Creative Economies, Cool Cities

[gs3]

Looks interesting! Thanks for the link EDPro!

[goodbye]

Last month's issue of Talk Greenville had a very nice interview with Edward Walker of Trading Spaces. He gives Greenville very high remarks.

---->Read Article HERE<----

[RestedTraveler]

Thought those of you who attended this may be interested in the latest on Glenda Hood:

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/...-home-headlines

[mcashlv]

I see your point about people viewing mountain towns as "backwards," but I don't consider Greenville a mountain town at all. It is not even close to being a mountain town if you ask me. On a clear day you can see the mountains from here, but that does not make it a mountain town. Asheville is definitely a mountain town, as is Roanoke, VA. Those cities feel a lot more artsy/folksy/outdoorsy than Greenville does. They also seem smaller, more like towns than cities. Lumping Greenville in with mountain towns is incorrect in my opinion.

Besides, Greenville has done quite well in terms of economic development. That alone goes to show you that Greenville is not viewed as a backwards mountain town by others, but rather as a vibrant and enticing city that is on the rise.

Mountain towns backward? Backward like Aspen, Telluride, Vail, Boulder, Truckee, Denver, Park City, Chamonix, Sun Valley, Geneva, Gstaad, Lake Tahoe, Bishop, etc.? If so, I'll gladly take a double portion, please.

[RestedTraveler]

I could be wrong; however, I think they were really referring to Appalachia above. Maybe I just read too much into it?

[krazeeboi]

^No, I think you're right; I believe Appalachia (and possibly the Ozarks) is what was being referred to, not the western mountain towns.

[mcashlv]

^No, I think you're right; I believe Appalachia (and possibly the Ozarks) is what was being referred to, not the western mountain towns.

Most of the western mountain towns were started as mining camps, rough and ugly. No reason the Appalachian towns can't be improved too.

[krazeeboi]

No one is saying that they can't. The point was about their present condition, which for the most part is worse (or at least more rural, poor, and undeveloped) than their western counterparts.

And if the Appalachian towns can be improved, so can Florence.

[Greenville]

And if the Appalachian towns can be improved, so can Florence.

The one in South Carolina, or the one in Italy?

[krazeeboi]

The one in Alabama.