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In January 1925, Three Men Founded an Airplane Company in Wichita, Kansas. By 1928, One in Four US-Built Planes Came From There.
Three men founded an airplane company in Wichita, Kansas in January 1925 -- a city with no coastline and no obvious advantage for building aircraft. By 1928, one in four airplanes built in the United States came from there.
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In 1994, 48 Companies Kept an Office Near Walmart's Headquarters. By 2001 It Was 445. Today It's Over 1,500.
A large enough anchor employer pulls a second economy into its orbit. Bentonville tracked it year over year: 48 companies kept a Walmart-...
Route 128 Had Three Times Silicon Valley's Tech Workforce in 1965. By 1975, Silicon Valley Had Already Pulled Ahead.
Economist Alfred Marshall described it in 1890 without fully explaining it: when an industry concentrates in one place, "the mysteries of...
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