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Nov 1, 2012 51 min

Jacksonville: Grinding the Gears

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Jacksonville, Florida is a lot of things: a military town. A church town. A beach town. And it can be all those things because Jacksonville is the… READ MORE

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Photo Source: Jonathan Zander from Wikimedia Commons Jacksonville, Florida is a lot of things: a military town. A church town. A beach town. And it can be all those things because Jacksonville is the largest city in the whole country: 841 miles of sprawl, highways, and strip malls dotted with tiny, unique neighborhoods. How does a place this huge and diverse lurch forward to keep pace with the rest of the country? The quick answer: often, it doesn’t. But once in a while, in small surprising ways, this place can be an incubator for innovation. In host Al Letson’s hometown episode, SOTRU asks: is Jacksonville is moving backward, stuck in neutral, or shifting towards progress? For more information on “Grinding the Gears,” visit our episode page for photos, links and music information. And keep up with the latest SOTRU releases and events on Soundcloud, iTunes, Facebook and Twitter.

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