Craig’s Friday Countdown Local Econ

How do you build a local economy to last?  A dozen bad ideas, a dozen good ones, and two in the middle that locals are always certain of … because travel is too darn scary for some.   

24.  Hated, Bigotry, Violence

23.  Deprivation, Inequity

22.  Bad Math Skills

21.  Animal Abuse

20.  At Current Sea Level

19.  Avarice, Sloth  

18.  Tax-Supported Major Sports Facilities

17.  Fast Food (except Portillo’s and Culver’s)

16.  Oldsmobiles, Buicks*, etc.

15.  Government Employment

14.  The Rose-Colored Past

13.  Fossil Fuels (and rising fast)

“Good, friendly people” (they are pretty much everywhere)

Good Food (again, most everywhere, except England)

12.  (tie) The Near Future, The Historic Past

11.  Art

10.  Craft

9.  Climate (see: tourism & food production)

8.  Fords / Jeeps / Excellent Chocolate

7.  (tie)  Beer, A University, Google

6.  (tie) Creativity, A Research University, Apple

5.  Health Care, Recreation

4.  Beauty

3.  Social Justice

2.  Day Baseball (saw that one coming, didn't you?)

1.  The Long Term Future (see: inter-generational social capital and clean energy)

* unless Buick is smart enough to bring an electric Tesla beater to market, shod in Bill Mitchell’s perfect 1963 – 1965 Riviera sheet metal (or plastic, I don’t care)