Our Towns

Basics

• A book by James Fallows and Deborah Fallows
• Copyrighted 2018-2019
• Details their journey through the USA to study how troubled communities are fixing their issues
• It also discusses the inverse relationship of national and local politics; National Cooperation goes down, local Cooperation goees up

10 / 10.5 Things Needed for a Community to Thrive

1. Divisive national politics seem a distant concern
2. You can pick out the local patriots
3. “Public-private partnerships” are real
4. People know the civic story
5. They are near a research university
6. They have, and care about, a community college
7. They have unusual schools
8. They make themselves open
9. They have big plans
10. They have craft breweries

Useful Links

• Wikipedia Page on James Fallows
• An "Atlantic" article on the Signs a City Will Succeed