[llamaorama]

I've been reading those articles in the The Atlantic. Cool stuff. I think the eastern great lakes region is an interesting part of the country, I like the blue water and green trees and old cities with cool buildings.

Hopefully Erie strikes a practical balance between one kind of economic development(helping its own citizens grow themselves, tourism and service industry, eds and meds) and the other kind (becoming more friendly to business investments to attract more jobs that ordinary people can apply for).

Many cities have gone too far in either one direction or the other and come out worse for it IMO, while the key to success should be a bit of both.