11 Signs a City Will Succeed...#11...

James Fallows recently wrote a fascinating article in The Atlantic based on research conducted by he and his wife.  The article lays out 11 key factors that seem to point to the success of a city.

Read the entire article here.

This set of posts offers musings on each of the 11 signs.

#11..."They have craft breweries"...

My favorite indicator or a successful city!  And not just because a love beer.  But because it highlights the fact that the success of a city is deep and multifaceted.

Somewhat unexpected, yes.  And yet the logic, when unpacked deeply, makes perfect sense.

Fallows talks about how the type of people who are interested in craft breweries are also the entrepreneurially minded folks that drive the growth of cities!  In other words, success doesn't just happen.  Successful cities require intermediate places where success can incubate.  Craft breweries are those places.

I am currently reading a fascinating book by Stephen Mansfield entitled The Search for God and Guinness..."The beer that changed the world".  It's a piece of writing that deeply affirms this sort of connection between craft breweries and thriving cities.  And not only affirms it, but shows that this connection spans both time and distance.

Here's to both craft breweries and thriving cities!

Cheers!!