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Friday, September 15, 2017. 2:00PM. Shadows of Sunbelt City. Eliot Tretter, University of Calgary. Sponsored by Department of Geography. More information pdf here (914 KB) .

In popular media, Austin, Texas, is often presented as one of the great urban success stories of the last half-century. It is a city whose rapid growth has been strongly connected to its embracing of the “creative class.” The city is known for tolerance (weirdness), cultural vitality (live music), and urban sustainability environmentalism).