I always say the next big thing will happen in unexpected places - up and coming cities that aren't necessarily boom markets.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I'm hoping there'll be, if not a boom, then a big pick-up in housing because if that happens, then it will employ a lot of people, and the domino effect will go through the community, and it will help everyone.
Sometimes I am worried by the thought of the effect that life in the city will have on coming generations.
But any big change is more likely to result if there is a disruptive event such as new technologies or platforms that have a surprising effect on market share.
Los Angeles gives one the feeling of the future more strongly than any city I know of. A bad future, too, like something out of Fritz Lang's feeble imagination.
The future is going to require really smart people. What we think are crises today probably will be no big deal, and we have no idea what will really be crises in the future.
In urbanization, you think big because you are thinking decades ahead.
All cities do face similar, significant trends in the future... most importantly global warming and climate change.
The rate of change is not going to slow down anytime soon. If anything, competition in most industries will probably speed up even more in the next few decades.
A manufacturing resurgence is what will give local communities and small towns across America a fighting chance for survival. Many of today's American entrepreneurs come from those very places but make their wealth elsewhere. We need to change that.
We can be certain that cities around the world will compete for the jobs that the next revival of the financial services industry will bring.