Hacker News with Generative AI: Economic Development

Small Town America vs. Big Box Stores (strongtowns.org)
"That sense of identity and place that homegrown businesses create—that’s what we want to preserve here," Sean Donaghy told the local news back in February.
Small Towns, Local Businesses, Economic Development, Retail
58 points by spking 17 days ago | 73 comments
YIMBYism as Industrial Policy (slowboring.com)
Shenzhen is China’s leading high-tech hub. The once obscure fishing village became a pillar of the global economy thanks to its proximity to Hong Kong and to being designated a Special Economic Zone in the earliest days of Deng’s reforms, plus some other smart choices and good luck. Part and parcel of that economic transformation is that the city has physically transformed from looking like a poor fishing village to looking like a major 21st-century city.
Urban Planning, China, Economic Development
45 points by JumpCrisscross 22 days ago | 90 comments
Small cities leaders lack a playbook for dealing with economic decline (phys.org)
The challenges facing big cities such as Detroit and Cleveland have been widely examined by experts over the decades, as each has dealt with the loss of population and major industries.
Economic Development, Urban Planning, Small Cities
20 points by PaulHoule 35 days ago | 1 comments
Bangladesh built a tech park for 100k workers. Now it's a ghost town (restofworld.org)
Bangladesh, Technology, Ghost Towns, Economic Development
35 points by PaulHoule 361 days ago | 9 comments