" and "can you get the Sunday New York Times," Inc. magazine asked, "Where is the job growth?" You can download Inc.'s report and read more urban articles by and interviews with the author, Joel Kotkin.