# Two Midwestern cities. Two local billionaires (Koch and Buffett). Which one can boost prosperity?

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/two-midwestern-cities-two-local-billionaires-koch-and-buffett-which-one-can-boost-prosperity-2/
- Published: 2020-07-08T09:15:11-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Article by Corie Brown Los Angeles Times (TNS). In the middle of America, without intention or, really, anyone noticing, a decades-long, real-world experiment shaped by the money, politics and eccentricities of two 80-something billionaires is underway in two equally white, Christian, Republican cities. Just as they left their imprints on a nation and a world, Charles Koch, who hails from Wichita, Kan., and Warren Buffett, a folksy son of Omaha, have changed the trajectories of their hometowns. Today, their cities, like many scattered across the plains, are working to reinvent themselves at a time when economies are threatened and a pandemic grows. […] Click here to view original web page at www.bakersfield.com Curated by Theresa Wysocki See Full Bio