Is this the future of America?

In 2007, the US was on the cusp of an economic recession, and Buddy Rizer was tasked with finding Loudoun County, Virginia, a new way to make money. Rizer’s earlier career as a radio DJ didn’t exactly make him an obvious candidate to find a solution, but he was looking for what he called a […]

Original reporting by The Verge · Lauren Feiner. GridIndex is an aggregation and intelligence layer — full credit to the original publisher.