In Big City, New Ideas Aren’t as Promiscuous as They Used to Be
Ideas can have just as much sex in the suburbs as in the city.
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Richard Florida
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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?
Connecting Neighborhoods, Not Nations: Small Geographic Scales of Globalization
The financial crisis turned the world upside down.
Walkability Boondoggle
Making your city walkable isn't enough to attract and retain talent. People follow jobs, not sidewalks.
Richard Florida Explains Why Density Doesn’t Impact Innovation
The more parochial a place, the more ineffective the talent.
Economic Geography of Eds and Meds
What's happening with institutions of higher education and medicine?
Next American Hotspot
In general, people move from places of high unemployment to low unemployment. Also, relocation tends to be a short distance. As a rule, we are risk averse. We go where we know.
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.
Tech Talent Recruiting Geography
The Innovation Economy peaked with the last financial crisis. In the emerging epoch—the Talent Economy—the competition among companies like Google and Facebook for the same pool of ideas makers will reshape our cities.
End of Creative Class Migration
The best and brightest have more options than ever before. Now, companies need to go where the talent is located.