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Renn</h1> <div class="AuthorPage-jobTitle">Columnist</div> </div> </div> <div class="Page-articleBody"> <div class="AuthorPage-biography"> <div class="AuthorPage-biography-content"> <div class="RichTextBody"><p>Aaron M. Renn is an opinion-leading urban analyst, consultant, speaker and writer on a mission to help America’s cities and people thrive and find real success in the 21st century. He focuses on urban, economic development and infrastructure policy in the greater American Midwest. He also regularly contributes to and is cited by national and global media outlets, and his work has appeared in many publications, including the <i>The Guardian</i>, <i>The New York Times</i> and <i>The Washington Post</i>.</p><p>He can be reached at aaron@aaronrenn.com or on Twitter at <a class="Link" href="https://twitter.com/aaron_renn?s=20" target="_blank" style="color:#256efd;" data-cms-ai="0">@aaron_renn</a>.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </main> </div> </div> <div class="Page-below" data-modulewell> <div class="OneColumnContainer" data-module> <div class="OneColumnContainer-container"> <bsp-list-loadmore class="ListH" data-module data-hide-thumbnail="true" data-show-loadmore="true" data-enable-load-more="true"> <div class="List-header" data-no-title> </div> <div class="ListH-items" data-with-borders data-list-loadmore-items> <div class="ListH-items-item"> <div class="PromoB" data-align-top-non-mobile > <div class="Promo-media"><a class="Link" aria-label="Memo to Big-City Progressives: Get Back to Basics" href="https://www.governing.com/management-and-administration/memo-to-big-city-progressives-get-back-to-basics" data-cms-ai="0" ><picture> <source type="image/webp" width="490" height="275" data-srcset="https://erepublic.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/0098a43/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x1684+0+0/resize/490x275!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ferepublic-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2F2a%2F3a%2F254d9bbc4c4f9c881a356265d27e%2Fus-news-nyc-subway-officers-ny.jpg 1x,https://erepublic.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a78d8ac/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x1684+0+0/resize/980x550!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ferepublic-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2F2a%2F3a%2F254d9bbc4c4f9c881a356265d27e%2Fus-news-nyc-subway-officers-ny.jpg 2x" data-lazy-load="true" srcset="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" /> <source width="490" height="275" data-srcset="https://erepublic.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/7ab2c6f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x1684+0+0/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ferepublic-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2F2a%2F3a%2F254d9bbc4c4f9c881a356265d27e%2Fus-news-nyc-subway-officers-ny.jpg" data-lazy-load="true" srcset="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" /> <img class="Image" alt="Police respond after a person was shot at the Hoyt-Schermerhorn subway station in New York on March 14, 2024. 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Some of them have forgotten that.</div> <div class="Promo-byline"> <span class="Promo-tags"> </span><div class="Promo-date">OPINION | Jan. 23, 2025</div><span class="dot"> · </span><span class="Promo-author"><a class="Link" href="https://www.governing.com/authors/Aaron-Renn.html" data-cms-ai="0" >Aaron M. Renn</a></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ListH-items-item"> <div class="PromoB" data-align-top-non-mobile > <div class="Promo-media"><a class="Link" aria-label="Will There Be a Rustbelt Defense Complex?" href="https://www.governing.com/workforce/will-there-be-a-rustbelt-defense-complex" data-cms-ai="0" ><picture> <source type="image/webp" width="490" height="275" data-srcset="https://erepublic.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/3fb8f3a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5000x2806+0+0/resize/490x275!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ferepublic-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2F86%2F61%2F2896861647c08aaa2c8b4ebc716d%2F20221006-amx-us-news-texas-national-guard-soldier-dies-1-da.jpg 1x,https://erepublic.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/b915b36/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5000x2806+0+0/resize/980x550!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ferepublic-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2F86%2F61%2F2896861647c08aaa2c8b4ebc716d%2F20221006-amx-us-news-texas-national-guard-soldier-dies-1-da.jpg 2x" data-lazy-load="true" srcset="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" /> <source width="490" height="275" data-srcset="https://erepublic.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/e46775d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5000x2806+0+0/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ferepublic-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2F86%2F61%2F2896861647c08aaa2c8b4ebc716d%2F20221006-amx-us-news-texas-national-guard-soldier-dies-1-da.jpg" data-lazy-load="true" srcset="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" /> <img class="Image" alt="Texas National Guard members sit in a Humvee facing the Rio Grande river near a section of recently installed chainlink fencing on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022, in Eagle Pass." srcset="https://erepublic.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/e46775d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5000x2806+0+0/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ferepublic-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2F86%2F61%2F2896861647c08aaa2c8b4ebc716d%2F20221006-amx-us-news-texas-national-guard-soldier-dies-1-da.jpg 1x,https://erepublic.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/29fcbb8/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5000x2806+0+0/resize/980x550!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ferepublic-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2F86%2F61%2F2896861647c08aaa2c8b4ebc716d%2F20221006-amx-us-news-texas-national-guard-soldier-dies-1-da.jpg 2x" width="490" height="275" data-src="https://erepublic.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/e46775d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5000x2806+0+0/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ferepublic-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2F86%2F61%2F2896861647c08aaa2c8b4ebc716d%2F20221006-amx-us-news-texas-national-guard-soldier-dies-1-da.jpg" data-lazy-load="true" src="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" > </picture> </a></div> <div class="PromoB-content"> <div class="Promo-category"> <a class="Link" href="https://www.governing.com/workforce" data-cms-ai="0" >Workforce</a> </div> <div class="Promo-title"> <a class="Link" href="https://www.governing.com/workforce/will-there-be-a-rustbelt-defense-complex" data-cms-ai="0" >Will There Be a Rustbelt Defense Complex?</a> </div> <div class="Promo-description">Struggling midwestern cities may have a future in military manufacturing.</div> <div class="Promo-byline"> <span class="Promo-tags"> </span><div class="Promo-date">OPINION | Oct. 18, 2024</div><span class="dot"> · </span><span class="Promo-author"><a class="Link" href="https://www.governing.com/authors/Aaron-Renn.html" data-cms-ai="0" >Aaron M. 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But there’s a better, cheaper way to accomplish the same thing.</div> <div class="Promo-byline"> <span class="Promo-tags"> </span><div class="Promo-date">June 17, 2024</div><span class="dot"> · </span><span class="Promo-author"><a class="Link" href="https://www.governing.com/authors/Aaron-Renn.html" data-cms-ai="0" >Aaron M. 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