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This is the Dolly Parton line, 'find out who you are, and do it on purpose.'

Bruce Katz, co-author of "The Metropolitan Revolution: How Cities and Metros are Fixing our Broken Politics and Fragile Economy," on how the economic structures of metro areas are really different from each other.

Bruce Katz, co-author of "The Metropolitan Revolution: How Cities and Metros are Fixing our Broken Politics and Fragile Economy," on how the economic structures of metro areas are really different from each other.

Brian Peteritas is a GOVERNING contributor.