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Orange
County: The Fate of Post Suburban Paradise
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According to Joel Kotkin's
study, Orange County: The Fate of a Post Suburban Paradise,
Orange County’s increasing ethnic and cultural diversity coupled with
its economic emergence as a high-tech center will increasingly drive
the region’s growth while creating a model for other regions nationally.
The 24-page study, authored by Pepperdine University and La Jolla
Institute senior fellow Joel Kotkin, reports that Orange County, now
the nations’ fifth most populous county, is a new kind of giant metropolis
– decentralized, demographically and economically cosmopolitan, and
increasingly independent from neighboring Los Angeles County.
"Orange County represents the expanding economic and cultural role
of ‘post suburban’ communities in America," said Kotkin, "We're seeing
major structural changes in the way the region’s economy works and
the expanding economic role of immigrants and ethnic entrepreneurs."
The study uses the term post suburban to represent a new kind of metropolitan
area that lacks a traditional urban core, but nevertheless provides
its residents with many of the employment, consumer, and lifestyle
options once associated with large urban cities. According to Kotkin,
"It's crucial that business leaders and public officials understand
the region’s economic and demographic changes and act so that the
County is positioned to prosper in the global economy of the 21st
century."
In partnership with the Orange County United Way, this report seeks
to examine the idea that Orange County's emerging multiethnic population
provides the region a competitive economic advantage in today's global
economy. Written by Institute Senior Fellow Joel Kotkin, this study
combines both quantifiable data with anecdotal stories that illustrate
the strengths and characteristics of Orange County.
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Report Date:
November 1997
Written by:
Joel Kotkin
John M. Olin Fellow
Pepperdine University Insitute for Public Policy
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La Jolla Institute Senior Fellow
Research Associates:
Mark Dowling
Josephine Lee
Edited by:
Lee R. Cerling
Project Sponsors:
Orange County's United Way
Orange County Human Relations Commission
Orange County Business Council
Chapman University
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Korean Chamber of Commerce
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