Quote Originally Posted by NoHeartAnthony View Post
We have to find a way to return to the manufacturing base and provide rational reasons for living in the city, close to work.
Not possible. There will never be a significant increase in manufacturing jobs in the US. Manufacturing employment is declining worldwide--China's manufacturing employment peaked in 1996. There isn't going to be less automation, and people don't need more stuff. Nor is it likely that new manufacturing facilities are going to be centered in urban cores.

People living in cities are going to need to find something else to do.