Treat your scientists and engineers well
The Daily, Tuesday, January 8, 2008. Study: Scientists and engineers and urban growth
The mix in university-educated workers mattered. Scientists and engineers are often seen to play a catalytic role regarding employment growth in cities. Here, the study found that the share of workers in science and engineering occupations, the “left brain” of cities, is closely connected to employment growth when these workers are located in cities with large and diverse pools of university-educated workers.
Statscan shows an interesting trend on growth rates in cities, where the employment grew by 2.0% in areas of higher concentrations of university graduates, vs 1.6% for lower concentrations. Compound that annually over 20 years and you get 49% growth vs 37% growth. 
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