Noah Smith, Columnist

Maybe Cities Don’t Need Tech Hubs to Succeed

Minneapolis has found a different way to make it in the modern economy.

Managerial cluster.

Photographer: Ariana Lindquist/Bloomberg

There’s a standard playbook for reviving cities by turning them into technology clusters. But not every town can become the next Silicon Valley, or Robot City, or biotech mecca.

Minneapolis has shown that there is another way.