This Map Carves the U.S. Into Seven Nations - And Splits Texas Three Ways

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This Map Carves the U.S. Into Seven Nations - And Splits Texas Three Ways

KUT 90.5 | By David Brown

Published September 13, 2013 at 8:46 AM CDT

"America is not a single country. It is a collection of seven competitive nations and three quasi-independent city-states, each with its own tastes, proclivities, resources and problems.鈥�

So writes geographer and futurist Joel Kotkin for Forbes Magazine. In , entitled America鈥檚 Next Decade, Kotkin sees not only the outlines of a remarkably robust nation running from south Texas to western Florida, but also the emergence of Americas next major "global city" - right here in Texas.

"To a large extent we鈥檙e a nation of nations that are sleeping together and dreaming different dreams," Kotkin says. "What works and makes sense, lets say for the Northeast, doesn鈥檛 make a whole hell of a lot of sense on the Third Coast 鈥� the Gulf Coast.鈥�

And the nation Austin aligns with may surprise you. Listen to KUT's interview with Kotkin in the player above, and at Forbes.

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David entered radio journalism thanks to a love of storytelling, an obsession with news, and a desire to keep his hair long and play in rock bands. An inveterate political junkie with a passion for pop culture and the romance of radio, David has reported from bases in Washington, London, Los Angeles, and Boston for Monitor Radio and for NPR, and has anchored in-depth public radio documentaries from India, Brazil, and points across the United States and Europe. He is, perhaps, known most widely for his work as host of public radio's Marketplace. Fulfilling a lifelong dream of moving to Texas full-time in 2005, Brown joined the staff of KUT, launching the award-winning cultural journalism unit "Texas Music Matters."

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This Map Carves the U.S. Into Seven Nations - And Splits Texas Three Ways