Are we moving in? Are we moving out? Who are "we," anyway?

 In the New York Times, Fred Siegel reviews a book by Alan Ehrenhalt. Will inner cities in America revert to Vienna, even as the exurbs are transformed into Kolkata? Are these shifts significant or exaggerated? And, why isn't there a Wal-Mart inside the El?  

Trading Places: ‘The Great Inversion and the Future of the American City’

... The title of his book refers to both the growth of downtown living in once forbidding neighborhoods and, contrary to expectations, the movement of immigrants into the suburbs.

Insider Louisville's Kaufman tills similar ground, and deftly inserts a Kansas song lyric snippet along the way. See if you can find it.

Steve Kaufman: Brookings Institute finds people are fleeing the suburbs for the cities, but what about Louisville?

... The report’s opening graph: “Last year, for the first time in more than nine decades, the major cities of the nation’s largest metropolitan areas grew faster than their combined suburbs.”

Is Louisville part of this trend?

Is the inner core throbbing with new residents while the outer ring of suburbs loses its allure?

There are three answers: Yes. No. And Maybe.