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Creative Class
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Quality of Place and Migration
People vote with their feet. The regions with the best retention should be the regions with the best quality of place.
Not So Much ‘New York Poor’ as ‘Pittsburgh Rich’
What will happen when young talent starts refusing to subsidize the creative industries that aren't really profitable in America's most expensive cities?
Walkability Boondoggle
Making your city walkable isn't enough to attract and retain talent. People follow jobs, not sidewalks.
Creative Class Myths About Talent
Are young, college-educated people attracted to amenities? Or are they attracted to economic opportunity?
Demise of the Global City
Gentrifiers suffer from gentrification as rising housing costs push people out of their first- and second-choice neighborhoods.
The Great Creative Class Migration
The demand for labor explains a lot of migration patterns. Where the uneducated once moved to staff large industrial centers, now those with the means and a college education flock to feed the Innovation Economy that is rising from their ashes.
Lena Dunham Wants Brooklyn to Be More Like Chattanooga
"If they struggle for too long, they're leaving New York for Seattle, Chicago, Austin, and in some cases, even Tampa. We can't have our generation's Patti Smith moving to Tampa."
Fresno’s Detroit Problem
A city can be beautiful and offer plenty of amenities, but if it's too close to known failures, it's going to have a difficult time attracting talent.