A multi-level success story to learn from
Sometimes I feel almost ashamed and quite ignorant, coming to a new country, or a new city, just to discover that my previous knowledge has been totally inadequate. Arriving in Medellin, Colombia, this was definitely the case. I knew from my travel preparations and a bit of research that the city was pretty safe and the drug-war was something of the past. Little did I know however, that Medellin had been named the world's most innovative city in a competition organised by the non-profit “Urban Land Institute”.
The Institute compiled a list of
200 cities based on eight criteria ranging from culture and livability to
education and infrastructure and said Medellin, once a stronghold for Pablo
Escobar and the drug cartels, had seen one of the most remarkable urban transitions in modern history. Exploring the city today it`s hard to
imagine this once was the worlds most dangerous city, where 6000 people were
murdered annually from 1990 to 1993.
