Richard Florida writes a cover story for the March issue of The Atlantic called, “How the Crash Will Reshape America.” His theory is that the recession will accelerate the rise and fall of specific places within the United States, speeding up the fates of some cities and reversing the fortunes of others. Interestingly, he lumps Portland and Seattle with the cities that will fare better than most.
Florida, who is a scholar and the author of The Rise of the Creative Class, has become semi-famous in recent years for arguing that the U.S. economy is now based on the development and exchange of ideas, and that the best places for that to happen are those that attract and coddle creative, educated people. Places, in other words, like New York.
Florida’s Atlantic piece devotes special attention to New York.
The Plank’s take on Richard Florida’s article, “How the Crash Will Reshape America,” in the Atlantic Monthly.
Star City Manager Darlene Burcham issued
a call to the community to identify 30 local leaders who hold the key to turning Roanoke into one of the most desirable and sustainable communities in the country as part of the Creative Communities Leadership Program (CCLP), which was launched by the Creative Class Group (CCG).
Excerpts from Richard Florida’s article in The Atlantic, “How the Crash Will Reshape America”.
Richard Florida has a piece out in the new Atlantic that asks “How The Crash Will Reshape America.” This article shares what Florida, author of The Rise of the Creative Class and admirer of so many things Portland, has to say about where the city fits in a post-crash America.
Richard Florida’s cover story in the Atlantic is on how the recession will change the geography of America. The winners? “Mega-regions, systems of multiple cities and their surrounding suburban rings like the Boston–New York–Washington Corridor”.
Florida the urban theorist is making the case in this month’s Atlantic cover story “How the Crash Will Reshape America,” that success will depend on America becoming less like Florida the state, and more like Europe: fewer homeowners, smaller homes, more renters, denser cities, fewer cars. T
What makes a community desirable and sustainable? The answer, according to researcher and University of Toronto professor of business Richard Florida is the strength of its creative class.
Roanoke plans to test Florida’s theory by becoming the latest city to try the Creative Communities Leadership Program.
The crash of 2008 continues to reverberate loudly nationwide—destroying jobs, bankrupting businesses, and displacing homeowners. But already, it has damaged some places much more severely than others. On the other side of the crisis, America’s economic landscape will look very different than it does today. What fate will the coming years hold for New York, Charlotte, Detroit, Las Vegas? Will the suburbs be ineffably changed? Which cities and regions can come back strong? And which will never come back at all?
