When "Restoring the Rust Belt" Becomes "Restoring the Urban Middle Class"

Downtown Milwaukee. Source: travelwisconsin.com

Here’s a followup to the post from earlier this week about my experience at a “Restoring the Urban Middle Class” conference in Houston a couple weeks ago.

First, a quick recap of the earlier piece. The “Restoring the Urban Middle Class” conference left a lot to be desired, in my opinion. The conference had a…