1. The first type of city Ruchelman identifies is
headquarter cities. Headquarters cities are cities
that have a high concentration of corporations, banks, and high-level producer service entities.
One example of a headquarter city is New York City which is centered around world capital
finance. A second example is Los Angeles. Los Angeles is a "prototypical postmodern city."
The second type of city is known as Innovation Centers. One example of this type of city is San
Jose, California, also known as Silicon Valley. Silicon Valley is where thousands of startup firms
began to form. A second example is Boston, Massachusetts. The expansion of Route 128
attracted many technology firms to the area.
A third type of city mentioned are Old Industrial Cities. One example is Detroit, Michigan.
Detroit used to be the major manufacturing capital of the US. A second example is Newark, New
Jersey. Newark formerly was a manufacturing hub and was very successful due to its proximity
to NY. However, now it is one of the nation's poorest cities because manufacturing is no longer
required to be close to markets.
A fourth type of city mentioned is Border cities. One example is Tucson, Arizona, which is
located on the bottom tip of the state. Approximately, one third of the population is Hispanic. A
second example is Miami, Florida. This metropolitan area's main focus is on trade, immigration,
and finance.
A fifth type of city mentioned is retirement cities. These are the cities where people flock to
when they no longer want to live in a fast pace environment.
The Saint Petersburg, Florida area
is just one of the many cities in Florida made up of retirees. A second example is Sun City, Grand
near Phoenix, Arizona. Many retirees also flock here, where they can experience a different
culture than Florida's.
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- Spring '12
- Farid
- Government, Suburb, Edge Cities
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