Wait, what? Haven’t we been using this term for decades? I’ve been using it at least a couple decades, specifically to describe the contrast between cities like Detroit and cities like Boston. 1970s-1980s were bad for all US cities, but some continued and accelerated the hollowing out until there was not much left while others had the resiliency to remain a destination, to attract businesses and residents, and rebuild better, faster, stronger than ever. I certainly wasn’t the inventor of this term, but if I’m using it, it must be widespread.
And why are we talking about donut effects now? Many cities have recovered from that crisis, and even Detroit has that little sprinkling of powdered sugar starting to fill the donut hole. A reshuffling based ofpn office workers working from home isn’t going to change that
Wait, what? Haven’t we been using this term for decades? I’ve been using it at least a couple decades, specifically to describe the contrast between cities like Detroit and cities like Boston. 1970s-1980s were bad for all US cities, but some continued and accelerated the hollowing out until there was not much left while others had the resiliency to remain a destination, to attract businesses and residents, and rebuild better, faster, stronger than ever. I certainly wasn’t the inventor of this term, but if I’m using it, it must be widespread.
And why are we talking about donut effects now? Many cities have recovered from that crisis, and even Detroit has that little sprinkling of powdered sugar starting to fill the donut hole. A reshuffling based ofpn office workers working from home isn’t going to change that