Book Review: Boomburbs: The Rise of America’s Accidental Cities By Robert E. Lang and Jennifer B. Lefurgy
Boomburbs: The Rise of America’s Accidental Cities By Robert E. Lang and Jennifer B. Lefurgy, Brooks Institution Press, 2007, Hardcover, 212 pages, $26.95
Washington State is home to three national parks, a world-conquering rock movement, and the ocean’s biggest octopus. Our companies caffeinate the world (Starbucks), build its software (Microsoft), and fly its people (Boeing). There is now one more gem in the emerald crown: a boomburb, our very own Bellevue, WA. ...