Creator Towns

Update on the @CreatorTowns project: The way I wanted to do it is, sadly, just not a good idea financially. Even in such a cheap-money environment. Possible? Yes. Good strategy? Not really. But there might be a better way. Full post: creatortowns.com/blog/next

Clubhouse convo about @CreatorTowns on Friday, come hang and bring questions!

@spencemcc Not familiar with that process, have a good resource?

One of our most common questions is: "Why not just start a new city from scratch?" For a variety of reasons, we think that's a bad idea. Here's why: creatortowns.com/blog/against-s…

Walmart and Amazon have killed main street activity in many small towns by driving retailers out of business. To create a more lively main streets, we should encourage opening businesses that are: - Affordable - Communal - Regularly enjoyable New post! creatortowns.com/blog/main-stre…

@TimmBoelcke That’s coming up!

Before asking "what does this town need to attract more knowledge workers?" You should be asking "what does this town need?" creatortowns.com/blog/locals-fi…

@bk_moore @nateliason Thanks Brandon!

Everyone should check out @CreatorTowns. What @nateliason is doing is exactly the drum I've been beating for years. If you're able to work from anywhere, consider a small town. There's numerous quality of life advantages that get lost in thinking you have to live in a major city.

@YvonneLeow @emyreif Yeah that would be a good topic to go back and link in — this first post spawned so many other posts that it’s going to be an interesting web eventually

What is a Creator Town? What're the ingredients to grow one? Read more in our first post: creatortowns.com/blog/what

@YvonneLeow @emyreif So yes, there is much more info coming 😄

@YvonneLeow @emyreif One thing that’s exciting about working on this in small towns is that a few people actually can improve things for the whole town. It feels much more hopeful and there’s greater ownership

@amiamigo97 No, hopefully we'll eventually have our towns listed on @NomadList though!

@CreatorTowns Is this gonna be an alternative to nomadlist?