"Think globally, act locally" used to be the mantra of the modern business person. Every individual, group, division, unit, organization, and community willing and able to do that was "glocal" with pride. People shifted easily from their point of origin to attractive city-hubs like Paris, London, and New York. Being cosmopolitan was "in". Localism: eat, work, pray, love edition We had it coming. It didn't happen overnight. With the further explosion of commerce and opportunity in those big centers, soon entire strips developed to support the influx. The megalopolis, a term coined by Oswald Spengler in 1918 and used by... Read more →